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 its Korwa ordnance facility in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, a ste...
Full-scale model of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. (File photo) — By HumaNew Delhi: India’s effort to develop a home-grown engine for its fifth-generation fighter aircraft has entered a more competitive phase, with Reliance I...
Rajnath Singh at Kargil War Memorial. (Photo: Ministry of Defence)Dras: Operation Sindoor stands as evidence that India can meet Pakistan’s provocations with a force “far beyond its imagination,” the defence minister, Rajnath Singh,...
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 in the 350 kg thrust class and designed by the Gas Turbine...
Pinaka long range guided rocket. (Photo: DRDO) New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the Pinaka long-range guided rocket (LRGR) at its minimum operational range of 60 kilomet...
GE F-414 jet engine (Photo: X)Two GE Aerospace engines – two programmes, two separate crises – have placed India’s indigenous fighter aviation ambitions under a degree of stress that is difficult to explain purely by market forces o...
FWD Supreme Lite concept. (Photo: FWDA)New Delhi: Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace (FWDA), a Bengaluru-based defence technology firm, has unveiled AI-piloted fighter jet concept, named FWD Supreme. The company simultaneously announced that t...
New Delhi: India’s indigenous defence production hit an all-time high of ₹1.78 lakh crore in the financial year ending March 2026, the Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday, marking a 15.6 per cent rise over the previous year's &...
New Delhi: The defence ministry is considering invoking contractual penalty clauses against state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over its failure to deliver a single Tejas Mk1A fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF), more than two years...