The BDTS Hyderabad Strategic Colloquium 2026 is organised around twelve carefully chosen problem statements. Together they map the frontier of radar, electronic warfare, signal processing, cyber security and next-generation sensing. For any innovator wondering where to focus, this guide explains why these twelve challenges matter and how to engage with them.
Radar and Sensing Challenges
Several statements target sensing at its hardest edges: AI-based clutter rejection for maritime radar, UAV swarm detection of low-RCS targets, multi-static radar synchronisation, quantum-enhanced signal processing and next-gen radomes for Ka and Ku bands. Each addresses a real capability gap in seeing threats that current systems struggle to detect.
Electronic Warfare and Security Challenges
Other statements confront the spectrum contest: cognitive jamming mitigation, adaptive beamforming, miniaturisation of EW suites, cyber-secure datalinks and automated signal characterisation via neural networks. GaN-based transmit/receive modules and edge computing for sensors round out the set, tackling the hardware and processing foundations beneath every capability.
How to Engage
Participants download the proposal format, study the guidelines and submit solutions in the prescribed form. The colloquium then curates the strongest entries for presentation to Lead System Integrators and end users. Shortlisted teams earn a Technical Action Report and a route toward the BDTS 2027 finale in New Delhi — turning a problem statement into a pathway to national capability. Studying these twelve challenges is also a map of where India most urgently needs indigenous capability, making the list valuable reading even for teams still deciding where to focus their research. Ultimately, engaging with these problem statements is the most direct way for an innovator to align their work with the concrete, near-term needs of the Indian armed forces.
Event: BDTS Hyderabad Strategic Colloquium 2026
Date: 01 October 2026
Venue: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Website: www.bharatdefencetechshow.com