India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two launches each of the Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) Army version on March 27 and March 30. The tests… Continue reading "India Completes Development Trials of MRSAM For Army"
India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) Limited Series Production (LSP) for ₹3,887 crore ($513 million), along with infrastructure worth ₹377 crore… Continue reading "India Procures 15 HAL Light Combat Helicopters"
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) concluded two contracts for the Indian Air Force (IAF) on March 29. BEL will supply Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suites… Continue reading "BEL To Supply D-29 EW Suites for IAF MiG-29s And Establish EW Test Range"
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved a list of 107 ‘strategically important’ Line Replacement Units (LRUs) with embargo on imports after a stated time period. These will be procured… Continue reading "Indian MoD Approves Indigenization Of 107 Subsystems"
Indian Army’s Directorate General of Armoured Corps has released a brief, providing proposed details of an Integrated Surveillance and Targeting Platform for Mechanised Forces (ISTP-MF). This was among the projects… Continue reading "India To Integrate Mechanised Forces With UAVs"
The Indian Navy (IN) has stated in a submission to the Standing Committee on Defence of the Parliament that it is building up capacity to ensure it will match the… Continue reading "Indian Navy: Using Geography Advantage To Match China; Lists Planned Acquisitions"
India’s Ministry of Defence has identified and approved a total of 23 projects, including hypersonic glide vehicles (HGV), directed energy weapons (DEW) and light tank, for industry led design and… Continue reading "India Announces Major Push For Industry-led Defense R&D"
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has started manufacturing activities of the fifth generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). The aircraft has been designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), which… Continue reading "India Starts Prototype Manufacturing Activities Of Fifth Gen Fighter AMCA"
The Indian Navy hosted the MILAN 2022 exercise from 25 February to 4 March, 2022. MILAN 2022 consisted of a harbour and a sea phase. Both phases were held in… Continue reading "Indian Navy Hosts Multilateral Exercise MILAN, Over 40 Nations Participate"
India has stated in a press release that “an accidental firing of a missile” occurred on 9 March “during routine maintenance due to a technical malfunction”. Earlier on 10 March,… Continue reading "India ‘Accidentally Fires’ Supersonic Missile, Impacts 124km Inside Pakistan"