Defence

News: India is on the verge of increasing its exports and looking at indigenously produced electronic surveillance systems and airborne radars as a lead option. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is ready to work at the systems and radars. It will try to match China, which figures among ...

News: The United States has overtaken Russia, Israel & France to become India’s largest arms supplier over the last 4 years. Attack helicopters, Strategic airlift, Anti-submarine warfare, Howitzers, Heavy-lift helicopters are the present projects of United States. Source: DefenceNews

News: India has test-fired its indigenously developed Nag anti-tank guided missile (Helina), which can hit a target upto seven km, from a helicopter at a firing range in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. HeliNa is a helicopter-launched version of Nag and has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ...

News: Nuclear submarines are strategic assets and typically stay deep inside the sea ready to launch in case of nuclear strike. The indigenously made nuclear submarine – INS Arihant – will fire its first missile, also made in India, this year to formally complete the nuclear triad for India. The ...

News: The first defence park of India, which would make components required for defence establishments, is to come up at Ottapalam , Kerala. The cost of the project, including cost of the land is about Rs 231 crore. Out of this, Rs 50 crore is to be offered by the ...

News: The final deal for the joint development and production of a fifth generation fighter aircraft could be signed during Modi’s visit to Russia in November. The agreement on the fighter aircraft has been stuck because of differences in the work share between Sukhoi and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL). India ...

News: Barak 8 is an upgraded version of the Barak system and is considered to be a major asset for Indian Navy because it adds a potent system designed to destroy any anti-ship missile launched by Pakistani or Chinese navy. The missile is being jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries, India’s ...

News: ISRO has planned to launch GSLV-Mark II next month and three more navigational satellites before March 2016 said ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar. ISRO has completed 120 mission and 74 satellite launches including 45 commercial launches. On the status of Mangalyaan, he said there had been no communication between the satellite ...

News: Malabar is an annual naval training exercise conducted by Indian and American navies, which includes fighter combat operations from aircraft carriers and other manoeuvres. A decision has been taken after the three countries held their first ever high-level trilateral dialogue to include Japan in the bilateral naval exercise ‘Malabar’, to be ...

News: Indian Navy is set to test fire the long-range surface to air Barak 8 missile. The missile is being jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries, India’s DRDO, Israel’s Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure, Elta Systems, Rafael and other companies. The missile system aims to enhance ...