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: In just over a year from today, the Indian Navy will add fifth Scorpene submarine to its fleet, a serious addition to the sagging conventional underwater fighting capabilities, taking the strength to 17 by 2021. This has been made possible with the successful launch of the […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to offload up to 15 per cent of its share in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has met with opposition from employees of India’s lone, state-run aircraft manufacturer. But industry veterans feel a gradual disinvestment of the nation’s aerospace […]
New Delhi: Indian private sector technology company, Dynamatic Technologies Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government’s Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO) to jointly design, develop and manufacture futuristic solutions for defence and aerospace, healthcare and agriculture industries. “Our partnership with CSIO is aligned to Government […]
(Editor’s Note: Corrections in paragraph 3 and 4, to read the economic package as Rs 2,000,000 crore or Rs 20 trillion or $266 billion, and production target Rs 30,000 crore as $4 billion respectively.) By Ayaskant Das The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has fallen short of its production […]
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) […]
New Delhi: India has set a target of $26-billion defence industry by 2025 and to achieve this target, the Narendra Modi government has taken several policy measures through the Ministry of Defence. Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik told members of Parliament of India from the Council […]
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is planning to boost defence exports from the current 107-billion rupees ($1.5 billion) to friendly foreign nations by taking the help of the private sector in arms production. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who met with nearly 45 public and private aerospace and […]
