New Delhi: India‘s defence research agency today successful flight-tested a new generation surface-to-air missile from the Akash family of locally-made air defence weapon systems, increasing the chances of its induction into the Indian armed forces soon. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the Akash-NG missile […]
New Delhi: India today said its defence research agency has successfully fight-tested the locally made Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) for a minimum range, boosting the ground forces’ lethality against enemy battle tanks. Today’s test has also increased the chances of the weapon system’s induction into the […]
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: 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 […]
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: 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, […]
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: 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 today successfully tested a supersonic missile assisted release of a torpedo, in a boost to its navy’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) is a missile-assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo System for anti-submarine warfare operations far beyond a torpedo’s range. […]
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‘s domestic companies contributed a major, indigenously developed technology to literally boost the BrahMos cruise missile that was successfully tested today. The BrahMos, a India-Russia joint venture, featured an India-made propulsion system, air frame, power supply and other major indigenous components, indicating a major localisation of […]
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 […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Taking their bilateral cooperation in science and technology to a new level, India and Russia have decided to fund joint development of cutting edge technologies in areas like Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Pharmaceuticals, Renewable Energy, Aerospace, Alternative Technologies, Environment, New Materials, Bio-technology, Robotics […]
