Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Tender Issued for Rs 2000 crore for Heavyweight Torpedoes

  New Delhi. In the prevailing scenario of external threat, the government has plans on the anvil to boost the Indian Navy's firepower for which the Defence Ministry has issued a tender worth over Rs...

Defence Minister Evolves Methodology to Prevent Ammunition Accidents

New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on July 9 chaired a meeting to review the recommendations of the Task Force of Experts to evolve methodology to prevent ammunition accidents and minimise its effects. As...

Focus on Flagship Programmes of National Importance: Defence Minister to DRDO Scientists

  New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh appreciated the commitment and dedication of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists and directed that they should focus their energies on flagship programmes of national importance....

DRDO Launches Technology Demonstrator Vehicle

New Delhi. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on June 12 launched a Technology Demonstrator Vehicle to prove a number of critical technologies for futuristic missions from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the...

DRDO Successfully Test Fires AKASH – MK -1S

New Delhi. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired AKASH-MK-1S missile from ITR, Chandipur, Odhisa on May 25 and 27. Akash Mk1S is an upgrade of existing AKASH missile with indigenous...

Political Resurrection of the Last Bastion

The Contrast In 1971 India was a poor country with strong and modern Armed Forces. Pakistan’s peremptory airstrike was shot out of the air. In the next two weeks, we bisected the nation surgically, created...

India Successfully Conducts Flight Test of ABHYAS

  Chandipur, Odisha. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted successful flight test of ABHYAS - a High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from Interim Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha on May 13. The flight...

The IAF Needs Priority for Modernisation

  The Indian Air Force pulled off a spectacular raid deep into Pakistani territory to strike at a training establishment of the Jaish-e-Mohammed – a Pakistani supported terrorist group which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama...

Indian Aerospace Industrial Might: Excellence or Muddle Through?

  Indian aerospace industrial capabilities have thus far been dominated by a giant conglomerate – Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) – that has evolved through decades. HAL’s predecessor Walchand Hirachand Industries Limited was a privately owned...

ASAT Operationalisation A Simplistic View By Lt Gen P R Shankar

This article may kindly be read with my earlier articles at links indicated below for a better understanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-quick-supplement-for-understanding html://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-simplistic-understanding-of-low-earth.html Long back I had a course-mate to whom I was explaining basic trigonometry and that Sin X/X...

Directorate of Indian Defence University Organises 2-Day Cyber Exercise on Scenario Building & Response

Jodhpur. After the successful conduct of workshop on Cyber Warfare & Technology, wherein plethora of lessons emerged, Directorate of Indian Defence University organised a two-day Cyber Exercise on Scenario Building & Response at Purple...

Some Thoughts About India’s LCA Programme

  China’s Carrier Programme: China has been devoting considerable resources and attention to building up the strength of the PLA Navy (PLAN); with the aim of making it one of the most powerful maritime forces...

Election 2019: Why it Could Make or Break Defence Indigenisation

  In 1957, while speaking on the defence budget in the Lok Sabha, well-known Gandhian J.B. Kripalani said, “The mounting expenses on the Army must be cut down. The followers of Gandhi and adherents of...
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