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Thu 01 Oct 2020
New Delhi : The indigenously developed Laser-Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was successfully test-fired today on 1st Oct 2020 defeating a target located at a longer range. The test was conducted from MBT Arjun at KK ranges (ACC&S) Ahmednagar in...
Thu 01 Oct 2020
Nagpur : Providing a further boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government of India in the Defence Sector, Acquisition Wing of Ministry of Defence (MoD) today signed a contract with M/s Economic Explosive Ltd (EEL), (Solar Group) Nagpur for the...
Tue 29 Sep 2020
New Delhi : Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC 4) during the iDEX event, featuring the initiatives aimed at expanding the horizons of Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) ecosystem in New Delhi today....
Mon 28 Sep 2020
New Delhi : Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today unveiled the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) – 2020 in New Delhi. The first Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) was promulgated in the year 2002 and has since been revised periodically to provide impetus to...
Wed 23 Sep 2020
New Delhi : Laser Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was successfully test fired from MBT Arjun Tank at KK Ranges, Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) Ahmednagar on 22nd Sep 2020. In these tests, the ATGM successfully defeated a target located at 3...
Wed 23 Sep 2020
New Delhi : DRDO conducted a successful flight test of ABHYAS- High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from ITR Balasore in Odisha on 22nd September 2020. Two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be used as...
Sat 19 Sep 2020
New Delhi : The Government has taken the following policy initiatives to promote ‘Make in India’ in defence sector: -
A new category of capital procurement ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ has been introduced in...
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Bangalore : HAL’s indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) demonstrated high altitude capability in Hot and High weather conditions in the Himalayas recently for about 10 days. A comprehensive test plan was executed at Leh (3300 MAMSL) in...
Mon 07 Sep 2020
New Delhi : DRDO has successfully demonstrated the Hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of the Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) at 1103 hours on 07 Sept 2020 from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler...
Mon 24 Aug 2020
New Delhi :
The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has taken several initiatives to strengthen the indigenous defence ecosystem. Towards this, A DRDO delegation met with Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today to apprise him about 108...
Thu 02 Jul 2020
New Delhi : Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in its meeting of today held under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh accorded approval for capital acquisition of various platforms and equipment required by the Indian Armed Forces. Proposals for...
Thu 25 Jun 2020
New Delhi : Airbus has appointed Rémi Maillard as President of Airbus India and Managing Director of South Asia region, effective September 01, 2020. Rémi, currently Head of Airbus Services, will succeed Anand Stanley who will move to Singapore as President,...
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Bangalore : Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved far-reaching reforms in the Space sector aimed at boosting private sector participation in the entire range of space activities. The decision taken is in line with the long-...
Fri 12 Jun 2020
New Delhi : The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has extended the delivery period for all existing capital acquisition contracts with the Indian vendors by four months due to supply chain disruptions arising out of COVID-19 pandemic.
An order to this effect has been...
Mon 08 Jun 2020
New Delhi : The Indian Air Force has designed, developed, and inducted an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT). This pod will be utilized for the evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases including COVID-19 from high altitude...