# Rewind Dynamics > Rewind Dynamics is a global defence-technology company headquartered in New Delhi, established on 26 January 2020. We design and develop autonomous systems — unmanned aerial (UAV), humanoid, and tactical miniature platforms — for defence and military applications worldwide. All systems are under active research and development; our first real-world mission test is planned for December 2026. We are actively raising investment. ## About - Founded: 26 January 2020, New Delhi, India - Focus: defence and military applications; autonomous systems and robotics - Systems (in R&D): unmanned aerial systems, humanoid systems, tactical miniature systems - Core capabilities: autonomy, perception, edge AI, GPS-denied navigation, systems engineering - Applications: ISR, force protection, counter-UAS, tactical edge support - Research directions: mother-child nano-drone architecture, swarm autonomy - Approach: simulation-first development, honest after-action assessment, human always in command - Status: pre-revenue R&D; nothing fielded or tested yet; first mission test planned December 2026 - Positioning: global; trustworthy, software-first autonomy owned end to end - Contact: info@ / investors@ / careers@ / partnerships@ / press@ / ethics@ / security@ rewinddynamics.com ## Company & governance - [About Rewind Dynamics — Defence Autonomy Company in New Delhi](https://rewinddynamics.com/about.html): Learn about Rewind Dynamics: a global defence-technology company founded in 2020 and headquartered in New Delhi, building trustworthy autonomous systems for defence and military users… - [Company Timeline — 2020 to 2026](https://rewinddynamics.com/timeline.html): The Rewind Dynamics timeline: from founding in New Delhi on 26 January 2020, through the decisions that shaped our autonomy architecture and the opening of our humanoid programme, to our… - [Locations & Global Presence](https://rewinddynamics.com/locations.html): Where Rewind Dynamics operates: our engineering facility and headquarters in New Delhi, India, how we work with defence and military users worldwide, visiting and correspondence details,… - [Governance & Oversight](https://rewinddynamics.com/governance.html): How Rewind Dynamics is governed: where decision-making authority sits, the review gates that apply to what we build and who we supply, how autonomy and safety decisions are escalated, and… - [Responsible Autonomy — Human Always in Command](https://rewinddynamics.com/responsibility.html): How Rewind Dynamics approaches responsible autonomy: a human always in command, safety by design, lawful and ethical use, security, accountability and honest after-action assessment of… - [Ethics & Business Conduct](https://rewinddynamics.com/ethics.html): The standards Rewind Dynamics holds itself to: honesty in what we claim, integrity in how we compete, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, speaking up without fear, and… - [Human Rights Statement](https://rewinddynamics.com/human-rights.html): Rewind Dynamics' human rights position: how end-use and end-user assessment works, our commitment that a person always remains in command of our systems, expectations on modern slavery and… - [Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability](https://rewinddynamics.com/sustainability.html): How Rewind Dynamics approaches corporate responsibility at an early stage: environmental footprint, responsible engineering, the people we employ, the communities we draw from, and why we… - [Security, Compliance & Export Control](https://rewinddynamics.com/security-compliance.html): How Rewind Dynamics handles security and compliance as a defence-technology company: information security, personnel and physical security, export-control and defence-trade obligations,… - [Quality & Assurance](https://rewinddynamics.com/quality.html): How Rewind Dynamics approaches quality in autonomous defence systems: evidence over assertion, repeatable verification, configuration control, traceable requirements and honest after-action… - [Accessibility Statement](https://rewinddynamics.com/accessibility.html): Rewind Dynamics' accessibility statement: how this website is built for keyboard navigation, screen readers, reduced motion and readable contrast, the standard we aim at, known limitations,… - [Investors — Backing Defence Autonomy](https://rewinddynamics.com/investors.html): Rewind Dynamics is actively raising to accelerate its defence-autonomy R&D. The opportunity, why autonomy is the defining defence technology of the decade, how funds are used, and how to… - [Careers — Defence Autonomy Engineering Jobs](https://rewinddynamics.com/careers.html): Join Rewind Dynamics in New Delhi and help build defence autonomy from the ground floor. We're hiring across autonomy, perception, machine learning, robotics and embedded systems. Explore… - [Contact Rewind Dynamics — New Delhi, India](https://rewinddynamics.com/contact.html): Get in touch with Rewind Dynamics in New Delhi, India. Contact us about partnerships, evaluations, supply, press, careers and general enquiries — or reach the right team directly by email. - [FAQ — Common Questions About Rewind Dynamics](https://rewinddynamics.com/faq.html): Answers to common questions about Rewind Dynamics: what we do, when we were founded, our stage and systems, whether we work globally, safety and ethics, partnerships, investment and hiring. - [Press & Media Kit](https://rewinddynamics.com/press.html): Press and media resources for Rewind Dynamics: approved company boilerplate, fast facts, brand assets and press contact details for journalists and media covering defence autonomy. ## Systems - [Systems — UAV, Humanoid & Tactical](https://rewinddynamics.com/systems.html): The autonomous systems Rewind Dynamics develops: unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), human-form robotic platforms and tactical miniature systems — three families on one shared autonomy core,… - [Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAV) for ISR](https://rewinddynamics.com/uav.html): Rewind Dynamics develops autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and force protection — with GPS-denied navigation, onboard… - [Humanoid Robotic Systems — Legged Autonomy Research](https://rewinddynamics.com/humanoid.html): Rewind Dynamics' humanoid research programme: human-form robotic platforms for spaces and equipment built for people. Locomotion, balance, whole-body control and perception — a long-horizon… - [Tactical Miniature Systems — Man-Portable Autonomy](https://rewinddynamics.com/tactical.html): Compact, man-portable autonomous systems from Rewind Dynamics for close-range and dismounted use. Capable autonomy inside strict size, weight and power limits, designed to work without a… ## Capabilities - [Capabilities — Autonomy, Perception & Edge AI](https://rewinddynamics.com/capabilities.html): Explore the core capabilities behind Rewind Dynamics: onboard autonomy, real-time perception, edge AI and dependable systems engineering — the technology that makes unmanned aerial,… - [Autonomy — Onboard Decision-Making](https://rewinddynamics.com/autonomy.html): How Rewind Dynamics builds autonomy: onboard planning, decision-making and behaviour that let an unmanned platform pursue a mission with minimal operator input — including levels of… - [Perception & Sensor Fusion](https://rewinddynamics.com/perception.html): How Rewind Dynamics approaches perception for autonomous defence systems: turning camera and sensor data into a dependable real-time understanding of the environment, fusing multiple… - [Edge AI — Intelligence On the Platform](https://rewinddynamics.com/edge-ai.html): Why Rewind Dynamics runs AI on the platform rather than in the cloud: latency, resilience when the communications link degrades, bandwidth limits and operational security — and the… - [GPS-Denied Navigation & Guidance](https://rewinddynamics.com/navigation.html): How Rewind Dynamics approaches navigation for autonomous systems when satellite positioning cannot be trusted: visual odometry, terrain and map matching, inertial dead reckoning and sensor… - [Systems Engineering & Assurance](https://rewinddynamics.com/systems-engineering.html): How Rewind Dynamics turns autonomy software into dependable hardware: integration, reliability, environmental ruggedness, verification and test, configuration control and the safety… - [Technology — Our Autonomy Architecture](https://rewinddynamics.com/technology.html): How Rewind Dynamics builds autonomous systems: the sense–decide–act loop, a layered and modular autonomy stack, simulation-first development, GPS-denied navigation and human oversight… - [Simulation & Test — How We Develop](https://rewinddynamics.com/simulation.html): Rewind Dynamics develops simulation-first: proving autonomy in software before it touches hardware, running scenarios repeatably, recording every run and reviewing it honestly. How we test… ## Applications - [Applications — Where Our Autonomy Is Used](https://rewinddynamics.com/applications.html): The defence and military applications Rewind Dynamics develops autonomous systems for: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), force protection, counter-UAS, and support at the… - [ISR — Autonomous Surveillance & Reconnaissance](https://rewinddynamics.com/isr.html): How autonomous systems change intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR): persistent observation without persistent staffing, reconnaissance without exposing people, and reporting… - [Force Protection — Autonomous Early Warning](https://rewinddynamics.com/force-protection.html): Autonomous systems for force protection: continuous watch and early warning around people, convoys and fixed sites — extending how much ground a small team can cover without tying up the… - [Counter-UAS — Detecting & Tracking Small Drones](https://rewinddynamics.com/counter-uas.html): The counter-UAS problem: small uncrewed aircraft are cheap, numerous and hard to detect, while the systems built to counter them are expensive. How Rewind Dynamics thinks about autonomous… ## Research - [Research — Nano-Drone Swarms, ISR & Autonomy](https://rewinddynamics.com/research.html): Ideas we're working on at Rewind Dynamics: a two-tier mother–child nano-drone architecture, autonomous surveillance and ISR, drone swarming and GPS-denied navigation — early, concept-level… - [Swarm Autonomy — Many Systems, One Team](https://rewinddynamics.com/swarming.html): Swarm autonomy at Rewind Dynamics: how many small autonomous systems can coordinate as a single team — sharing what they see, dividing a task between them, and continuing to function when… ## Partners & supply chain - [Partners & Programmes — Work With Rewind Dynamics](https://rewinddynamics.com/partners.html): How to work with Rewind Dynamics: defence programmes and evaluators, primes and integrators, component suppliers, and research institutions. A modular autonomy core designed to integrate… - [Suppliers & Supply Chain](https://rewinddynamics.com/suppliers.html): Information for suppliers to Rewind Dynamics: the components and services we source for autonomous systems — sensors, compute, propulsion, communications, materials and manufacturing — what… ## Reference - [Defence Autonomy Glossary — Key Terms](https://rewinddynamics.com/glossary.html): A plain-English glossary of defence autonomy terminology from Rewind Dynamics: autonomy, UAV/UAS, ISR, sense–decide–act, edge AI, sensor fusion, SLAM, GPS-denied navigation, swarming, SWaP,… - [Site Map — All Pages](https://rewinddynamics.com/sitemap.html): A complete index of every page on the Rewind Dynamics website: company and governance, our autonomous systems, capabilities, applications, research, insights and newsroom — grouped by… ## Insights (long-form) - [The Attention Problem in ISR](https://rewinddynamics.com/insight-attention-isr.html): Surveillance rarely fails for lack of sensors — it fails for lack of attention. Rewind Dynamics on the vigilance problem, why autonomy inverts the ISR workflow, learning what normal looks… - [The Autonomy Decade — Software as Capability](https://rewinddynamics.com/insight-autonomy-decade.html): Defence advantage has historically been measured in hardware. That logic is breaking down: between two similar platforms, the decisive difference is increasingly what the platform can do on… - [The Cost Curve Problem — Counter-UAS](https://rewinddynamics.com/insight-counter-uas-economics.html): Counter-UAS is an arithmetic problem before it is a technical one: you can win every engagement and still lose if each win costs more than the thing destroyed. Rewind Dynamics on detection… - [The Case for Thinking at the Edge](https://rewinddynamics.com/insight-edge-intelligence.html): Modern AI assumes a data centre; defence autonomy cannot. Rewind Dynamics on why intelligence must run on the platform — availability, latency, bandwidth and exposure — and the size,… - [Navigating Without the Sky — GPS-Denied](https://rewinddynamics.com/insight-gps-denied.html): Satellite positioning is the first capability an adversary removes, and spoofing is more dangerous than jamming because the system does not know it is wrong. Rewind Dynamics on visual… - [Command, Not Control — Human Authority](https://rewinddynamics.com/insight-human-command.html): Everyone says a human stays in the loop, but the phrase has stopped carrying information. Rewind Dynamics on the difference between in-the-loop, on-the-loop and in-command — and the… - [Mass, Reimagined — The Economics of Swarms](https://rewinddynamics.com/insight-mass-reimagined.html): Small, numerous autonomous systems reopen one of the oldest questions in warfare: what mass is worth. Rewind Dynamics on the exchange-rate problem, why more drones is not a swarm, the… ## Newsroom - [Newsroom — News, Milestones & Perspectives](https://rewinddynamics.com/newsroom.html): News, milestones and perspectives from Rewind Dynamics, a global defence-technology company developing autonomous systems since 2020 — from our founding in New Delhi to our first planned… - [Building the founding engineering team](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-building-team.html): Great autonomy comes from great engineers. An update on the founding team we're assembling at Rewind Dynamics and the disciplines — autonomy, perception, robotics, embedded systems — we're… - [Edge AI: intelligence on the platform](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-edge-ai.html): For defence autonomy, running AI on the device rather than in the cloud isn't an optimisation — it's a requirement. How Rewind Dynamics thinks about edge intelligence, resilience and… - [Expanding our engineering facility in New Delhi](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-facility.html): More space, better test infrastructure and room to grow the team — an update on Rewind Dynamics' expanded New Delhi engineering facility and why keeping the understanding in-house matters. - [Preparing for our first mission test this December](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-first-mission.html): Everything Rewind Dynamics has built so far has lived in development and simulation. This December we plan to put it to its first real-world mission test — a major milestone for the team.… - [Rewind Dynamics is founded in New Delhi](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-founding.html): On Republic Day 2020, Rewind Dynamics was founded in New Delhi to design and build autonomous systems — unmanned aerial, humanoid and tactical — for defence and military needs. Why we… - [Autonomy, with a human always in command](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-human-in-command.html): Autonomy is powerful precisely because it acts on its own — which is exactly why a person must stay in command. How Rewind Dynamics designs for human oversight, safety and accountability in… - [Opening our humanoid research programme](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-humanoid-program.html): Rewind Dynamics is formally opening a research programme into human-form robotic systems — a hard, long-horizon problem in defence autonomy we believe is worth the effort. What the… - [The case for trustworthy autonomy in defence](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-indigenous-autonomy.html): Trustworthy autonomy is not a luxury — it is fast becoming a requirement. Our view on why defence forces should be able to inspect, adapt and own the autonomous systems they depend on,… - [Why the tactical edge belongs to autonomy](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-tactical-edge.html): Small, autonomous systems change what a dismounted team can see and do. Rewind Dynamics' view on why the tactical edge — close, cluttered and contested — is where autonomy earns its keep. - [Developing our first UAV](https://rewinddynamics.com/news-uav-development.html): A milestone for the team: Rewind Dynamics has begun focused development on its first autonomous unmanned aerial system (UAV) — part of our simulation-first, human-in-command approach to…