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India must fast-track Ghatak stealth drone by 2030: IDS chief

The chief of Integrated Defence Staff has called for urgent acceleration of the Ghatak remotely piloted strike aircraft programme, warning that India risks falling behind adversaries in the emerging domain of manned-unmanned aerial combat teaming. Read More
 
 

Raghu Vamsi Group to invest ₹500 crore in Andhra Pradesh

The Hyderabad-based precision engineering group has signed an MoU with the state’s investment promotion body to build a 100-acre complex focused on micro turbojet engines and unmanned aerial vehicles, promising 3,000 jobs. Read More
 
 

Sagar Defence, Andhra ink MoU for weapon-making complex

The Pune-based autonomous-systems maker, which recently obtained an industrial licence for explosives manufacture, plans to build a full-spectrum defence production hub in the state, backed by a new MoU signed in the presence of the defence minister and chief minister. Read More
 
 

How regional militant influence finds entry inside south asia’s military institutions

Military institutions across South Asia share a specific institutional assumption that has proven consistently wrong: that the combination of physical security perimeters, rank hierarchy, and institutional discipline is sufficient to insulate personnel from external ideological influence. Read More
 
 

Bharat Forge breaks ground on ₹1,500 crore ammunition plant

A new subsidiary, Agneyastra Energetics, will manufacture propellants, rockets and pyrotechnic systems on a 1,000-acre site near Madakasira, as India pushes to cut its dependence on imported munitions. Read More
 
 

Future is manned-unmanned teaming: IAF chief

Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh says the battlefield has already shifted, with unmanned systems no longer a future aspiration but an operational imperative that must be integrated with conventional air power. Read More
 
 

The hidden costs of Pakistan’s Hangor-class submarine deal

Pakistan commissioned PNS Hangor on 30 April 2026 in Sanya, China, in a ceremony attended by President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf. It was presented, as every milestone in this programme has been presented, as a moment of national achievement. Read More
 
 

Army and Navy sign affiliation pact

The memorandum of association, signed in New Delhi, is designed to institutionalize inter-service cooperation as India pushes for more integrated military operations across domains. Read More
 
 

Andhra Pradesh gets AMCA fighter test centre, drone city

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, and the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu, will jointly inaugurate groundbreaking ceremonies for six projects on May 15, anchoring a renewed push to make the state a hub for military manufacturing. Read More
 
 

India’s AI combat drone to be built in Europe for the first time

Bengaluru-based Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace signs a deal with Portugal’s SketchPixel to manufacture the Kaal Bhairava autonomous combat aircraft in Europe, in what it calls the opening move of an ambitious plan to place Indian-origin military hardware in 77 countries across seven continents. Read More
 
 

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