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: In a first for India, a domestic company today bagged a $56 million order to supply indigenously made hand grenades to the army, a major bid to go self-reliant and self-sufficient in this area of arms production. The Ministry of Defence‘s Acquisition Wing signed the Rs […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated at 5 pm on Sep. 30 with New DAP 2020 document at the end, and previously updated at 9 pm on Sep. 28 with the defence minister’s remarks and reactions from the industry on DAP-220 at the end.) New Delhi: India’s new acquisition rules for […]
Kochi (Kerala): India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1), under construction at the Cochin Shipyard Limited since 2009, is ready to go for basin trials and will be doing its sea trials in mid-2020. This was the takeaway from a review of the construction of the IAC-1 carried out […]
New Delhi: India has successfully carried out five user trials of the ‘Astra’ beyond visual range air-to-air missile from an Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft. “The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) ‘Astra’ from Su-30 MKI platform […]
New Delhi: India has tested indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully yesterday off the coast of Odisha into the Bay of Bengal. The missile was launched from an Indian Air Force‘s Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft as a part of user trials, a Ministry of Defence statement said. The live […]
