Republic Day 2024 parade to be women-centric, defence secretary Giridhar Aramane says

New Delhi: The government revealed its plans and arrangements for the main 75th Republic Day parade, which will be held at New Delhi’s Kartavya Path on January 26. In a news conference in the national capital, on Friday, the defence secretary, ...

HAL-built Hawk-i successfully test fires anti-airfield weapon

Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Thursday successfully test fired a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-i aircraft off the coast of Odisha.Developed by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), the indigenous stand-off w...

In a first, IAF’s AN-32 plane with indigenous bio-jet fuel takes off from Leh airfield

New Delhi: In a first, Indian Air Force’s (IAF) transport aircraft AN-32, powered with a 10 per cent blend of Indian bio-jet fuel took-off from Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport at Leh on Friday.This is the first time that both engines of the air...

Naval version of LCA lands on INS Vikramaditya for first time

New Delhi: The Naval variant of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk1  on Saturday successfully completed its maiden arrested landing on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.“After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based...

Indian Navy signs MoU with CSIR

The Indian Navy and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Friday inked a MoU to undertake joint research and development of advanced technologies for the Indian Navy.  This will be a collaborative arrangement between labs...

Use of bio-fuel for military jet cleared

  After months of exhaustive ground and flight trials, the indigenous produced bio-fuel for military aircraft has been finally cleared. The move would give impetus to increase in collection of tree-borne non-edible oil seeds, which...