The Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), an autonomous research and development laboratory under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), a centre under the Indian Space Research Organisation, on 13 May 2026 signed a memorandum of understanding at the SAMEER headquarters located inside IIT Bombay campus in Mumbai. The agreement was signed by Dr A K Anil Kumar, Director, ISTRAC ISRO, and Dr P Hanumantha Rao, Director General, SAMEER, in the presence of senior officers from both organisations. Under the partnership, the two bodies will jointly design and develop state-of-the-art high power amplifier systems built around indigenous Gallium Nitride semiconductor modules, which will be used in ground stations of the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu near Bengaluru. These high power systems are essential to amplify the tele-command signal in X-band before it is transmitted to ISRO missions operating in the X-Band frequency band. The collaboration leverages GaN power modules being developed by GATEC and the Defence Research and Development Organisation, and is intended to reduce dependence on foreign original equipment manufacturers, lower mission cost and place India on par with NASA Deep Space Network and ESA ESTRACK in indigenous capability. The MoU also opens the door for joint manpower training, technology transfer to Indian industry and a long term roadmap for self-reliant deep space ground segment.