Pune: Avasara Leadership Institute announced the launch of the Honeywell Center for Advancing Girls in Science, a transformative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program for bright, young girls in middle and high school. Funded by Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the programme will empower 500 Avasara […]
Chandipur (Balasore, Odisha): India today successfully flight-tested indigenous Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (or QRSAM) against live targets, validating the technology. India’s Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) tested the missiles against an aerial target, this time a Meggitt‘s Banshee target drone for aerial target practice, from the Integrated Test […]
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is working towards finding solutions to the rogue drones menace, as witnessed in Venezuala a year ago when President Nicolas Maduro was targetted with explosives, in an effort to protect critical national assets. The government has constituted a task force under the […]
New Delhi: The counter-drones technologies business is expected to touch market figure of $100 million in a year’s time by 2020, a research report by trade body FICCI and advisory entity EY India has estimated. As the market accelerates, the instances of misuse of this technology by nefarious […]
New Delhi: India has signed a 1,500-rupee ($220-million) deal with Russia to arm its fleet of Sukhoi Su-30MKI fleet with the R-27 air-to-air missiles that provide a medium-range stand-off capability to the air force. The missiles, with an extended range, would add to the capabilities of the Su-30 […]
New Delhi: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said terrorism and proxy war pose a threat to the entire world, while those nations defeated in wars were now resorting to proxy war and supporting terrorism to achieve their political objectives. Addressing an even to mark the 20th anniversary […]
New Delhi: American aerospace major Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the arrival of the first four AH-64E Apaches for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Hindan Air Force Station. An additional four Apaches will arrive in the coming week, and the eight will then move to the […]
New Delhi: The 11th biennial edition of DefExpo India- 2020 is scheduled to be held for the first time in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, the government announced today. The media release reads: “It offers an excellent opportunity for the Indian defence industry to showcase its capabilities and promote […]
