Indian-American engineer Vibhav Altekar has come into the spotlight after a drone boat developed by his company, Saronic Technologies, played a role in a first-of-its-kind US military rescue mission near the Strait of Hormuz.

Two crew members of the US Army's Apache helicopter, which was downed near the Strait of Hormuz, were rescued by a drone boat developed by a Texas-based company with…

Two crew members of the US Army’s Apache helicopter, which was downed near the Strait of Hormuz, were rescued by a drone boat developed by a Texas-based company with…