New Delhi: Hit hard by media criticism of slowdown in major defence projects under the ‘Make in India‘ initiative, the Narendra Modi government today said it was expediting the three key procurement programmes for next generation submarines, naval utility helicopters and the 114-combat jets, cumulatively worth $23 billion. […]
New Delhi: In a major boost to its local defence research and development, India today successfully armed the Light Combat Aircraft-Navy with Beyond Visual Range and Counter-Counter-Measure missiles. The aircraft-developer, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in a couple of tweets today announced its success in arming India […]
New Delhi: India’s Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) have a healthy order book worth Rs 2,31,981 crore ($32.5 billion) that could help them stay in business for a period ranging from two years to 10 years. The details of the order book for each of the DPSUs is […]
New Delhi: India’s highest defence procurement decision-making panel will take up for approval a navy proposal to buy 10 Boeing P8I surveillance aircraft for a whopping $3 billion, people with knowledge of the meeting agenda said today. The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, […]
Singapore: India today agreed to allow Singapore to use its missile testing facility at Chandipur off Odisha coast, in what is seen as the first time ever a foreign country gets access to the highly secure installation. The two nations also signed a Letter of Intent to conclude […]
Balasore (Odisha): India today achieved success in night-time firing a nuclear-weapon capable, 2,000-km range Agni-II missile that can be a credible deterrent against the other two nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and China in the region. This was the first Indian attempt at firing the weapon system at night. The […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence today signed a Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion/$2.8 billion) contract with the state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to licence-build 464 additional T-90S main battle tanks for the Indian Army. The indent for the 464 of these tanks were issued to the […]
New Delhi: In two back-to-back test firings, the Indian Air Force (IAF) today successfully validated the Indo-Russian BrahMos land-attack cruise missiles for its combat readiness. The IAF conducted the tests of the surface-to-surface cruise missile in combat mode at the Trek Island in Car Nicobar Islands region off […]
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 […]
New Delhi: India today signed a deal with Russia for upgrading and modernising its Delhi-class of warships’ air defence radars and missile systems. The contract between India’s Ministry of Defence and Russian Federation’s JSC Rosoboronexport was signed here for the modernisation of ‘Air Defence Complex Kashmir and Radar […]
New Delhi: In a major boost for the Indian Army‘s capability building, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully flight tested indigenously developed low-weight, fire-and-forget Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile in the ranges of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The missile was launched from a man portable tripod launcher […]
New Delhi: India today approved the procurement of next generation long range maritime mobile coastal batteries that would use the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to deliver warhead on inimical forces. The Indian Navy would operate the missile batteries. The decision came at the Defence Acquisition Council meet, the […]
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: 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 […]
