New Delhi: India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation has launched five projects under the Technology Development Fund scheme and has sought interest and participation from domestic Micro, Small ane Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to avail the opportunity. The on-going projects under Technology Development Fund scheme are as follows: Development […]
New Delhi: India today inducted its second ‘Tejas‘ Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) squadron at Sulur air base in Tamil Nadu, marking the seriousness with which its air force takes the indigenous fighter jet and what’s in store for the ‘Make in India‘ programme. The Indian Air Force (IAF) […]
New Delhi: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today called for the nation to become self-reliant and a “net exporter of technology”. Addressing the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists on National Technology Day, being observed to mark India’s nuclear tests in 1998 at Pokhran, Rajasthan, through […]
New Delhi: The Smart World and Communication Business of Indian major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said it has bagged a a large order from the Indian Army for establishing a first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art Unified Network Management System to ‘manage, support and operate’ the countrywide Armed Forces Network under […]
By Kartik Bommakanti The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it would be indefinitely postponing the launch of its GISAT-1 Earth Observation (EO) weather satellite. The launch, which was originally scheduled for Mar. 5. 2020 has now been indefinitely postponed by the ISRO. Although the ISRO did […]
New Delhi: India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh today threw open the draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020 that aims at further increasing indigenous manufacturing and reducing timelines for procurement of defence equipment for the public to receive inputs from the stake-holders. The draft DPP, prepared by a high […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s infantry soldiers will soon get to deploy a third generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) designed and developed by the domestic industry, as the army seeks to identify vendors to manufacture 2,330 missiles and 101 launchers, with six simulators for training purposes. […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s signature defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, came to a close today in Lucknow, where the last five days witnessed a slew of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding being signed. India’s Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar had informed at the event that over […]
Lucknow: India’s lone aircraft maker, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), today signaled the future of its business, by signing up with Israeli and Indian firms to carry out marketing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to domestic customers, even as its order book for Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer and […]
Lucknow: India major Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) today signed up a partnership MoU with American firm General Atomics to probe opportunities to develop and integrate power generation, storage, control and distribution technologies to surface and underwater naval platforms to meet Indian requirements. “We have been relentlessly working towards […]
New Delhi: French military and security technology major Thales has offered to digitally transform India’s defence forces and will be showcasing products and technologies that it promises have the potential to enable India’s armed forces to achieve high ambitions and master every decisive moment. “In line with DefExpo-2020‘s […]
New Delhi: India’s defence and security solutions provider, Kanpur-based MKU Limited, will offer its indigenously designed, developed and manufactured products such as night vision weapon sights and body armour to the Indian armed forces and will showcase its domestic military manufacturing capability at this year’s DefExpo in Lucknow […]
New Delhi: India and Brazil today agreed to work jointly on cyber-defence and defence systems, among others, and on an action plan to strengthen their strategic partnership that could shape the way the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) could be reformed. After a bilateral meeting between the visiting […]
Kolkata: India’s state-run Garden Research Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) today touched a key milestone under the navy’s next generation frigates project, with a keel laying for the second of the three warships it would build under the programme. India’s Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral G. […]
New Delhi: Israeli CONTROP Precision Technologies Limited, a company specialising in electro-optics and infrared (EO/IR) for defence and homeland security solutions, has won a tender from India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the supply of its iSky-50HD systems, for use on unmanned air platforms. The iSky-50HD […]
