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In its procurement decisions, India faces a balance-of-power choice as it weighs its options between western democracies and Russia
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DRDO should emerge as world leader in exporting weapon systems: Ajay Bhatt
The DRDO's knowledge and infrastructure base needs to be tapped by MSMEs and private industries, and DRDO should emerge as the world leader in exporting weapon systems, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said on Sunday. Bhatt visited DRDO's Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex and the Research Centre Imarat (RCI) here and reviewed the ongoing missile technologies and related programmes, a Defence ministry release said. Director General, Missiles and Strategic Systems, U Raja Babu briefed the minister on various technological developments. "The DRDO's knowledge and infrastructure base needs to be tapped by MSMEs and private industries, which in turn will lead to the establishment of a self-reliant defence industrial ecosystem in our country, he said. The union minister also said that DRDO should emerge as the world leader in exporting weapon systems to the other nations, the release said. He emphasised that defence today is no longer limited to land, sea or skies but encompasse
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Aatmanirbhar campaign gaining ground, says IAF Chief VR Chaudhari
The focal point of his strategic vision integrates cutting-edge technologies to bolster IAF's operational capabilities
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Army bought weapons worth Rs 7,300 cr from domestic firms to counter China
Another Rs 7,000 crore worth of orders is in the final stages of procurement and is likely to be completed in the coming weeks
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CDS visits EEL in Nagpur, sees demonstration of indigenous munitions
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Saturday visited Economic Explosives Limited (EEL) in Nagpur and was given a demonstration of the test firing of the smallest rocket motor which is under development at the facility. EEL is a subsidiary of Solar Group of Industries, whose chairman Satyanarayan Nuwal apprised the CDS about the contribution of the group in development, manufacturing and supply of industrial and military explosives as well as other high energy materials. Since its entry into the manufacturing of defence systems in 2010, state-of-art facilities have been established at EEL for development, manufacturing and testing of modern grenades, mines, air bombs and a wide range of munitions, a release by Solar Industries said. EEL has also successfully established production and integration facilities of all variants of Pinaka rockets for supply to the Indian Army as well as for exports to friendly countries, it said, adding EEL had successfully delivered
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Rs 70,500-crore indigenous arms buy gets defence ministry's approval
These largely include indigenous BrahMos missiles, Shakti Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, and Maritime Utility Helicopters
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Centre curtails Chhattisgarh govt's fund to fight Maoists: Minister
The scheme also takes care of compensation to surrendered Maoists, community policing and security-related infrastructure for village defence committees
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India signs deal with Armenia for export of missiles, weapon systems
Armenia is also set to get anti-tank rockets as well as a range of ammunition from India under the bundled deal
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How the Indian military can be weaned off its dependence on Russian weapons
Shifting toward buying more Western weapons systems and lessening its dependence on Russia, for instance, would bolster India's autonomy
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Parliament passes bill to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction
The bill was approved by the Lok Sabha in April
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IAF ties up with IIT Madras to develop solutions to maintain weapon systems
The Indian Air Force and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras on Wednesday signed the memorandum of understanding
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Future warfare is likely to be hybrid with weapons, says IAF Chief
The future warfare is likely to be hybrid in nature wherein weapons such as economic strangulation, virus and hypersonic missiles would be used, IAF Chief Vivek Ram Chaudhari said on Tuesday.
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Rajnath releases 3rd list of defence equipment in Make-in-India push
The defence minister said India's self-reliance in the defence sector does not mean working in isolation from the rest of the world
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Statsguru: Six charts explain India's arms import dependence
The problematic issue, though, is India's paltry share in the world's exports
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Aero India 2021: HAL puts on show lethal new warfighting system
The concept, which has multiple components, was presented by HAL to the IAF at the end of 2019
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Akash-NG missile successfully launched, achieves 'textbook precision': DRDO
The Akash-NG (New Generation) Missile was successfully launched by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday and intercepted the target with 'textbook precision'.As per a statement from the DRDO, the launch was conducted from an Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha.Akash-NG is a new generation Surface to Air Missile meant for use by Indian Air Force with an aim of intercepting high maneuvering aerial threats."The test launch, carried out by a combined team of DRDO, BDL & BEL in the presence of the representatives of the Indian Air Force, met all test objectives by performing high maneuvers during the trajectory. Performance of the Command and Control system, onboard avionics and aerodynamic configuration of the missile was successfully validated," the statement added.It further said that during the test launch, the entire flight path of the missile was monitored and the flight data was captured by various Range instruments such as Radar, EOTS ...
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VP inaugurates integrated weapons system design centre in Hyderabad
Vice-President M.Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Integrated Weapons System Design Centre
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NIA raids at 6 locations in J&K, Punjab over narcotics, weapons case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out raids at six locations in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in connection with narcotics and weapons case
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India's weapons procurement from US jumps to $3.4 billion in 2020
India's weapons procurement from the United States jumped from a meagre $6.2 million to a whopping $3.4 billion in the final year of the Donald Trump's administration, according to official data
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Imported share of 'indigenous' weaponry down from 48% to 40% in last 4 yrs
50,000 aerospace parts now built in India; 80,000 more can be built
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