(Editor’s Note: The views expressed are that of the author.) By T. S. Shankar Come January, Air India, will lose its national flagship carrier tag, as there would be a change of guard with the airline joining the stable of the prestigious mega corporate business conglomerate, the Tata […]
Bengaluru: India‘s Arunachal Pradesh province got a major boost to its regional connectivity, with the state-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signing a lease agreement with Alliance Air Aviation Limited for the supply of two civilian Dornier Do-228 aircraft for operating in the state bordering China. HAL’s […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Before signing the contract, they were unsure. After pocketing the deal, they are undecided. “We need some more time,” was the matter-of-factly reply from Indian defence manufacturer Tata Advanced Systems Limited‘s (TASL’s) managing director and chief executive officer Sukaran Singh to a […]
New Delhi: India‘s space launch vehicle programme, the first to be taken up entirely by private players, has witnessed a spirited response from three entities, including a consortia led by the Adani Group and the other by Larsen & Toubro. When one of the entities bags the contract […]
New Delhi: India today once again successfully tested the locally-made new generation air defence missile against an high-speed unmanned aerial target, validating a key function of the weapon system. “(The) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight-test of New Generation Akash (Akash-NG) missile from Integrated […]
New Delhi: Providing a boost to indigenous manufacturing in the aerospace and defence sector, India’s coast guard today inducted the domestic industry-made Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), enhancing its air operations capabilities. The ALH inducted into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), the fourth of the Indian armed forces, by […]
New Delhi: In line with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today commissioned an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) built by state-run defence shipbuilder Goa Shipyard Limited. India’s Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, Indian Coast Guard Director […]
New Delhi: India’s defence research and development agency has achieved success with a critical technology for aeroengines that will help the nation to take a step closer towards self-reliance in the aerospace sector and enter an elite group of nations with this capability. The Defence Research and Development […]
By N. C. Bipindra Bengaluru: Another good news awaits the local aerospace and defence industry in the form of a $6.5-billion contract signing for 83 Tejas aircraft on day one of the biennial AeroIndia 2021 show tomorrow. This was announced by the Ministry of Defence today, a day […]
New Delhi: India today successfully conducted the maiden test-launch of its new generation Akash air defence missile off its eastern coast, a weapon system for intercepting highly manoeuverable low radar cross section aerial threats. The country’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out the test from the […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a significant business opportunity for local companies in the beginning of a new year, India today approved the $6.5-billion locally-made combat jets procurement for the air force, boosting the aerospace and defence industry that has been fighting hard against COVID-induced negative […]
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s state-run defence technology developer, today entered into an arrangement with the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO) to adopt and install the former’s indigenous eco-friendly biodigester units at the latter’s facilities, as a means to conserve water and […]
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), along with the Indian Navy, today conducted the successful maiden test trial of ‘SAHAYAK-NG‘ India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container from IL-38SD aircraft of the navy off the coast of Goa. The trial was conducted by […]
Hyderabad (India): India has opened a new Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility here, becoming only the third nation globally after the United States and Russia to have such large capabilities in terms of size and operations. The facility was opened yesterday by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh […]
New Delhi: India today successfully fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in an anti-ship mode, hitting bullseye on the intended target, in a test conducted live by the navy from a destroyer. This was part of a series of tri-service BrahMos tests conducted in the last one week, […]