DRDO’s 30 kW laser weapon nears production
DRDO-developed 30kW laser weapon (File photo)New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) expects the first-of-production model (FOPM) of its 30 kW-class directed…
Defence Industry
Tirupati Forge gets licence to make artillery shells
New Delhi: Tirupati Forge Limited, a Gujarat-based precision engineering and forging company, has received an industrial licence to manufacture empty artillery shells. The company discl…
HAL seeks no SQR concessions from IAF, flies extra sorties to fix Tejas-Mk1A radar, missile hurdles
Bengaluru: State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is flying additional sorties of the Tejas-Mk1A to resolve problems in integrating the aircraft’s radar and missiles, its chair…
TBAL rolls out 400th Apache fuselage in Hyderabad
New Delhi: Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL), a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), said it has rolled out the 400th fuselage for the AH-64E Apache…
Adani Defence, IRRPL sign 5-year ammo supply pact for AK-203
New Delhi: Adani Defence & Aerospace has signed a five-year agreement with Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), the India-Russia joint venture that manufactures AK-203 assault r…
Dhaksha opens new drone plant in Tamil Nadu
Dhaksha drone plant.New Delhi: Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, the Chennai-based drone maker majority-owned by fertiliser and agrochemical group Coromandel International, on Wednesday opened …
India tests first 100% indigenous AK-203 rifle ‘Sher’
AK-203 assault rifle (File photo)New Delhi: Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) has manufactured and test-fired the first fully indigenous version of the AK-203 assault rifle at…
Reliance, Rolls-Royce team up to chase AMCA fighter engine
New Delhi: Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce have announced a strategic intent to jointly pursue the design, development and manufacture of a sovereign combat engine for India’s advan…
India test-fires Agni-4 ballistic missile from Odisha
Agni-4 (File photo)New Delhi: India on Thursday test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni-4 medium-range ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on the Odisha coas…
Zen Technologies unveils high-altitude MPADS
New Delhi: Marking the 27th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, Hyderabad-based defence technology firm Zen Technologies Limited has unveiled a high-altitude man-portable anti-drone syst…
DRDO delivers India’s first fully indigenous turbojet engine
New Delhi: India has taken a significant step towards self-reliance in aero-engine technology with the delivery of the country’s first fully indigenous expendable turbojet engine, built…
India test-fires home-built ‘desi S-400’ interceptor
New Delhi: India took a significant step towards weaning itself off imported air-defence hardware on Thursday, with the Defence Research and Development Organisation carrying out the fi…