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DRDO tests Pinaka guided rocket at minimum range

DRDO successfully flight-tested the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket at its minimum 60-kilometre range in Chandipur, completing trials that bookend the weapon's full engagement envelope ahead of induction into the Army. Read More

India moves to track Chinese and Pakistani submarines with undersea sensor network in Indian Ocean

India accelerates deep ocean watch project

DRDO invites industry to build a fibre-optic and sonar network stretching across the Ninety East Ridge, the Bay of Bengal, and the waters around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as New Delhi looks to close a long-standing gap in undersea surveillance. Read More

AMCA engine at crossroads: GE Aerospace F414 cost surge forces DRDO to look beyond America, Safran and Rolls-Royce step in

India rethinks GE F414 engine dependence for AMCA stealth fighter

The AMCA programme faces a fresh engine challenge as GE Aerospace’s F414 pricing balloons to nearly three times initial estimates. Read More

India clears key milestone as DRDO tests indigenous long-range cruise missile again

India clears key milestone as DRDO tests LRLACM missile again

The subsonic terrain-hugging land-attach cruise missile, developed by DRDO, is designed to deliver precision strikes against land targets at ranges of around 1,000 kilometres. Read More

Indian Air Force’s ‘Eyes in the Sky’: DRDO to clear India’s indigenous Netra airborne early warning & control system on June 25

DRDO to clear India’s indigenous Netra AEW&C system this month

India’s homegrown airborne surveillance platform earns its final military certification, clearing the path for full-scale deployment with the Air Force. Read More

DRDO, IAF successfully test-fire Rudram-2 air-to-surface missile from Sukhoi-30MKI

DRDO, IAF successfully test-fire Rudram-2 missile from Su-30MKI

The Defence Research & Development Organisation and the Indian Air Force successfully conducted fresh test-flight of the Rudram-2 air-to-surface missile off the Odisha coast. Read More

DRDO completes development trials of UAV-launched precision-guided missile

DRDO ends initial trials of UAV-launched precision-guided missile

DRDO’s ULPGM-V3 missile, tested successfully against both ground and aerial targets from a combat drone, is cleared for serial production under India’s expanding domestic defence ecosystem. Read More

India successfully tests DRDO’s indigenous TARA glide bomb system from IAF’s Jaguar fighter jet

India successfully tests TARA glide bomb system from Jaguar

The Defence Research and Development Organisation and the Indian Air Force successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of the tactical advanced range augmentation (TARA) weapon system off the coast of Odisha. Read More

DRDO, Indian Navy successfully conduct maiden salvo launch of naval anti-ship short-range missile

DRDO, Navy conduct maiden salvo launch of NASM-SR

DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conduct maiden salvo launch of NASM-SR, India's indigenous short-range naval anti-ship missile, from a helicopter over Bay of Bengal. Read More

India Navy’s indigenous air-drop container clears trials

India’s defence establishment has cleared a key milestone in naval logistics with the successful completion of four in-flight release trials of the air-droppable container ADC-150 from a P8I maritime patrol aircraft. Read More