New Delhi: Less than a month after information technology major Infosys Limited said it will invest an additional $1 million (about Rs 7.2 crore) in ideaForge Technology Private Limited, the drone maker has attracted another round of $2 million investment (about Rs 15 crore) in a venture debt […]
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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 […]
Larsen & Toubro’s whole-time director and senior executive vice president (defence and smart technologies) J. D. Patil, in this second and final part of an exclusive interview, explains to Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra how the Indian defence ministry has exploited the COVID-induced situation to push for positive […]
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 […]
Bengaluru: In a big boost to indigenisation of defence industrial capability, India‘s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) today successfully test-fired a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-i aircraft off the coast of Odisha. The indigenous stand-off weapon developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a laboratory of […]
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 […]
Larsen & Toubro’s whole-time director and senior executive vice president (defence and smart technologies) J. D. Patil, in this exclusive interview, tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that lack of warship building orders is killing India’s private sector shipyards. Ques. Please provide our readers with an overview of […]
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 […]
(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-headquartered think-tank. The views expressed are that of the author’s.) By Commander (Dr) Jayakrishnan N. Nair Wearables are revolutionary products that could impact our armed forces in the coming years. Napoleon Bonaparte quotes: “To have good soldiers, a […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: The need for artificial intelligence and unmanned systems in maritime surveillance is being increasingly felt because of the regularity with which the indigenous ship-building industry is delivering platforms to the Indian Navy. The increase in the inventory of platforms with the navy comes […]
(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-based think-tank. The views expressed are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Dr Vijay Sakhuja The Indian and Chinese armies are ‘all set’ for […]
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 […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Vishal Nigam In a country as diversified as India, contribution of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to domestic production is unique and […]
New Delhi: In its second test in four days, an India-made Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system tracked an airborne target accurately and successfully neutralised it, in yet another display of the Indian defence scientists’ mastery in missile technology. “The flight test, second in the series, […]
