S. No.	Centre Name	Research Verticals	Thrust Areas
6	DIA-RCoE, IISc Bengaluru	1. Aerospace Systems Design and Characterization (ASDC)	1 Aerodynamic Design, Shape Optimization and Evaluation
			2 Wind Tunnel Model Design & Testing
			3 Mission Design and System Engineering
			4 Aero-Elastic, Aero-Thermo Elastics, Aero-Servo Elastic, Aero-Acoustic Studies
			5 Smart Structures, Vibration Controls.
			6 Integrated Vehicle Health Management
			7 Multi-Disciplinary Optimization, Digital Twin for aerospace systems.
			8 Radomes, Pods, Thermal Management, Hydraulic, and Electro-Mechanical Systems.
		2. Aerospace Structural Materials (ASM)	1 Advanced Composite Design, Manufacturing, Testing
			2 Damage, Fracture, Ablation, Erosion and Failure modeling
			3 Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical, Electromagnetic and Environmental Performance Analysis of Composite Materials
			4 Multifunctional Structural Materials for Aerospace Vehicle Components for Applications in Radomes, Pods, Thermal Management, Hydraulic, Electro-Mechanical Systems
		3.  Advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (AUAV)	1 UAV Propulsion Technology
			2 UAV autonomous robotic tasks and configuration design
			3 Aerodynamic Test and Evaluation
			4 Path planning, control, navigation & guidance algorithm studies
			5 Mission Profile based System Engineering
			6 Scenario Simulation Design
		4.  High Temperature Materials for Aero Engines (HTM)	1 High Temperature Alloys, Composites & Coatings and Thermo-Mechanical & Environmental Characterisation
			2 Integrated Computational Materials Modelling
			3 Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue and Creep Testing for in Service Life Assessment of Components.
			4 Predictive Capability for Processing-Structure-Property Linkage at Multiple Length Scales.
		5.  Lifing and Remaining Life Assessment of Materials (LRLAM)	1 Establishing Lifing Methodologies and Models
			2 Materials Degradation Modeling
			3 Rejuvenation of materials, Repair and Refurbishment
		6.  Micro and Nano Systems Science and Technology (MNSST)	1 MEMS / NEMS Sensors and Actuators for Navigation and Control
			2 Photovoltaic Devices and Sensors
			3 Silicon Photonics Systems and Related Technologies.
			4 Modelling and Simulation of Nano-Engineering
			5 Materials for Solar Cells
			6 Solar Cells for Space Applications.
			7 Heterogenous integration and advanced packaging of Sensors.
			8 Microfluidics
			9 CO2/O2 Management in Closed / Confined Environment
		7.  Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (AIAS)	1 Sensor Processing for Autonomous Systems
			2 Active Sensing
			3 Navigation for Autonomous Systems
			4 Classical Control based Autonomous Systems
			5 Reinforcement Learning based Control
			6 Sensor Data Processing for Autonomous Systems
			7 Mission Planning for Autonomous Systems
			8 Neuromorphic Computing
			9 Extraction of Knowledge from Heterogeneous Sources like Structured, Unstructured and Contextual Data.
			10 Data Analytics and Visualization at High Velocity and Volume.
			11 Believable AI
			12 Active learning in Field
			13 Light Weight AI
		8.  Quantum Phenomena and Device Technology (QT)	1 Quantum Sensing, Metrology and Devices
			2 Quantum Materials
			3 Quantum Simulations
			4 Quantum Radar & Imaging
			5 Quantum Computation, Simulation and Algorithm
			6 QRNG Applications
		9. Strategic Technology Studies (STS)	1 Multilateral Regimes Impacting Technology
			2 Technology Forecasting and Roadmaps Generation
			3 Current and Future Market Assessment of Future Defence Technology
			4 Defence Technology Policies
			5 Technology Management Framework and Analysis