NAVIC, India’s Very Own GPS-lite
With the launch of the final satellite completing the satnav system, the IRNSS has been renamed NAVIC – Navigation with Indian Constellation India is currently in the process of launching its own indigenous...
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‘Mirage 2000 upgrade for the Indian Air Force on track’
Antoine Caput, Vice-President and Country Director (India) of Thales, has said the $2.5 billion-project to upgrade 51 Mirage 2000 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force is going as per schedule and four upgraded...
At sea with ageing fleet, cost & time overruns
The Indian Navy, considered a vital instrument of diplomacy, power projection and essential for safeguarding the country’s manifold maritime interests, is suffering from serious time and cost overruns. The country can ill afford...
To Secure Its Future, India Must Look Towards The Sea
For centuries, the psyche of India has been that of a landlocked country. This is partly due to its history, recent wars and the resultant political thought and defence structures. But now, India...
Arihant is operational, Thank you Russia
Sources confirmed that Arihant completed all kind of sea and weapon trails as the K 4 successfully tested from INS Arihant, earlier last week ship spotters from Turkey saw the Russian submarine salvage vessel...
INS Vishal design phase close to complete
The Indian Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier dubbed as INS Vishal’s designing phase almost close to completion with few other decisions still on pending, the major subsystem in the carrier, that’s the aircraft launching...
US launch companies are so scared of India’s Space success they’re trying to ban ISRO Rockets
While the US ambassador to India praised the growing U.S.-India cooperation in space, another ‘space race’, reminiscent of the US-Russia contest to reach the moon first, seems likely. ISRO managed to launch 4 American...
India Prefers Home-Grown Akash Missile Over Israeli Spyder QR-SAM
The Indian government has dismissed reports of buying missiles from outside rather than inducting indigenous ‘Akash’ missile in the Army. “Akash is already being inducted in Army and we are also developing very short...
UCAV Ghatak or Aura project awaits PMO’s nod
India’s plans to develop an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) now awaits the final clearance from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). DRDO has tentatively named the project as Ghatak, though it was known as...
Why IAF rejected MiG 35 Fulcrum F in MMRCA
Many in the social media claiming that the MiG 35 is the better low cost option to ramp up the number of fighter jets in Indian Air force, without knowing the actual reason...