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Representational AI image NEW DELHI: The Army and the Air Force are preparing to place orders for 16 indigenous drone detection and interdiction systems. These systems can hit unmanned aerial vehicles at a distance of 2 km using lasers and disable them. The defence ministry is expected to clear DRDO’s Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction…
NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has finalised a technology transfer agreement with a Pune-based defence company for the production of the unexploded ordnance handling robot (UXOR), which is designed to neutralise ordnance weighing up to 1,000 kg.The agreement with DRDO positions Sagar Defence Engineering as one of the primary industry partners,…
ULPGM-V3 – Image Credit: X/@rajnathsingh NEW DELHI: India has successfully carried out flight trials of UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 in the National Open Area Range (NOAR), a test range in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the team and said that this success proves that the Indian industry is now ready to…
AI generated image for representation NEW DELHI: The defence ministry gave preliminary nod Thursday to three major acquisition projects and seven smaller ones, collectively worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, ranging from specialised spy aircraft and advanced minesweepers to quick-reaction air defence missiles and underwater autonomous vessels.The biggest project to get “acceptance of necessity” (AoN),…
NCC director general Lt. Gen. Gurbirpal Singh interacting with cadets of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Directorate at MCME, on his visit to Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR During his two-day visit to NCC Directorate Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Secunderabad, NCC director-general Lt. Gen. Gurbirpal Singh reviewed training progress, addressed cadets and spoke…
NEW DELHI: The Army is going in for the procurement of another lot of man-portable air defence missile systems, which can intercept and destroy hostile fighter jets, aircraft, drones and helicopters at ranges up to 6-km, amid the ongoing tensions with Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror massacre.The defence ministry-Army on Friday issued the tender or…
A file photo of CM Siddaramaiah | Photo Credit: PTI Kannadigas are a people proud of their mother tongue, but they are not arrogant. They are not intolerant to attack or abuse others over the issue of language, said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in response to the road rage incident in Bengaluru. A day after…
CCTV footage of a road rage incident in Bengaluru shows IAF officer’s alleged attack on call centr employee. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Bengaluru Hours after being arrested, call centre employee Vikas Kumar filed a complaint against IAF officer Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose, accusing him of attempt to murder during the scuffle over road rage…
Flight test of the Indian Army version of Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile conducted by DRDO and the Army, at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. April 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PIB via PTI The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Army successfully conducted four flight tests of the Army…
NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday succesfully conducted the field evaluation trials of the Nag Mark 2 anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM).The trials of the third-generation ATGM took place at the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan, in presence of senior Army officials, according to the defence ministry.“Field evaluation trials of indigenously-developed…
