Defence

News: There has been a clear trajectory of Japan and India deepening their defence ties in recent years and the relations are bound to be promoted since India will include Japan in the Malabar naval exercises with the US in October. “The two countries are also exploring the possibility of ...

News: The ‘Nag’ missile developed by the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) which Abdul Kalam headed, will move like a ‘cobra’ to hit battle tanks in a range of 4 km to 7 km distance. Production of the anti-tank missile ‘Nag’, a ‘fire and forget’ missile developed to hit ...

News: The defence ministry has invited 10 companies to bid for a Rs 60,000-crore project to manufacture futuristic infantry combat vehicles (FICVs) in India. Several major players like Tata, Mahindra, Larsen and Toubro, Pipavav, Bharat Forge and Punj Lloyd have been asked by the defence ministry to submit their bids ...

News: Barak 8 is being considered to be a major asset for Indian Navy because it would add a potent system designed to destroy any anti-ship missile launched by Pakistani or Chinese navy. India and Israel are likely to test fire this month the long-range surface-to-air Barak 8 missile, jointly ...

News: The government  is in the process of signing an agreement with the US to collaborate on the next-generation lightweight, protective clothing for soldiers. The project, titled Next Generation Protection Ensemble (NGPE), is part of one of the four projects that were identified for joint development during President Barack Obama’s ...

News: NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a dual frequency (L & S Band) Radar Imaging Satellite. In this joint mission, JPL/ NASA will be responsible for design & development of L-band SAR, 12m unfurlable antenna, GPS system and data recorder. ISRO will be responsible for design & development ...

News: DRDO is pumping in over Rs 400 crore into IIT Bombay and IIT Madras to kick-start advanced defence-related aerospace research and development. Products and technology now under development include aircraft that can morph into a missile, gas turbine engines used to run aircraft and missile propulsion, hypersonics that enable flights to go at several times the speed of sound, and ...

News: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the government has taken steps to mitigate the deficiencies in some of the critical ammunition on priority. Steps taken: Second Five Year Ammunition Roll on indent for the period 2014-19 has been placed on Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). A road map on ammunition has ...

News: Spike is a third generation, fire-and-forget, man-portable, anti-tank missile. Rafael of Israel and India’s Kalyani Group are forming a manufacturing Joint Venture (JV) to produce Spike Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) in India and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) will be the system integrator. Source: DefenceNews

News: The long-range surface-to-air missile being developed with Israel will go in for national trials for the Navy once it is tested in Israel in October, with production following “definitely next year”. To reach targets of up to 70 km, is being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation ...