Dhanush, a manoeuvring missile is a naval variant of Prithvi-II, and can carry a nuclear payload of 500 kg. It was successfully test-fired from a ship on Thursday. India successfully test-fired nuclear weapons-capable Dhanush missile from a ship, off the Odisha coast on Thursday. The ship-based missile was launched at 11.02 a.m. by personnel of […]

In a big push forward for modernization plans for the Navy, the first of six French-designed Scorpene submarines which are being manufactured in Mumbai, was launched into the water today, initiating the process for extensive trials. The diesel-electric submarines are being built at the state-run Mazgaon docks in Mumbai; they are expected to be inducted […]

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The indigenous surface-to-air missile Akash failing to inspire enough confidence for deployment on Indian Navy ships, the government has asked the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to engage with the French firm MBDA missile systems for development of short-range surface-to-air missile system (SRSAM). “DRDO will engage for development of nine SRSAMs which have 40 […]

India’s Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile Astra was on Thursday successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft for the second day in a row. The missile, which was fired off Odisha coast near the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Balasore, has been indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation […]

Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) today said the cold weather trials of Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) were carried out at Air Force Station, Leh, recently. The engine starts were satisfactory in the temperature of minus 18 degree C at 4.1 km. The flights were also carried out to assess high altitude performance and low speed handling, HAL […]

Barely a week after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar witnessed the ongoing theatre-level naval exercise TROPEX-15 on board the newly acquired INS Vikramaditya , reliable information suggests that the aircraft carrier’s operation is crippled, owing to issues with its integral fleet of MiG-29K fighter jets. Nearly 30 of the RD-33MK engines powering the twin-engine MiG-29K aircraft […]

Lockheed Martin is confident that New Delhi will replace the C-130J tactical transport lost in a 2013 crash, and expects deliveries from a follow-on order for six of the type to commence in 2017. Speaking to Flightglobal at Lockheed’s stand at the Aero India show in Bengaluru, Abhay Paranjape, the company’s director of business development […]

(Reuters) – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, a unit of United Technologies Corp (UTX.N), is keen to sell VVIP transport helicopters to the Indian government, a company executive told Reuters. India cancelled a $770 million deal for 12 VVIP helicopters – used to carry high-ranking officials – with Italian defence group Finmeccanica’s (SIFI.MI) AgustaWestland unit last year […]

Airbus Defence & Space appears to have emerged as the sole bidder for a global tender put out by New Delhi’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for an “AWACS India” programme. The tender – for six airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system aircraft – was issued in March 2014. Airbus submitted its proposal […]