Defence production
DRDO successfully flight-tests solid fuel ducted ramjet booster missile
16 Dec 2024
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday conducted a successful flight-test of the indigenously developed Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster missile system.
DRDO successfully flight-tests India’s first long-range hypersonic missile
18 Nov 2024
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested India’s first long-range hypersonic missile, which has a strike range of over 1,500 km
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)
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp, Spain’s Navantia vie for Indian Navy’s AIP-submarine contract
29 Oct 2024
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marien Systems (TkMS) and Spain’s Navantia are competing to co-develop six conventional submarines with Air Independent Propulsion
DRDO hands over technology for 30mm HEPF shell to Indian Navy
03 Sep 2024
The Indian Navy will soon start induction of High Explosive Preformed Fragmentation (HEPF) shells to its armoury, which will further enhance the Navy’s capability to combat drone attacks.
Defence ministry approves Rs1.45 lakh crore capital acquisition proposals for defence forces
03 Sep 2024
Defence ministry has lined up Rs1.45 lakh crore capital acquisition programme for the Defence forces, which include procurement of future-ready combat vehicles
DRDO successfully flight-tests Phase-II ballistic missile defence system
26 Jul 2024
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully flight-tested Phase-II of the indigenously developed ballistic missile defence system.
India flight-tests missile-based torpedo system for submarines
02 May 2024
India on Wednesday announced the successful flight test of a Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system that would give a big boost to Indian Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capability.
India flight-tests new generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime
05 Apr 2024
India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC), along with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), on Wednesday conducted a successful flight-test of Agni-Prime, a new generation ballistic missile.
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.
Bengaluru-based start-up develops green propulsion system for spacecraft
05 Feb 2024
Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt Ltd, a Bengaluru-based start-up, funded by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed a `Green Propulsion System’, which uses a green monopropellant thruster for altitude control
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.
India’s NewSpace test-flies high-altitude long-endurance UAV
26 Dec 2023
Bengaluru-based NewSpace Research and Technologies Pvt Ltd (NRT) on Saturday said it has carried out the first test-flight of a solar-powered, long-endurance drone.
Defence ministry inks Rs5,336-cr contract with BEL for electronic fuses of artillery guns
16 Dec 2023
Ministry of defence on Friday signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Pune for procurement of electronic fuses for artillery guns, involving total expenditure of Rs5,336.25 crore for the government over a 10-year period.
DRDO successfully flight-tests high-speed flying-wing UAV
15 Dec 2023
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a flight trial of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator
BEL’s outstanding orders swell to Rs68,000 crore
09 Dec 2023
State-owned aerospace and defence company Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has secured fresh orders worth Rs3,915 crore from the Indian Army.
Tata Advanced Systems to build military aircraft
31 Oct 2022
Tata Advanced Systems will manufacture 40 of the 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft for Airbus Defence at a facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, becoming India’s first private company to make military aircraft