Category: CA Military Technologies

12
Jan

Very Short Range Air Defence System

Defence Acquisition Council provided Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the procurement of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORAD) (Infrared (IR) Homing) missile system.

11
Jan

Prithvi-II

Recently, DRDO carried out a successful test launch of tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-II from a test range off the Odisha coast.

02
Jan

K9-Vajra

The Defence Ministry has started the process for the procurement of 100 more K9-Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers.

31
Oct

C-295 Aircraft

Prime Minister lays down foundation stone for C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility at Vadodara.

24
Oct

Agni Prime

India successfully test fires medium-range ballistic missile Agni Prime.

20
Oct

Mission DefSpace and DefExpo

Relevance: Recently, the Prime Minister has launched ‘Mission DefSpace’ at the ongoing DefExpo. News Summary: ‘Fourth Positive…

20
Oct

Indigenous UAV Rustom-2

Relevance: The indigenous Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by the Defence Research…

05
Oct

LCH-Prachand

Indian Air Force inducted the indigenously developed (by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.) multi-role LCH-Prachand. India has become the 7th country to make attack helicopters.  

03
Sep

Tejas Mark-2 Project

Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) sanctioned the development of LCA-Mk2 at a total cost of ₹9,000 crore. DRDO targets 2027 to complete development and flight testing of LCA-Mk2.

31
Aug

Project-75 India (P-75I) Submarine Project

Russia have highlighted that conditions stated in Request For Proposal (RFP) for construction of six advanced submarines under Project-75I are difficult to fulfil.

19
Aug

Indigenous Defence Equipment (IDE)

Recently, Defence Minister handed over several indigenously-developed equipment and systems to the Indian Army.

16
Aug

Made in India ATAGS Howitzer Guns

For the first time, an indigenously developed howitzer gun, ATAG, became part of the 21-gun salute during the Independence Day ceremony, 2022.