RA News Desk

Washington: With questions about stockpiles swirling, the US Army is issuing a call to ramp up production of ground-launched rockets. The service sent out a request this week for manufacturing 133,014 Guided Multiple Launch...

Washington: A US Space Force Space Domain Awareness payload was launched successfully August 10 aboard Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7, or QZS-7, completing a bilateral effort that places American sensors on Japanese navigation satellites. The US...

Washington: The US military, scrambling to rebuild depleted stocks of high-tech weaponry, on August 17 said it had awarded RTX unit Raytheon a $22.9 billion contract to dramatically boost the output of Tomahawk missiles. The...

New Delhi:  India’s fighter jet engine effort has reached a decisive stage, with the Safran–GTRE joint venture for a 120 kN turbofan now tabled before the Cabinet Committee on Security for approval, which was...

New Delhi: Indo‑Russian Rifles Private Limited has achieved a landmark breakthrough by successfully producing and test‑firing the first fully indigenised AK‑203 “Sher” assault rifle at its Korwa facility in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. This prototype marks...

Bengaluru: Ambrish Tripathi assumed charge as Director (Human Resources) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on August 13, 2026. Prior to this appointment, he was General Manager of BEL’s Kotdwar Unit since...

Bengaluru: Anoop Kumar Rai assumed charge as Director (Marketing) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on August 13, 2026. Prior to this appointment, he served as Executive Director of BEL’s Central Research...

Chennai. IPO-bound drone technology company Garuda Aerospace Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Timed Automation Solutions (TAS), Australia, a provider of enterprise autonomous drone platforms. The MoU establishes a framework for collaboration...

Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh: AKSI Aerospace Group, a Hyderabad-based aerospace and drone technology company, participated in the national-level Drone City Stakeholders Meeting held at Orvakal near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, on August 18, 2026. The company...

Tel Aviv: Minister of Defence Israel Katz on August 16 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Honduras’ Minister of Defence, Enrique Rodríguez Burchard, to deepen defence cooperation between the State of Israel and...

New York City. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a world-class aerospace and defence leader, hosted its CATALYST Innovation cohort at the New York Stock Exchange, bringing together startups, corporate leaders, government stakeholders, investors and strategic...

NEW DELHI. The Department of Defence Production (DDP) has released the notification to significantly cut India's reliance on foreign suppliers and build a robust home-grown supply ecosystem. Out of the 405 embargoed items, 389 pertain...

Yerevan. A bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed during high-level meetings in Yerevan on August 17, 2026, led by Indian Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Armenian Minister of High-Tech Industry Davit Tadevosyan. Indian...