How Vibhav Altekar went from just an engineer to powering a landmark US military rescue

Indian-American engineer Vibhav Altekar is in the spotlight after a drone boat developed by his company, Saronic Technologies, helped carry out a first-of-its-kind US military rescue mission near the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s a look at how the UC Davis graduate built a career in AI, autonomous systems and maritime technology before co-founding the defence tech company