New Delhi: India has tested indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully yesterday off the coast of Odisha into the Bay of Bengal. The missile was launched from an Indian Air Force‘s Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft as a part of user trials, a Ministry of Defence statement said. The live […]
New Delhi: A Delhi-based defence research and development laboratory has designed a new generation war gaming software in collaboration with the Visakhapatnam-based Maritime Warfare Centre to meet the contemporary operation and tactical level requirement of the Indian Navy. The Institute for Systems Studies and Analysis (ISSA), a premier […]
New Delhi: In what’s been described as a golden letter day in Indian naval aviation history, the Light Combat Aircraft (Navy) today successfully carried out its first-ever arrested landing at the shore-based test facility at the naval air station INS Hansa in Goa. Developed indigenously by Defence Research […]
New Delhi: In a major boost for the Indian Army‘s capability building, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully flight tested indigenously developed low-weight, fire-and-forget Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile in the ranges of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The missile was launched from a man portable tripod launcher […]
By General Bipin Rawat, India’s Chief of Army Staff The Government of India has spoken a lot about privatisation of the defence sector. It is something not only the government but we in the armed forces are also looking at. The reasons are simple. For far too long, […]
Chandipur (Balasore, Odisha): India today successfully flight-tested indigenous Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (or QRSAM) against live targets, validating the technology. India’s Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) tested the missiles against an aerial target, this time a Meggitt‘s Banshee target drone for aerial target practice, from the Integrated Test […]
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is working towards finding solutions to the rogue drones menace, as witnessed in Venezuala a year ago when President Nicolas Maduro was targetted with explosives, in an effort to protect critical national assets. The government has constituted a task force under the […]
New Delhi: The counter-drones technologies business is expected to touch market figure of $100 million in a year’s time by 2020, a research report by trade body FICCI and advisory entity EY India has estimated. As the market accelerates, the instances of misuse of this technology by nefarious […]
