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: India today said its defence research agency has locally developed a high strength, metastable Beta Titanium alloy containing Vanadius, Iron and Aluminium on an industrial scale, boosting applications in aerospace structural forgings. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) that is […]
New Delhi: India today successfully flight tested a new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile from the Agni-series that is likely to add a sting to the nation’s missile forces to strike at 2,000-kilometre range. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said the Agni-P — the P stands for […]
(Editor’s Note: Adds SIDM statement on the Second Positive Indigenisation List at Paragraph 16.) New Delhi: India today announced the addition of 108 defence platforms and equipment to a list of items that are banned from imports, further boosting the Narendra Modi government’s resolve to give preference to […]
New Delhi: India’s defence public sector undertaking BEML Limited has bagged export orders from central African nation Cameroon and neighbour Bangladesh under Lines of Credit extended by the Indian government to buy construction equipment. BEML Limited is a ‘Schedule A’ company under India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
