The team from CUMI with Dr. S. Christopher, former Chairman of DRDO and CUMI’s Defence Advisor at Aero India 2025.
The power of indigenous engineering was proudly on display at Aero India this year. Being fully backward integrated and pursuing R&D in advanced materials at our state-of-the-art facilities, CUMI has been able to pioneer innovations for our long-term partners across various government labs and the private sector.
Speaking on the sidelines of the event, Subbu Venkatachalam, Head of Marketing, CUMI, said,
Indigenisation has been a real game-changer for the industry. At flagship events such as Aero India, we’ve witnessed a definite rise in the development and showcase of indigenous prototypes. As long-standing collaborators of key government organisations and startups, we are proud to contribute to the national strategic mission of being self-reliant in defence. CUMI’s pioneering technologies such as creep-feed grinding, advanced ceramics for body and vehicle armour, nano-composites for aero structures, thermal barrier coatings to protect aircraft engines, and metallized ceramics used in night vision devices are enabling innovation at an unprecedented scale.”
The CUMI delegation to Aero India 2025 included experts from across the Aerospace and Defence spectrum – from Research & Development for Industrial Ceramics, to Composites, Graphene, and Phase Change Materials. Akshay Kashinath, Head of Business Development (Aerospace & Defence), CUMI, who was at the event, shared,
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said something particularly significant during his address at Aero India 2025. That what matters truly at the end of the day is the empowerment of the Armed Forces. This is precisely what our motto is at CUMI – to engineer innovations with advanced materials that are designed to defend and save lives. It could be through light-weighting of armour and aero structures, precision in turbine blades, protecting hot section components of aircraft engines, or enhancing soldier survivability in extreme conditions. We are constantly looking at how we can enable our soldiers on-ground by addressing challenges they face every day.”