NEW DELHI: Protection and army consultants, on Day 2 of DefSat2026 convention in New Delhi on Wednesday, intensified the strategic dialogue on constructing India’s persistent and resilient protection house functionality, towards the backdrop of fast world transformation in space-based army infrastructure. With 1,602 space-based ISR satellites projected to launch globally between 2025 and 2030, the sector is getting into a section of operational maturity, shifting from sporadic enlargement to predictable, proliferated constellations designed for steady protection, fast revisit, and real-time analytics. The discussions on the convention underlined that persistent house functionality is not aspirational however foundational to nationwide safety.Setting the tone for the day of the convention at Manekshaw Centre, Subba Rao Pavuluri, president, SIA-India, stated: “India stands at a decisive inflection level. Scale with out coordination is aspiration; scale with alignment turns into functionality. As we advance towards Aatmanirbharta and aspire to emerge as a Vishwaguru within the house area, unity of goal throughout govt, business, and the armed forces will decide our strategic success.”Day 2 of the convention additionally witnessed tangible B2B exercise, signaling rising confidence amongst non-public gamers within the protection house ecosystem. There have been six MoU exchanges, involving Safran and Geminus House; TakeMe2Space and Little Place Labs; and RedBalloon Aerospace with EON House, Sanyark, Raudrane, and Andurax.The aim of the MoU between Safran and Geminus House is to unravel the challenges related to large-scale operations of floor techniques by way of integration of Safran Knowledge Methods’ floor gear techniques like antennas, communication modems and sign processing items with Geminus unified floor operations platform.Maj Gen Neeraj Shukla, AVSM, SM, officiating director basic (Strategic) Planning, Indian Military, emphasised India’s accountable and civilizational strategy to house: “We’re a accountable nation. Our strategy to house should mirror our civilizational ethos — ‘Doham Karma Sansadhanam Na Kadapi Shoshanam, Lok Hite Bhutanam Sarakshanam Pratham’ — that means accountable use of sources, by no means exploitation, for the welfare and safety of all beings. House shouldn’t be merely for protection dominance, however for sustaining the very civilization we’re sworn to guard.”He additional stated that nationwide safety can not be seen solely by way of a army lens however displays the collective power of diplomacy, data, army functionality, financial resilience, political management, and indigenous know-how. As AI, quantum applied sciences, cyber capabilities and