Arms & munitions

DRDO flight-tests 1,000-km Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile

13 Nov 2024

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Tuesday carried out the first flight test of its Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM)

Bharat Forge bids lowest in Indian Army’s Rs6,000-cr tender for ATAGS howitzers

06 Nov 2024

Bharat Forge has emerged as lowest bidder in Indian Army's Rs6,000-crore tender to develop and manufacture 307 ATAGS howitzers, to be deployed along the borders with China and Pakistan.

India tests Agni-5 missile capable of multiple strikes

12 Mar 2024

India on Monday successfully carried out the first flight-test of the Agni-5 missile with multiple warheads, each capable of targeting objects hundreds of kilometers apart, and a range of 5.000 kilometres.

Indian Navy to commission MH 60R ‘Seahawks’ helicopter squadron

04 Mar 2024

The Indian Navy will on Wednesday commission INAS 34, a new squadron of the newly inducted MH 60R Seahawk multi-role helicopter at INS Garuda, Kochi.

DRDO test-flies new generation Akash missile

15 Jan 2024

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday made a successful flight-test of the new generation Akash (Akash-NG) missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the Odisha coast.

DRDO successfully flight-tests enhanced version of Pinaka rocket system

11 Nov 2020

IAF to get 16 more Rafale fighter jets by April 2021

02 Nov 2020

DRDO successfully test-fires anti-radiation missile, Rudram

09 Oct 2020

With this, the country has established indigenous capability to develop long range air launched anti-radiation missiles for neutralising enemy radars, communication sites and other RF emitting targets

DRDO successfully flight-tests advanced version of Shaurya ballistic missile

03 Oct 2020

India successfully flight-tests extended range BrahMos missile

30 Sep 2020

India successfully test-fires laser guided anti-tank missile

24 Sep 2020

DRDO successfully flight-tests high-speed expendable aerial target vehicle Abhyas

23 Sep 2020

India signs Rs300-cr deal to procure 100 Spice bombs from Israel

11 Jun 2019

India to buy 464 T-90MS tanks for Army’s armoured regiments

10 Apr 2019

Akash missile defence system among Rs9,100-cr purchases cleared by DAC

19 Sep 2018

India successful tests smart weapons for airfield and anti-tank operations

23 Aug 2018

Govt launches new MSME partnership programme for defence production

19 Jan 2018

DAC clears Rs3,574-cr purchase of assault rifles, eases defence production norms

17 Jan 2018

Defence ministry approves 2,420-cr procurements for Navy, Army from Boeing, BEL

05 Jan 2018

India to buy Barak missiles from Israel, precision bombs from Russia

03 Jan 2018

India will buy 131 surface-to-air Barak missiles and associated equipment from Rafael Advanced Defence Systems of Israel and 240 precision-guided bombs from JSC Rosonboron Exports of Russia, at a total cost of Rs1,714 crore

Lockheed Martin bags $26.3-mn contract from US Air Force to develop laser weapon

09 Nov 2017

IAF successfully flight-tests glide bomb with precision strike

04 Nov 2017

Lockheed Martin tests ATHENA laser weapon against drones

22 Sep 2017

A new video released by Lockheed Martin shows the weapon shoot not one, but five UAVs out of the sky with a precision shot

‘Akash’ missiles a big flop, a third of them unusable: CAG

29 Jul 2017

Army has no ammunition to fight war beyond 10 days: CAG report

22 Jul 2017

The CAG report slammed the defence establishment for dismal failure to manage at least 50 per cent of the ammunition prescribed for 40 days of "intense" fighting