Nagendran Kandasamy is the Co-Founder & CEO of ZULU Defence, leading the company’s technology, product and strategic vision to build scalable, mission-ready defence systems for the future battlefield.

An aeronautical engineer with 17+ years of experience across aerospace, defence, drones, robotics, AI and autonomous systems, he has contributed to global aircraft programs including LCA Tejas, Boeing 787, Airbus A320 and Bombardier C Series, with experience in India and the United States.

Before ZULU Defence, he founded Throttle Aerospace Systems and held engineering and leadership roles at Boeing, Zodiac Aerospace, HAL and Cades.