Photos of MBT Arjun production line (Part I)
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Indigenous Equipment
The Death of Arjun
A special report, THE DEATH OF ARJUN about the main battle tank programme, this evening at 8.30PM (could be first or second segment, i.e. 8.30pm
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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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Kaveri for LCA a dud, Kaveri for warships on track!
Just received this press-release from DRDO: Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore of DRDO had been indigenously developing Kaveri engine for propelling the Indian Light Combat
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FORCE Mag: LCH prototype by October
FORCE Magazine has this interesting piece by Prasun Sengupta about HAL’s Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) in its new issue. Till I gather more inputs on
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Indo-French Maitri Programme: Don’t repeat BrahMos botch-ups
The Indo-French missile programme Maitri, basically a face-saving bailout of the completely botched Trishul (Dr Prahalada was candid about this when he spoke to me
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