New Delhi: In a boost to armed forces‘ capability to fight the enemy better and to counter inimical forces, three key defence systems developed locally by India‘s defence research agency were inducted into the army, navy and the air force today. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh handed over […]
New Delhi: India today said it has successfully tested a 5.56x30mm protective carbine designed by its defence research agency, clearing its way for induction into the armed forces. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) had designed the Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC) and the latest tests were […]
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, […]
New Delhi: India-made Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile system today achieved a major milestone by a direct hit on a Banshee pilot-less target aircraft at medium range and medium altitude, displaying a key capability to hit small airborne targets. The QRSAM was tested from the Integrated Test Range at […]
New Delhi: India has released its defence research agency’s procurement manual for 2020 that is aimed at increasing the scope of participation of local industry in military products development. Though the release ceremony was held on Oct. 20 with Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh formally announcing the launch […]
New Delhi: India today announced to the world that it has successfully carried out all tests on its locally designed and developed anti-tank guided missile that will now get into the production phase ahead of induction into the army. The final user trial of the third-generation NAG missile, […]
New Delhi: Two years after its commissioning, Indian Navy‘s newest destroyer INS Chennai today validated its arming with the world’s first supersonic cruise missile with a successful test-firing of the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos. The missile, fired from on board the 7,500-tonne warship, hit its intended surface target […]
New Delhi: India‘s locally designed and developed laser-guided anti-tank missile continued its successful run during trials, with a hit on target at a longer range than previously attempted, in a boost to the ‘Make in India‘ effort of the Narendra Modi government. The latest test were held today […]
New Delhi: India will operationalise its new acquisition, the French Rafale fighter jets, at the Ambala air base tomorrow in an induction ceremony. With this induction into the Indian Air Force, the South Asian giant is announcing to the world, particularly its adversarial neighbours China and Pakistan, that […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated during the course of the day with additional information obtained from DRDO in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12, and a video of the hypersonic vehicle launch in the last paragraph.) By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In only its second attempt in just over […]
New Delhi: Weeks after India‘s defence ministry listed defence products that it intends to buy only from domestic industry, the nation’s defence research organisation today listed 108 systems and subsystems it wants locally designed, developed and manufactured by the private sector. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) […]
