Defence production
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
Navy gets 4th Project 17A frigate, `Dunagiri’
18 Jul 2022
Indian Navy commissions stealth guided missile destroyer `Vikramaditya’
22 Nov 2021
Measuring 163 metre in length and 17 metre in breadth, INS Visakhapatnam is equipped with sophisticated state-of-the-art weapons and sensors such as surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, a modern surveillance radar which provides target data to the gunnery weapon systems, INS Visakhapatnam is one of the most potent warships to have been constructed in India
Govt carves out 7 new defence companies from ordnance units
18 Oct 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the formation of 7 new defence companies carved out of ordnance factories which, he said, would form a strong base for the military strength of the country in times to come