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Pvt firms, DRDO and DPSUs must work together to strengthen IAF: MoD report

IAF's active squadrons have fallen to 31 against the authorised 42, with an ageing fleet and delayed inductions exacerbating the issue

Private participation to help India turn leader in defence tech: DRDO chief

"With disruptive technologies coming in," startups and SMEs are needed to contribute to innovation in defence. They have more flexibility than large public companies," said Kamat

DRDO successfully test fires first-of-its-kind naval anti-ship missile

India has successfully test fired a first-of-its-kind naval anti-ship missile from Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. The trials carried out on Tuesday demonstrated the missile's capability against ship targets, the defence ministry said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy for successfully conducting the flight tests of the missile. The DRDO and the Navy carried out successful flight-trials of first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship missile (NASM-SR) from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, the ministry said. "The trials demonstrated the missile's capability against ship targets while launched from an Indian Naval Seaking helicopter," the ministry said. It said the "trials have proven the missile's Man-in-Loop feature and scored a direct hit on a small ship target in sea-skimming mode at its maximum range." The missile uses an indigenous imaging infra-red seeker for terminal guidance. The missio

DRDO internship 2025: Kickstart your career in defence R&D tech, apply now

UG and PG engineering and science students can apply for internships at DRDO. Students have a great opportunity to obtain practical experience in the field of defense technology through internship

India offers multi-barrel rocket system Pinaka to France amid growing ties

He emphasised that an acquisition of this system by France would be another milestone in Indo-French defence ties. PM Modi concluded his three-day visit to France on Wednesday

BrahMos supersonic missile is generating interest globally: DRDO chief

DRDO Chairperson Samir V Kamat said that Indonesia has expressed interest in the BrahMos, along with other countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia

India's Pralay missile debuts on R-Day, closing gap with China, Pakistan

The Pralay missile was specifically designed to meet the Indian Army's requirements for a tactical conventional missile suitable for battlefield use

DRDO to unveil laser weapon, Pralay missile at Republic Day Parade 2025

DRDO's Republic Day tableau will feature a laser-based directed energy weapon, while physical systems like Pralay, Pinaka, Akash, and BrahMos will highlight India's advanced defence capabilities

DRDO successfully conducts scramjet engine test for hypersonic missiles

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted a ground test of scramjet combustor, demonstrating its potential for operational use in hypersonic missiles, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), a Hyderabad-based laboratory of DRDO, has taken the initiative in developing a long-duration supersonic combustion ramjet or scramjet powered hypersonic technology, the ministry said in a statement. DRDL recently developed these technologies and demonstrated a cutting-edge active cooled scramjet combustor ground test for 120 seconds for the first time in India, it said. The successful ground test marks a "crucial milestone in developing next-generation hypersonic missiles", the ministry added. "The ground test of scramjet combustor showcased several notable achievements, demonstrating its potential for operational use in hypersonic vehicles, like successful ignition and stable combustion," the statement ..

CATS Warrior: HAL completes key test of loyal wingman for deep-strike ops

Controlled by a Tejas 'mothership', the Combat Air Teaming System platforms can autonomously perform surveillance and deep-penetration strikes in enemy territory, eliminating risks to the pilot

House panel asks DRDO to excel R-D warfare in hybrid, kinetic, non-kinetic

Underlining that the ongoing conflict in the international arena has revealed the "hazards of a hybrid warfare", a parliamentary panel has recommend that the DRDO should expand its R&D efforts to enhance combat readiness against any non-conventional warfare and security threats. In its report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the committee has noted "with concern that out of 55 projects, 23 were not completed within the stipulated time". "Although, 571 projects worth Rs 34161.58 cr have been successfully completed and closed during the last 10 years (1 Jan 2012 -- till date), with respect to projects which were partially successful or unsuccessful, eight such projects worth Rs 770.31 cr were stage closed during this period," the report said. The report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence is titled -- 'Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Forty-Second Report (17th Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Defence on the ...

India's 2024 missile breakthroughs: Game-changing tech boosts defence might

India's defence strides in 2024 bring it closer to elite powers like the US, Russia, and China. Discover how groundbreaking missile tech is reshaping its nuclear deterrence and warfare edge

IIT Kanpur develops revolutionary tech to make aircraft invisible to radar

The technology has undergone extensive laboratory and field testing between 2019 and 2024, proving its efficacy across diverse conditions

India tests hypersonic missile: Similar US, China, Russia weapons explained

Has India's first hypersonic missile test brought it on par with the capabilities of the US, China, and Russia? Discover the answer here

Hypersonic advantage: India joins exclusive global missile, aircraft club

Delivering a missile at hypersonic speed endows it with enormous military advantages. Most contemporary cruise missiles fly to their targets at subsonic speeds of 250-300 metres per second

Big success! India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile | Indian missiles | DRDO

The DRDO successfully tested a long-range hypersonic missile at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast on November 16. What makes hypersonic missiles special? Watch the video to find out.

India successfully tests long-range hypersonic missile in historic trial

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, the Armed Forces and the Industry for the successful flight trial of the country's first long-range hypersonic mission, and termed

DRDO successfully completes flight tests of guided Pinaka rocket system

The Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher can deliver up to seven tonnes of explosives through 216 launcher tubes in 44 second to a target 60 km away

AHSP of P-7 Parachute System handed over to DRDO lab: Defence Ministry

The Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP) of the P-7 Parachute System has been handed over to the Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) by a key DRDO laboratory, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. The AHSP is the authority responsible for generating, maintaining, updating or declaring obsolete the entire history and technical information of defence products. The AHSP of the P-7 Parachute System has been handed over to the DGQA by the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra. Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development and DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat handed over the AHSP at a ceremony held at the DRDO Bhawan here on Monday, the defence ministry said. "ADRDE has successfully designed, developed and qualified the P-7 Parachute System. Gliders India Limited (Ordnance Parachute Factory), GIL (OPF), Kanpur has fabricated the parachute system, which is capable of safely dropping payloads of up to 9.5 tonne from IL-76 aircraft at

India dispatches first Akash air defence missile battery for export: BEL

Akash surface-to-air missile system battery being exported to 'friendly foreign country', widely speculated to be Armenia, though not officially confirmed