India's space startup Digantara Industries has joined hands with Singapore's defence arm to develop tools to protect their national satellites from collision with space debris.

Bengaluru's Digantara Industries asserted that this marked the first occasion where Singapore's defense sector was formalizing a pact with an Indian space-tech firm.

Under the terms of the agreement, Digantara and Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) will collaboratively create tools related to Space Situational Awareness (SSA) to assist the National Space Agency of Singapore.

"The key factor is granting them sovereign control over the solutions we develop, allowing the Singapore government to locally implement and utilize our solutions to fulfill their space domain awareness operations, including satellite operations," states Anirudh Sharma, founder and CEO of Digantara Industries.

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The collaboration was revealed during the Space Summit 2026 in Singapore on Monday.

Sharma mentioned that his firm would offer services to the DSTA related to flight dynamics and access to conjunction screening if a Singapore satellite nears an orbiting debris.

“Our service will assist them in receiving alerts and conducting sustainable space operations without concerns about collisions in space,” Sharma stated.

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"The Singapore government is eager to investigate our approach to space-based Space Situational Awareness and to participate in an upcoming mission where they will engage in assembly integration and testing of one of the space-based sensors that will eventually contribute to Singapore's wider space strategy," Sharma noted.

Digantara sees the chance in Singapore as a foothold for expanding its operations in the Asia-Pacific area, he stated.

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Utilizing Digantara's knowledge in space and terrestrial sensing systems, both parties will concentrate on creating, testing, and assessing software applications that improve the precision and efficiency of satellite tracking, according to a statement from Digantara.