The successful flying demonstration of this autonomous stealthy unmanned aerial vehicle shows the maturity of the technology readiness levels in the country as UAVs and autonomous vehicles take centrestage in modern warfare. Read More
New order for LCA Tejas, LCH Prachand helicopter: India's apex defence procurement body, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) Thursday cleared the procurement of indigenously designed and developed 97 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk 1A and 156 Light Combat Helicopters from state owned aircraft and helicopter manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The approvals also involve other major defence procurements and upgrades entailing an expenditure of around Rs 2.23 lakh crore ($27 billion). Read More
NPCIL's Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant: India’s nuclear power operator NPCIL on Friday said it has started loading fuel in the second indigenously-built 700 MW atomic power station at Kakrapar in Gujarat. “Loading of nuclear fuel for the first time, termed as Initial Fuel Loading (IFL). commenced today in NPCIL’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Project Unit-4 (KAPP 4-700 MWe), after receipt of permission from the regulatory authority, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB),” the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said in a statement. Read More
India-US 2+2 meeting 2023: Amid the ongoing global turbulence, India and the US are scheduled to hold the 2+2 meeting in New Delhi around November 9-10. The US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are scheduled to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in the national capital, officials told media. Read More
The representatives of the French firms visited Skyroot’s facilities in Hyderabad on Tuesday, where the MoUs were inked. Promethee CEO Olivier Piepsz said 50 per cent of its satellites require specific orbital requirements, making Skyroot’s Vikram launch vehicles an ideal choice for deploying a portion of their satellite constellation. Read More
Governor Newsom emphasized that California already has robust laws in place to prohibit discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and other characteristics. Read More
Designed with the strategic intent of transitioning budding pilots into fighter pilots, the LCA Tejas Twin Seater is a remarkable achievement. This delivery is part of the Tejas contract between HAL and the IAF, with a requirement for eight twin-seater trainer aircraft. Read More
HAL manufactured Prachand light combat attack helicopters are the only attack helicopters in the world that can land and take from an altitude of over 5,000 meters such as India’s Ladakh region where Indian Army is in a state of a tense stand-off with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) since May-June 2020. Read More
Indian Air Force C-295 MW Aicraft: India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh Monday formally inducted a new medium transport aircraft manufactured by the European defence company Airbus Defence and Space into the service of Indian Air Force. This is first of the 56 Airbus C-295 MW aircraft on order by India. While 16 aircraft will be delivered to India in the flyaway condition, a joint consortium of Airbus and India’s Tata Group will manufacture remaining 40 C-295 MW aircraft in Vadodara in western state of Gujarat. Read More
As per the proposal, the Indian Navy will get 22 single-seat Rafale Marine (Rafale-M) aircraft along with four trainer aircraft. Read More
