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DRDO Tests Integrated Air Defence System with Missiles, Laser

By Khushboo Kumari August 25, 2025 active radar seeker Advanced Very Short Range Air Defence System aerial threats aircraft Armed forces August 23 Centralised Command and Control Centre Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences Chairman DRDO Chandipur Chess communications cruise missiles Defence Minister Defence Research & Development Laboratory Defence Research and Development Organisation destruction mechanisms DEW directed-energy technologies Dr. Samir V Kamat DRDL DRDO drone detection drone swarms Drones dual thrust propulsion electrical power electronic counter-countermeasures enemy aerial threats energy beams fighter aircraft flight data frontline soldiers Helicopters High-Power Laser-Based Directed Energy Weapon high-speed aircraft IADWS Indian industry indigenous defence capabilities infrared homing guidance Integrated Air Defence Weapon System Integrated Test Range ITR laser weapon layered approach loitering munitions low cost per shot low-altitude threats low-flying helicopters maiden flight-tests MANPADS missile technologies mobile air defence multi-copter drone multi-layered air defence system multi-layered capability multiple targets naval platforms New Delhi non-kinetic defence non-kinetic projectiles Odisha pinpoint accuracy point air defence QRSAM Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missiles radars Rajnath Singh range 25–30 km range 6–7 km RCI Research Centre Imarat robust shield saturation attacks Secretary Defence R&D self-reliance in defence senior DRDO scientists short-range surface-to-air missile silent small missiles speed of light stealthy tracked vehicles UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles vehicles vital assets VSHORADS

India’s DRDO successfully flight-tested the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) off Odisha. The multi-layered system, comprising QRSAM missiles, VSHORADS missiles, and a high-power laser DEW, destroyed multiple UAV targets. The tests confirmed the system’s effectiveness in protecting against various aerial threats.

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DRDO Successfully Conducts Back-to-Back Flight Tests of Pralay Missile, Paving Way for Armed Forces Induction

By Khushboo Kumari July 30, 2025 2025 Advanced Systems Laboratory ARDE Armament Research & Development Establishment Armed forces ASL BDL BEL Bharat Dynamics Limited Bharat Electronics Limited combat scenarios Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory Defence Minister Defence Research & Development Laboratory Defence Research and Development Organisation Defense industry Department of Defence R&D deterrence posture DMRL Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island DRDL DRDO DRDO Chairman flight tests guidance system HEMRL High Energy Materials Research Laboratory high-precision strikes impact point Indian Air Force Indian Army industry representatives Integrated Test Range ITR July 28 July 29 maximum range minimum range missile induction missile system Modern technologies MSMEs navigation system New Delhi next-generation missile systems Odisha phase-1 flight-tests Pralay missile precision quasi-ballistic missile Rajnath Singh RCI Research & Development Establishment (Engineers)Research Centre Imarat Samir V. Kamat Secretary senior scientists sensors ship instrumentation solid-propellant strategic reach strategic targets tactical missile TBRL Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory time-critical operations tracking data User Evaluation Trials warheads

NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted two consecutive flight tests of the indigenously developed Pralay missile on July 28…

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MoS Defence Visits DRDO Lab in Kanpur, Praises Indigenous Defence Innovations

By Aman Kumar Himanshu June 29, 2025 academia collaboration Activated Carbon Fabric BRAHMOS Missile camouflage CBRN suits ceramics DMSRDE Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Dr. RV Hara Prasad DRDO high-pressure polymeric membranes Indian coast guard indigenous defence innovations Industry Collaboration kanpur Level-6 Bullet Proof Jacket lubricants MoS Defence nanomaterials Naphthyl Fuel Operation Sindoor personal protection systems polymers Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sanjay Seth Silicon Carbide Fibre stealth stealth technologies technical textiles technology transfers tree plantation ceremony Viksit Bharat

NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth visited the Defence Materials and Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE), a key DRDO laboratory based…

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DRDO, IIT Delhi Achieve 1 km Hack-Proof Quantum Link Test

By Khushboo Kumari June 17, 2025 1 km 2022 2024 absolute security AI Autonomous systems Bhaskar Kanseri cable-free communication Centres of Excellence communication accuracy cyber defence cybersecurity Defence DIA-CoEs Digital Security Dr. Samir V Kamat DRDO DRDO-funded project encryption entangled photons free-space optical link futuristic tech global race hack-proof IISc IIT Delhi iits india intercity quantum link intrusion detection military-academia collaboration national infrastructure next-generation technology photonic technologies physical cables prayagraj QBER QKD quantum bit error rate quantum communication quantum computing quantum entanglement quantum Internet quantum key distribution R&D Rajnath Singh Rangan Banerjee rapidly changing environments secure communication secure data transmission secure key rate secure transmission strategic infrastructure telecom-grade optical fibre unbreakable systems underground optical fibre Vindhyachal war zones warfare

NEW DELHI: In a giant leap for India’s defence and cybersecurity capabilities, scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and IIT Delhi have…

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AMCA Stealth Fighter Project; Prototype Expected in 3 Years

By Khushboo Kumari May 28, 2025 126 units ADA advanced avionics Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft Aeronautical Development Agency aerospace ecosystem air combat strength AMCA composite materials defence manufacturing Defence Minister Defence Research and Development Organisation Defence Technology directed energy weapons diverterless supersonic inlets DRDO execution model fifth-generation flight trials foreign dependency future warfare IAF india Indian Air Force indigenous internal weapon carriage internal weapons bays multirole New Delhi operational squadrons private sector prototype public sector radar cross-section Rajnath Singh S-shaped air intakes security challenges self-reliance sensor fusion seven squadrons stealth design stealth fighter supercruise twin-engine weapon system evaluations

NEW DELHI: India has officially greenlit the execution phase of its Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme. The nation’s pursuit of its first indigenous fifth-generation…

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How the Modi Government Fortified India’s Air Defence and Offensive Capabilities

By Khushboo Kumari May 9, 2025 2024 aerial shield air defence airspace network Akash batteries Akash missiles anti-drone Barak-8 missiles Bhatinda China counter-drone DRDO gujarat HAMMER Harop drones HQ-9 unit indian armed forces Indian military ISRAEL jamming JAMMU AND KASHMIR Karachi Lahore loitering munitions missile strikes MPCDS MR-SAM multi-layered ecosystem narendra modi Operation Sindoor Pakistan Pakistani air defence punjab radar infrastructure Rafale jets RAJASTHAN S-400 squadrons S-400 Triumf s400 SCALP sky control strategic preparedness suicidal drones surgical precision terrorist camps threat detection UAS Grid UAVs

NEW DELHI: In the wake of Operation Sindoor that destroyed 9 terrorist camps across Pakistan, Pakistan attempted to escalate tensions by launching missile strikes at…

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India-Israel Boost Defence Ties at MRSAM Summit 2.0 in New Delhi

By Khushboo Kumari May 8, 2025 Aatmanirbhar Bharat Aerospace Services India air defence Air Defence Fire Control Radar Air Marshal Anil Chopra AMDS Armed forces ASI BARAK 8 BEL Bharat Dynamics Limited Bharat Electronics Limited BIA CENJOWS Col Chaim Moriya Collaboration Commodore Girish Pradhan Cyient-DLM Defence Research and Development Organisation Dr. Mahesh Rajpurohit Dr. Samson DRDO IA IAF IAI IDF Indo-Israeli joint venture innovation Invest India ISRAEL Israel Aerospace Industries jointmanship Lt Gen Dr. A.P. Singh Maj Gen Ashok Kumar Maj Gen Roopesh Mehta Make in India Manekshaw Centre medium-range surface-to-air missile Ministry of Defence MoD Mr. Bhaskar Puri Mr. Kaushal Jadia Mr. Rajneesh Sharma Mr. Yatan Mishra MRSAM New Delhi Oded Jacobowitz Reuven Azar self-reliance TASL technological synergy Ukraine

NEW DELHI: The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), in collaboration with Aerospace Services India (ASI) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), organized the Medium-Range Surface-to-Air…

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Indian Navy Unleashes Missile Fury, Sends Defiant Warning at Sea

By Khushboo Kumari April 27, 2025 Aatmanirbhar Bharat aerial targets air defense capabilities air-sea integration drills Al-Mohed Al-Hindi exercise AMAN-25 drills Anti-Ship Missile Arabian Sea AShM Barak-8 missiles blue-water operations BrahMos cruise missiles Charles de Gaulle Chinese naval presence defensive capability deterrence DRDO frontline warships hostile aircraft hostile drones hostile missiles IAI imported systems India-France naval drills Indian Navy Indian Ocean Region indigenous technology Indo-Pacific INS Surat INS vikrant interception range IOR Israel Aerospace Industries JAMMU AND KASHMIR Lan Hai 101 Lan Hai 201 layered offensive capability long-range precision strikes maritime cooperation maritime deterrence posture maritime interests maritime security medium-range surface-to-air missile missile firing exercises MRSAM multilateral exercises NASM-SR Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Short Range naval capabilities naval live-fire drills net security provider New Delhi NOTAM Notice to Airmen Notice to Mariners operational dominance operational preparedness Pahalgam Pakistan precision strikes Project 15B radar systems regional tensions saudi arabia sea-skimming target Seaking 42B helicopter sensors social media stealth guided-missile destroyer Submarines surface targets target vessel technological prowess Terrorist attack Threats Varuna naval exercise Visakhapatnam-class warships X platform

NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy demonstrated its operational preparedness and technological prowess by successfully conducting multiple missile firing exercises in the Arabian Sea. Several frontline…

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Public Outrage Mounts Over IAF Officer Assault Case in Bengaluru; Fresh CCTV Clip Surfaces

By TNI Team April 21, 2025 Armed forces armed services respect assault case bengaluru Bengaluru City Police BlrCityPolice cctv footage citizen outrage delivery personnel safety Dhairya Siddha DRDO DRDO officer IAF IAF officer india Investigation karnataka language dispute language jingoism language politics law enforcement response linguistic tensions new video clip online backlash Police Action Pramod Kumar Singh Public Outrage public safety road rage road rage incident Sharath Sharma Kalagaru Social Media Reactions swiggy Swiggy delivery agent Twitter reactions uniformed personnel urban India viral video Vishwa Kiran

NEW DELHI: The alleged assault on an Indian Air Force officer and his wife in Bengaluru amid a language dispute has sparked widespread outrage online,…

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Defence Minister Vows India Will Be No. 1 in Military Might, Exports Soar to ₹23,622 Cr

By Khushboo Kumari April 17, 2025 100 countries ADITI scheme Admiral Sunil Lanba aero engine manufacturing Agni AI Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari aircraft carriers April 17 2025 Armed forces Artificial intelligence BrahMos corporatisation cyber defence defence capability Defence Conclave Defence Exports defence imports Defence Minister defence policy defence production Defence Public Sector Undertakings Defence R&D defence reform defence sector Defence Technology deterrence developed nation DPSUs Dr. Samir V Kamat DRDO Drones GE General Manoj Pande global resilience global supply chains hypersonics iDEX iDEX Prime india Indian coast guard Indian Navy indigenisation industrial transformation innovation INS Arihant INS vikrant Kaveri engine project Make in India Maldives Mauritius military power Ministry of Defence missile systems MSMEs narendra modi National Security New Delhi Ordnance Factories peace Rajnath Singh Rolls Royce Safran Sanjay Mitra Sanjeev Kumar self-reliance shipbuilding Sri Lanka startups strategic affairs Strategic autonomy Submarines supply chain shocks Vietnam Year of Reforms ₹1.27 lakh crore ₹1.60 lakh crore ₹1500 crore ₹23622 crore ₹2400 crore ₹3 lakh crore ₹40000 crore ₹50000 crore ₹686 crore

NEW DELHI: In a powerful address at a Defence Conclave in New Delhi on April 17, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid out an ambitious and…

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Defence Production of India Hits Record ₹1.27 Lakh Crore, Exports Soar

By Khushboo Kumari March 31, 2025 ADITI Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System Aero India 2025 AI-driven defence technology Akash Missile System Arjun Main Battle Tank ATAGS autonomous weapon systems Bharat Forge C4ISR System cyber technology defence budget Defence Exports Defence Industrial Corridors defence innovation defence manufacturing defence policy interventions Defence Public Sector Undertakings DRDO global manufacturing hub Hindustan Aeronautics Limited iDEX import substitution India defence production indigenization indigenous naval destroyers KC-135 Flight Refuelling Aircraft LCA Tejas Light Combat Helicopter Prachand Make in India MAKE-I MAKE-II MAKE-III Metrea Management military infrastructure military modernization National Security private sector defence production quantum-secure communication RudraM II Missile SAMARTHYA self-reliance Tamil Nadu DIC Tata Advanced Systems technological advancement Transfer of Technology underwater surveillance Uttar Pradesh DIC

NEW DELHI: India’s defence production has reached unprecedented heights, marking a new era of self-reliance and technological advancement. With the launch of the “Make in…

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Indian Army Signs ₹847.69 Cr Deals to Boost Mobility & Logistics

By Khushboo Kumari March 28, 2025 4x4 vehicle Ashok Leyland Defence Systems Associated Manufacturing LLP Atmanirbhar Bharat battlefield recovery combat capabilities Decade of Transformation defence industrial base defence modernisation defence procurement DRDO Force Motors Heavy Recovery Vehicles HRVs IFFB Indian Army indigenous manufacturing Infantry Floating FootBridge Larsen & Toubro Light Vehicle General Services logistical support LVGS Mahindra & Mahindra military mobility Operational readiness self-reliance Strategic autonomy Viksit Bharat 2047 ₹168.09 crore deal ₹679.6 crore contract

New Delhi: The Indian Army has undertaken key procurements to bolster its mobility, logistical support, and combat capabilities. These acquisitions align with the government’s vision of…

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DRDO Tests Integrated Air Defence System with Missiles, Laser

DRDO Successfully Conducts Back-to-Back Flight Tests of Pralay Missile, Paving Way for Armed Forces Induction

MoS Defence Visits DRDO Lab in Kanpur, Praises Indigenous Defence Innovations

DRDO, IIT Delhi Achieve 1 km Hack-Proof Quantum Link Test

AMCA Stealth Fighter Project; Prototype Expected in 3 Years

How the Modi Government Fortified India’s Air Defence and Offensive Capabilities

India-Israel Boost Defence Ties at MRSAM Summit 2.0 in New Delhi

Defence Minister Vows India Will Be No. 1 in Military Might, Exports Soar to ₹23,622 Cr

Defence Production of India Hits Record ₹1.27 Lakh Crore, Exports Soar

Indian Army Signs ₹847.69 Cr Deals to Boost Mobility & Logistics

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