DRDO has carried out three successive flight-trials of the Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha. The man-portable missile system intercepted simulated high-speed aerial targets and is intended for use by all three armed services.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has completed a high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system in Chandigarh, validating canopy severance, ejection sequencing and aircrew recovery using a dual-sled setup with an LCA forebody.
DRDO’s Naval Science & Technological Laboratory has developed new man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles equipped with sonar, cameras and AI-based target recognition for mine countermeasure missions.
L&T and BEL have added Dynamatic Technologies as an exclusive partner in India’s AMCA fifth-generation fighter program, combining strengths in aerostructures, engineering, and electronics to boost domestic aerospace manufacturing. The AMCA program, being developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is intended to equip the Indian Air Force with an indigenous, stealth-capable multirole combat aircraft.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the first batch of BrahMos missiles from the new BrahMos Integration and Testing Facility in Lucknow, marking a major step in the UP Defence Industrial Corridor’s expansion of indigenous missile production.
HAL’s Nashik facility has conducted the first flight of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A and inaugurated new production lines for the fighter and the HTT-40 trainer aircraft. The expansion is intended to increase LCA output to 24 aircraft annually and represents a major boost to India’s indigenous manufacturing capacity.
The ULPGM-V3 has three modular warhead options including anti-armour to destroy modern armoured vehicles equipped with Rolled Homogeneous Armour with Explosive Reactive Armour, Penetration-cum-Blast warhead with anti-bunker application and pre-fragmentation warhead.
The Akash Prime Weapon System has been developed by Army Air Defence and the Defence Research and development Organisation (DRDO) ‘in conjunction with Defence PSUs (Public Sector Units) such as Bharat Dynamics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited.’
The USD 1.01 billion order is for the Arjun Mk 1A MBT variant developed by CVRDE and other laboratories of DRDO and will be produced by Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi.
Saab’s Mats Palmberg gives the details about their INAC/Indian Aircraft Company proposal that is part of their offer of the Gripen to India.
United Shipbuilding Corporation design bureau Rubin is offering the Amur 1650 submarine with AIP in partnership with Larsen & Toubro for the Indian Navy’s P75(I) program for six submarines.
DRDO Chairman S. Christopher told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence about a requirement of INR 800 crore to develop the LCA Mk2, adding the IAF had committed to 201 fighters.
India’s defence procurement continues to raise more questions than answers, points out Hemant Shivakumar, with the uncertainty over the order of Spike Anti Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) appearing to be the latest casualty to the ‘Make in India’ initiative.
Angad Singh explains why the Indian Navy faces difficulties as it begins its search for new carrier fighters.
The Pinaka Rocket Mark-II, which evolved from Pinaka Mark-I is equipped with a navigation, guidance and control kit and has been transformed to a Guided Pinaka.
