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Where Innovation Meets National Security: Exclusive with Sanjeev Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, Logic Fruit Technologies
Modern warfare is shifting towards autonomous systems and AI-driven intelligence. India is advancing its defense capabilities through the ‘Make in India’ and Atmanirbhar Bharat missions, focusing on developing mission-critical systems that replace imports and meet global standards. The pursuit of defense self-reliance is now a race to innovate and secure critical technologies.
In this exclusive conversation, Sanjeev Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO of Logic Fruit Technologies, discusses how they have become the tech backbone for India’s aerospace and defense modernization.
By replacing imported subsystems with indigenous single-board computers, signal processing IPs, and advanced embedded platforms, they are forging global defense collaborations and redefining what “Made in India” truly means.
What’s Logic Fruit’s roadmap to scale? Are you exploring global defense partnerships, exports, or deep-tech collaborations under the Make in India push?
At Logic Fruit, our scale-up roadmap is two-pronged, targeting significant expansion in both semiconductors and defense technologies. In semiconductors, we're doubling down on growing our IP portfolio, especially around high-speed interconnects and signal processing, a segment critical to advanced computing and AI applications.
In the defense space, we're scaling through strategic design wins and an expanded COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) product line. Our current COTS portfolio includes advanced Single Board Computers (SBCs) that have already replaced several legacy imports. These products are built to cater to particular client requirements, enabling faster deployment cycles and stronger indigenous alternatives.
We are also actively exploring global defense partnerships and export opportunities, particularly with nations looking to diversify supply chains beyond traditional Western vendors. Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat provide a strong framework, and we’re leveraging that to build collaborations in deep-tech areas like signal processing, radar, and next-gen communication protocols.
As India accelerates indigenization and global supply chains realign, what gaps still need to be bridged in the embedded design ecosystem?
Despite the growing push for indigenization, there remain critical gaps in India’s embedded systems value chain. Many high-performance boards, IPs, and subsystems are still imported due to a lack of domestic alternatives or industry confidence in homegrown solutions.
To truly bridge these gaps, we need to not only reduce import dependency but also develop a resilient ecosystem that supports defense and aerospace-grade design from chip to system level. There are clear opportunities at the cards and sub-system level, where India can innovate and scale fast with the proper support.
How is Logic Fruit accelerating India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat mission in defense and aerospace tech, particularly in reducing import reliance for embedded systems, testing platforms, and signal processing IPs?
We’ve made focused investments in building indigenous solutions that directly replace imported technologies. For instance, our Single Board Computers (SBCs), core IPs like PCIe, Ethernet, video, and signal processing blocks, and customizable testing platforms are already being deployed in Indian defense programs.
Our approach is to identify mission-critical systems that currently depend on foreign technology and develop high-performance indigenous alternatives, thus directly contributing to India's Atmanirbhar Bharat mission. These solutions are not just substitutes; they're built to match or exceed global benchmarks in reliability, throughput, and scalability.
How is Logic Fruit adapting to next-gen battlefield technologies, and which emerging domains are you betting on next?
Modern warfare is shifting rapidly, becoming more autonomous, aerial, and intelligence-driven. One of our key focus areas is radar innovation to counter swarm drone threats, which are increasingly becoming a challenge in asymmetric warfare. We're developing next-gen radar systems optimized for real-time signal processing, low-latency detection, and AI-driven threat response.
We’re also investing in advanced EW (Electronic Warfare) systems and edge AI capabilities to enable real-time decision-making in contested environments. These domains represent the future of defense tech, and we’re positioning ourselves as one of the few Indian companies capable of delivering at this frontier.
With AI and automation redefining modern warfare and surveillance, how do you see India’s embedded talent and R&D capability stacking up globally? What policy or ecosystem shifts are still needed to lead on the world stage?
India’s embedded talent is world-class, especially in areas like VLSI, signal processing, and firmware. However, the scale of R&D and commercialization still lags behind global leaders due to policy gaps, limited funding for deep tech, and a conservative procurement ecosystem.
To truly lead, we need robust incentives for indigenous product development, faster procurement cycles, and greater industry involvement in strategic tech development. Most importantly, policies should encourage risk-taking and empower smaller deep-tech firms like ours that have the agility and innovation to deliver cutting-edge solutions.
Bureaucracy and a status quo mindset cannot hinder innovation. What India needs now is a bold, outcome-driven approach to defense R&D, one where industry and government co-create the future of national security tech.
