Year-end review 2025: Some of the major achievements of DRDO: The maiden flight test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR 120) was successfully conducted at Integrated Test Range, Chandipur on December 29, 2025.
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Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni 5’ was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha on 20 August 2025.
BEL executes Indian Army order for Weapon Locating Radar: Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), on 4 March 2025, handed over the 49th Weapon Locating Radar (WLR-Plains) - SWATHI to the Indian Army, developed indigenously by BEL and DRDO lab LRDE.
Aero India 2025-Samtel’s indigenous defence avionics and military displays: Samtel Avionics (SA), a key player in India’s defence technology sector and part of the 50 year old Samtel Group, is showcasing its indigenous manufacturing capabilities at Aero India 2025.
Aero India 2025-PGMs and development in India: The deadly package of speed, accuracy, and agility is precision guided munitions (PGMs), which have proven their mettle since WW2 and are still being used in various forms, revolutionising warfare!
Aero India 2025-Challenging times ahead for the Indian Air Force: While there is an important push for Atmanirbharta, which is very much necessary, we are compromising on capability build-up as we are trying to ignore imports over indigenous systems.
Aero India 2025-Interview with Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy: The indigenous version of the Hermes 900 MALE RPA has been named as Drishti 10. Presently two systems of Drishti 10 have been procured by Indian Navy.
Aero India 2025-Rs 6.81 lakh crore allocated in Union Budget 2025-26 for MoD: The Union Budget of India has made a provision of Rs 6,81,210.27 crore for Financial Year (FY) 2025-26 for the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
India’s MoD and its review for 2024: The year 2024 witnessed some major achievements and breakthroughs as Ministry of Defence (MoD) marched ahead with “renewed vigour to make India a strong, secure, self-reliant and prosperous nation”.
DRDO highlights in 2024: DRDO conducted a successful test of the New Generation AKASH (AKASH-NG) missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha in January 2024.
Does the Indian Air Force need dedicated firefighting aircraft and equipment?: The devastating forest fires in Uttarakhand in April 2024 highlighted the fragility of our natural environment.
Union budget: Rs 6.22 lakh crore allocated to MoD: In the Regular Union Budget of Financial Year (FY) 2024–25, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore (approx US $75 Billion), the highest among the Ministries.
Indian Light Tank Zorawar progresses: On 12 December 2024, Indian Light Tank (ILT) achieved a major milestone by firing a number of rounds at different ranges at an altitude of more than 4200m, at a High Altitude Location with consistently accurate results.
DRDO News: DRDO conducted the maiden flight test of Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on 12 November 2024 from a mobile articulated launcher
Morocco and Tata Advanced Systems sign deal for local production of WhAP: The Kingdom of Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces and TASL on 30 September 2024 announced a strategic partnership for the final assembly and integration of the TASL Wheeled Armoured Platform 8x8 in Casablanca, Morocco.
AMCA: An Indian Fifth Generation Story; an update: The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, or AMCA, is an indigenous attempt to develop a fifth generation fighter aircraft, the most ambitious indigenous project to reshape the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Union budget: Rs 6.22 lakh crore allocated to MoD: In the Regular Union Budget of Financial Year (FY) 2024-25, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore (approx US $75 Billion), the highest among the Ministries.
India unveils light tank “Zorawar”: 6 July 2024, marked a red letter day as the first prototype of the indigenous “Zorawar” light tank rolled out of the Hazira facility of L&T in Gujarat.
Kadet Defence Systems' Jet-Powered Aerial Targets - KDS has announced the successful launch of Jet-Powered Aerial Targets. It is the 1st Indian aerospace company to design and develop indigenous jet-powered aerial targets.
Directed Energy Weapons and India: In the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the impact of kamikaze drones and suicide boats has changed modern day warfare strategies.
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