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DRDO airship hits 21 km in HAPS trial

DRDO’s indigenous High-Altitude Platform airship has reached 21 km and held altitude for over 30 minutes, a step up from its 17 km debut in May 2025. Read More

Who is Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit?

The government has named Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, a fighter and test pilot, as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff from October 31, 2026. Read More

HSL launches first fleet support ship

Hindustan Shipyard launched FSS-1, the first of five Fleet Support Ships for the Navy, and laid the keel of FSS-5 at Visakhapatnam in the presence of Rajnath Singh. Read More

MV Royad Mammadov: What we know about the cargo ship that sank in Black Sea

MV Royad Mammadov sinks in Black Sea

The Indian embassy in Romania said all three Indian crew members of MV Royad Mammadov are safe, though one is injured, after the cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Black Sea. Read More

Finland pitches Nokia-ICEYE satellite technology for India’s defence, security needs

Finland pitches Nokia-ICEYE sat tech for India

Finland’s new envoy to India has cited the Nokia-ICEYE sovereign satellite communication partnership as proof of what Helsinki can offer New Delhi in defence, alongside a push to expand trade under the India-EU FTA. Read More

IIT Roorkee, India Optel Limited sign MoU to boost indigenous defence research

IIT Roorkee, IOL sign MoU to boost defence research

IIT Roorkee and India Optel Limited have signed an MoU to collaborate on defence research, indigenization, training and industry-academia engagement. Read More

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu inaugurates AKSI Aerospace’s Agni Kalash combat drone at Vijayawada

Naidu inaugurates AKSI’s Agni Kalash combat drone

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated AKSI Aerospace's Agni Kalash, an indigenous long-range combat drone, at the PanIIT Andhra Pradesh Summit 2026 in Vijayawada. Read More

LCA Mk1A delays ‘hurting’ Indian Air Force as fighter strength falls short: ACM AP Singh

Tejas delays ‘hurting’ Indian Air Force: ACM AP Singh

The Air Chief says Tejas-Mk1A delays are hurting the IAF, which has 29 fighter squadrons against 42 sanctioned, and wants about 36 to 40 new jets a year. Read More

IAF chief ACM AP Singh says air force not against theatre commands, but structure and sequencing need care

IAF not against theatre commands: ACM AP Singh

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh says the IAF backs theatre commands in principle, wants an “AI-augmented” force with humans in the loop, and needs 36-40 new fighters a year. Read More

India names 28 more Ladakh features

India has formally named 28 Ladakh features, including lakes and peaks in Aksai Chin, on the official Survey of India map. Read More