India test-fires first indigenously made 1,500-horsepower engine for main battle tanks

An Indian Army T-90S main battle tank during a combat exercise in Rajasthan. (Photo: MoD)Mysuru/New Delhi: In a breakthrough for India’s indigenous defence industry, the state-owned Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) successfully conducted the ...

Decorated and senior DRDO scientist, Pradeep Kurulkar, arrested on espionage charges

Pradeep M Kurulkar. (Photo via DRDO website)Pune/New Delhi: The Maharashtra anti-terror squad arrested senior Defence Research and Development Organization scientist Pradeep M Kurulkar, on Thursday, for allegedly passing highly sensitive defence-rela...

MoD awards contract to HFV Avadi for 118 MBT Mk1A at Rs 7523 crore

Chennai: Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed an order with Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Chennai for supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army on September 23.The order, worth Rs 7,523 crore, will provide further boos...

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Modi hands over Arjun Tank to India Army

Chennai: In a fillip to government’s ambitious Atamanirbhar Bharat” initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handed over the indigenously-built Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane in presence of DRDO Ch...

DRDO Lab hands over landing-gear systems, 18 types of filters for P-75 submarines to Indian Navy

Chennai: The CVRDE, a laboratory of the DRDO, on Sunday handed over retractable landing gears for Tapas and Swift unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as 18 types of filters for P-75 submarines to its users, an official statement said.While the re...