INS Sindhuvijay on way home
The long-docked INS Sindhuvijay (Kilo class) submarine, in Russia for a refit since 2005, began its journey back on Wednesday. Here’s a RIA Novosti report: […]
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EQUIPMENT TRIALS
Photo Released Today: Nag ATGM Testfired
Fake photo release?? Bumped into DRDO’s Dr Prahlada a couple of hours ago at the FORCE magazine anniversary celebrations. He confirmed to me that the
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India’s Defence Procurement Procedure 2008 (DPP-08) released today: A Summary
As part of the implementation of the report of the Group of Ministers on reforming the National Security System post Kargil Operations, new Defence Procurement
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EXCLUSIVE: DRDO’s statement calling for government intervention to save MBT Arjun
With the MBT Arjun programme in its death throes as it were, a very rattled DRDO is trying to put up a brave face, not
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Nag ready for final trials
Next week, Nag, the indigenously developed third generation anti-tank guided missile (3GATGM) will begin terminal trials at the Pokhran range in Rajasthan. Spread across three
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Price war over Akash missile? (Updated)
This is something I’ve heard from three separate senior folks in the Indian Air Force, but haven’t been able to get an official confirmation yet
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MBT Arjun’s death knell
The Army’s Directorate General of Mechanized Forces (DGMF) has pretty much institutionalized the death of Main Battle Tank Arjun. In a widely publicised two-day “international
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Exclusive: Faced with stubborn Army, DRDO hunts for third party quality inspector for Arjun MBT
It’s been a sombre week for the Arjun main battle tank. Last week, the Army’s DG Mechanised Forces Lt Gen Dalip Bharadwaj said that the
Photos: Nishant UAV flight tested today
Just got this press release from DRDO: Nishant, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by DRDO for Indian Army was successfully flight tested near Kolar
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Photo: LCA Tejas LSP-2!
DRDO has only released this one picture of the LSP-2 on pre-flight checks yesterday in Bangalore. Hopefully they’ll release some mid-air photos soon. Meanwhile, here’s
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