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MoD Signs Rs 2,500 Crore Defence Contracts for NAMIS Tracked Anti-Tank System & 5,000 Light Vehicles

By Khushboo Kumari March 27, 2025 2025 2500 CRORE 801.34 crore Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Manufactured)anti-tank system anti-tank weapon system Armed forces battlefield Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed components manufacturing defence contracts defence modernisation defence preparedness Defence Research & Development Laboratory Defence Secretary Developed domestic defence industry DRDO emerging threats Employment generation engine power fire-and-forget missile firepower Force Motors Ltd foreign imports indigenisation indigenous defence manufacturing indigenous innovation lethality logistical efficiency Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd March 27 mechanised infantry mechanised operations Ministry of Defence mobility mobility solutions MoD MSMEs NAMIS (Tr) weapon system NAMIS Tracked National Security New Delhi operational conditions Operational efficiency Operational readiness payload 800 kg Rajesh Kumar Singh Rs 1 self-reliance sighting system state-of-the-art weaponry tactical agility technological advancements terrain

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed contracts worth Rs 2,500 crore for the procurement of the Nag Missile System (NAMIS) Tracked version…

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Aatmanirbhar Bharat: MoD Signs Rs 6,900 Crore Contracts for Advanced Artillery and Mobility Vehicles

By Khushboo Kumari March 26, 2025 155mm/52 Calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems 900 crore Aatmanirbhar Bharat accuracy ARDE Armament Research and Development Establishment artillery regiments ATAGS Bharat Forge Limited capital procurement defence infrastructure Defence Secretary defense preparedness defense production DRDO economic growth Employment opportunities Financial Year 2024-25 High Mobility Vehicle 6x6 Gun Towing Vehicles Import dependence Indian defense manufacturers Indian defense manufacturing indigenous defense ecosystem indigenous defense production lethality long-range precision strike Make in India military hardware Ministry of Defence MoD modernizing armed forces National Security New Delhi private sector Pune Rajesh Kumar Singh Rs 1.40 lakh crore Rs 6 self-reliance South Block strategic capabilities Tata Advanced System Limited

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has inked contracts worth Rs 6,900 crore with Bharat Forge Limited and Tata Advanced System Limited. These agreements,…

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India enters new era of artillery power with ₹7,000 Cr ATAGS deal, boosts border defence

By Khushboo Kumari March 20, 2025 000 Cr ATAGS deal 155mm/52-calibre guns 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems Aatmanirbhar Bharat all-electric drive ARDE Armament Research and Development Establishment artillery power ATAGS Bharat Forge border defence Cabinet Committee on Security CCS china border defence industrial capabilities Defence Research and Development Organisation desert terrains domestic defence manufacturing DRDO export potential fire-control systems global artillery supply chain high-altitude terrains india Indian Army indigenous artillery Kalyani Group LAC LINE OF ACTUAL CONTROL long-range artillery Make in India man-days of employment mobility requirements Pakistan border procurement TASL Tata Advanced Systems Limited TGS Towed Gun System ₹7

New Delhi: In a major milestone for India’s defence modernization and self-reliance goals, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has cleared a long-awaited ₹7,000 crore…

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₹2,906 cr Ashwini radar deal: Boost for IAF, Aatmanirbhar Bharat

By Khushboo Kumari March 13, 2025 906 crore radar deal Aatmanirbhar Bharat AESA system Ashwini radar BEL Bharat Electronics Limited defence ministry defense ecosystem DRDO fighter aircraft detection IAF Indian Air Force indigenous defense manufacturing LRDE Make in India Navratna status self-reliance in defense strategic capabilities surveillance enhancement UAV tracking ₹2

NEW DELHI: In a significant move to enhance India’s defense capabilities and promote self-reliance under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative, the Ministry of Defence has signed…

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Tejas LCA AF MK1 successfully test-fires ASTRA missile

By Khushboo Kumari March 13, 2025 Aatmanirbhar Bharat ADA aerial targets Aeronautical Development Agency air defense capabilities air-to-air missile ASTRA BVRAAM Astra Missile aviation technology BVRAAM CEMILAC Chandipur Chandipur test range Defence Research and Development Organisation defense production DG-AQA DRDO electronic warfare systems guidance systems HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IAF Indian Air Force indigenous fighter jet indigenous innovation MiG-21 missile development mission parameters multi-role supersonic fighter navigation systems Odisha performance evaluation precision targeting radar capabilities Rajnath Singh Samir V. Kamat self-reliance Tejas LCA AF MK1 Tejas LCA AF MK1A test-firing

NEW DELHI: The indigenous Tejas LCA AF MK1 successfully test-fired the homegrown ASTRA Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) off the coast of Chandipur, Odisha,…

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DRDO successfully tests indigenous life support system for LCA Tejas

By Khushboo Kumari March 6, 2025 Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)aerospace technology Anti-G valve Atmanirbhar Bharat bengaluru Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC)DEBEL defence minister rajnath singh Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance Dr. Samir V Kamat DRDO Emergency Oxygen System high-altitude trials high-G maneuvers Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)Indian Air Force (IAF)Indigenous Integrated Life Support System (ILSS)indigenous life support system LCA Tejas Low-Pressure Breathing Regulator MiG-29K National Flight Test Center On-Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS)Operational efficiency pilot endurance Viksit Bharat 2047

NEW DELHI: The Defence Bio-Engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory (DEBEL), a Bengaluru-based lab under DRDO, has successfully conducted high-altitude trials of the Indigenous Integrated Life…

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India’s Defence Budget 2025-26: Priorities, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

By Khushboo Kumari March 5, 2025 Agnipath Scheme arms imports Atmanirbhar Bharat border security capital outlay China Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP)Defence Exports defence imports defence manufacturing defence pensions Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs)defence spending defence startups DRDO fighter jet shortage GDP ratio India Defence Budget 2025-26 Indian Air Force Indian Army Indian Navy indigenisation Indigenous defence production Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)Make in India military modernization military procurement Ministry of Defence Modernization National Security operational preparedness Operational readiness Pakistan private sector participation procurement delays Project-75 submarines R&D budget cuts rupee depreciation self-reliance in defence Technology Development Fund ₹6.81 lakh crore allocation

NEW DELHI: The Government of India has allocated ₹6,81,210 crore to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the fiscal year 2025-26, reflecting a 6% increase from…

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Indian Army gears up for future wars: Focus on air defence & counter-drones

By Khushboo Kumari February 28, 2025 ADB air defence airspace security Army Air Defence Atmanirbhar Bharat C-UAS CLAWS contemporary conflicts counter-drone defence innovation DRDO Drones electronic warfare fibre-controlled FPV drones future warfare hybrid C-UAS systems hypersonic weapons Indian Army Indigenous Defence jamming technology Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth Lt Gen Dushyant Singh Lt Gen Sumer Ivan D’Cunha military strategy missile threats National Security precision strikes RSAMI Pune Russia-Ukraine war UAS operations UAVs war technology

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army, in collaboration with the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), is hosting a high-profile seminar on “Air Defence Operations in…

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On National Science Day, defence minister urges youth to lead in frontier tech

By Khushboo Kumari February 28, 2025 Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI)APJ Abdul Kalam Artificial Intelligence (AI)Clean-tech critical thinking defence and aerospace technologies defence minister rajnath singh DRDO emerging technologies frontier technologies Hyderabad innovation and self-reliance Kalam Institute of Youth Excellence machine learning National Science Day National Security New Education Policy 2020 quantum computing scientific excellence scientific temper Sir CV Raman STEM Education Telangana Chief Minister Anumula Revanth Reddy Vigyan Vaibhav 2025 Viksit Bharat 2047

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called upon the youth to develop a scientific temper and harness the internationally competitive infrastructure being set up…

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DRDO and Indian navy successfully test fire deadly anti-ship missile

By Khushboo Kumari February 26, 2025 Bearing-only Lock-on after Launch (BOLOAL)Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL)DRDO Electro-Mechanical Actuators Fiber Optic Gyroscope-based INS High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)Imaging Infra-Red Seeker in-flight retargeting Indian Navy Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur Man-in-Loop feature maritime defense missile test MSMEs and start-ups naval anti-ship missile (NASM-SR)pinpoint accuracy Radio Altimeter Rajnath Singh Research Centre Imarat (RCI)Samir V. Kamat Seaking helicopter self-reliance in missile technolog solid propulsion Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL)two-way datalink warhead

NEW DELHI: The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy successfully conducted flight trials of the first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) from…

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Indian Army signs contract with L&T for advanced chemical detection devices

By Khushboo Kumari February 26, 2025 ACADA system Atmanirbhar Bharat Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm CBRN defense chemical detection devices chemical threats chemical warfare agents (CWA)Defence Research and Development Establishment defense contract defense technology disaster relief DRDE DRDO Early detection Indian Army indigenous defense manufacturing industrial accidents Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS)L&T military operations National Security toxic industrial chemicals (TICs)₹80.43 crore

NEW DELHI: To bolster its Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) defense capabilities, the Indian Army has entered into a contract with Larsen & Toubro…

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Indian Army’s AD corps gears up for the drone warfare era

By Aman Kumar Himanshu February 22, 2025 Aatmanirbhar Bharat AI-enabled threat detection air defence AKASH Akashteer Army Air Defence Corps BEL directed energy weapons DRDO drone swarms Drones electro-optical sensors GBADWS High Power Microwave hybrid counter-drone systems IAF IDD&IS Indian Army infrared sensors inter-service coordination jammers Jammu air base attack L-70-gun LINE OF CONTROL LLLR radars Lt General Sumer Ivan D’Cunha modern warfare MRSAM QRSAM rail guns Russia-Ukraine war Saudi Aramco attacks smart ammunition unmanned aerial systems VSHORADS

NEW-DELHI: Drones and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are emerging as the most critical elements in military operations. The Indian Army is enhancing its air defence…

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MoD Signs Rs 2,500 Crore Defence Contracts for NAMIS Tracked Anti-Tank System & 5,000 Light Vehicles

Aatmanirbhar Bharat: MoD Signs Rs 6,900 Crore Contracts for Advanced Artillery and Mobility Vehicles

India enters new era of artillery power with ₹7,000 Cr ATAGS deal, boosts border defence

₹2,906 cr Ashwini radar deal: Boost for IAF, Aatmanirbhar Bharat

Tejas LCA AF MK1 successfully test-fires ASTRA missile

DRDO successfully tests indigenous life support system for LCA Tejas

India’s Defence Budget 2025-26: Priorities, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

Indian Army gears up for future wars: Focus on air defence & counter-drones

On National Science Day, defence minister urges youth to lead in frontier tech

DRDO and Indian navy successfully test fire deadly anti-ship missile

Indian Army signs contract with L&T for advanced chemical detection devices

Indian Army’s AD corps gears up for the drone warfare era

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