Safran-GTRE Fighter Engine Joint Venture Reaches India’s CCS
Hindustan Times reports the Safran-GTRE 120 kN fighter engine joint venture for the AMCA is now a proposal before India's Cabinet Committee on Security, with...
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Indian Air Force’s Sureshastra Mk1 Loitering Munition Anchors Veda Aeronautics’ Expanding Order Book
The Indian Air Force’s Sureshastra Mk1 loitering munition, built by Delhi-area startup Veda Aeronautics, has become the reference product behind the company’s push into a...
India Conducts Maiden Flight Test of Indigenous Kusha Long-Range Air Defence Missile
DRDO Tests Project Kusha’s Interceptor for the First Time India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of Project Kusha on...
India Raises Its First Integrated Battle Groups – Pakistan Will Need Its Own Plus Pro
The Indian Army (IA) stood up its first five Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs) on 01 July 2026, placing six major generals in command of the...
India’s ₹52,000 Crore Arms Clearance Leans Heavily on Counter-Drone and Air Defence
India's Defence Acquisition Council cleared ₹52,000 crore (~$5.45B) in proposals for the three services, weighted heavily toward counter-drone and layered air-defence systems and routed largely...
India Finalizes Letter of Request for 114 Rafale Fighters
India has finalised the Letter of Request for 114 Dassault Rafale fighters — valued at ₹3.25 lakh crore (~$38B) — with dispatch to France expected...
Tejas Mk1A Review Pushed to June Over Integration Challenges
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have postponed a program review meeting on the Tejas Mk1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to...
DRDO Tests India’s First Glide Weapon in TARA Flight Trial
DRDO and the IAF conducted the maiden flight trial of TARA – India's first indigenous glide weapon kit – off Odisha on 7 May, converting...
India Tests Agni MIRV Missile for Second Time
India flight-tested an Advanced Agni missile with MIRV from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island on 8 May – the second MIRV-capable Agni test after Mission...
DRDO Runs Scramjet Combustor for 1,200 Seconds in Ground Test
DRDL conducted a 1,200-second ground test of a full-scale actively cooled scramjet combustor at its SCPT facility in Hyderabad on 9 May – nearly doubling...