India opens tactical missile production to private sector, ends BDL’s monopoly

Pralay missile on Kartavya Path during Republic Day celebration. (Photo: X) New Delhi: In a structural shift with far-reaching consequences for India’s defence industry, the Ministry of Defence has thrown open the production of indigenous ...

DRDO completes successful series of VSHORADS tests off Odisha coast

VSHORADS during one of its three test-firings. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: India has achieved a significant milestone in its defence capabilities with three consecutive successful flight trials of its very short-range air-defence system (VSHORADS) conduc...

DRDO successfully conducts three test-flights of VSHORADS

A VSHORADS is being test-fires. (Photo: DRDO) New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organization has successfully conducted three test-flights of its 4th-generation, technologically sophisticated miniaturized very short-range air-...

DRDO successfully test-fires very short-range man-portable air-defence missile, Eastern Army ends annual field firing of anti-tank guided missiles

A VSHORADS being test-fired at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha. (Photo: Defence ministry) New Delhi: India has achieved a significant milestone in its defence capabilities with the successful testing of its indigenous very short-ran...

Government approves ‘acceptance of necessity’ for three acquisition proposals worth ₹4,276 crore for Army and Navy

An ALH test-firing a HELINA missile. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: The government has approved the “acceptance of necessity” for three capital acquisition proposals – two for the Indian Army and one for the Indian Navy, on Tuesday, the de...

DRDO successfully conducts flight tests of very short-range air-defence system

VSHORADS successfully flight-tested by DRDO Bhubaneswar: The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) conducted two successful test flight of very short-range air-defence system (VSHORADS) missile, on Tuesday, from a ground-based por...