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BRAHMOS missile proves its mettle once again
March 22, 2010 @ 12:00 AMIndia on Sunday successfully test fired BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile from a vertical launcher fitted in a moving warship INS Ranvir from off Orissa coast. The missile performed supersonic maneuvering following the exact flight path and homed on to the decommissioned target ship INS Meen
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DRDO to display sub-machine carbine at Defexpo 2010
February 8, 2010 @ 12:00 AMWhile the Agni ballistic missile may be hogging the headlines as a triumph of Indian indigenous technology and military power, another development by its creator, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), holds tremendous promise as the weapon of choice for India’s security forces besides having excellent export potential. At the Defexpo 2010 land and naval defence exhibition in Delhi, DRDO will showcase the sub-machine carbine(SMC), a lightweight 5
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Take DRDO off ‘entity’ list: Indian defence minister to U.S.
February 2, 2010 @ 12:00 AMDespite rapidly rising defence purchases from the U.S
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IAF orders 750 DRDO developed Akash SAMs
February 2, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has ordered an additional 750 Akash medium-range surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) comprsing six squadrons from Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) at a cost of $925 million, Indian defence minister AK Antony announced today. "A decision to place this fresh order with BEL was taken after the IAF expressed satisfaction with the performance of the Akash missiles that are deployed in two squadrons," defence minister AK Antony said
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DRDO to transfer technology to six Indian companies
January 27, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe DRDO-FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment and Commercialization (ATAC) Programme reached a new landmark on Monday with the signing of six Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DRDO and leading industry players. The MoUs will enable transfer of DRDO developed technologies to the partner industries and, in turn, make them globally competitive
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Defexpo 2010 to be 15% bigger than Defexpo 2008
December 17, 2009 @ 12:00 AMDefexpo 2010 India, the land and naval systems show to be held in New Delhi from February 14-18 2010 will be 15% bigger over Defexpo 2008. Organized by the Defense Exhibitions Organization (DEO), it is expected to be held over 20,000 square metres of space, as compared to 17000 square meters of Defexpo 2008
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BEL wins Raksha Mantri’s awards
November 10, 2009 @ 12:00 AMFour Units / Strategic Business Units (SBUs) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) have won the Raksha Mantri’s Excellence Awards under various categories for the year 2007-08. The four Units / SBUs are BEL-Hyderabad, which has won the Raksha Mantri’s Award for the ‘Best Performing Division’ among Defence PSUs; BEL-Ghaziabad, which has won the Group / Individual Award for ‘Import Substitution’; Military Communication SBU at BEL-Bangalore, which has won an award for ‘Design Effort’ and BEL’s Central Research Laboratory at Bangalore, which has won an award in the ‘Innovation’ category
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India appoints Dr V K Saraswat as new DRDO Head
September 3, 2009 @ 12:00 AMEminent missile scientist Dr. VK Saraswat has been named the new head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
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DRDO developing Chili bomb to control riots and combat separatists
August 18, 2009 @ 12:00 AMAccording to Indian defence spokesperson, scientists at various Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories were working on a project of developing hand grenades and other repellants to deal with terrorists and rioters by using Bhut Jolokia, recognised by the Guiness World Records as the hottest of all spices. Bhut Jolokia belongs to the Capsicum Chinese family and native to Assam
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Indian Army receives 1st Indigenous Unmanned Ground Vehicle
August 17, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Army has received today its first homemade unmanned ground vehicle, which will be used for surveillance, and to detect nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and mines. The prototype of the unmanned ground vehicle, which has been developed and handed to the Indian Army for trials, is based on an infantry fighting vehicle, the BMP-II, and has been developed by the state-owned Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment
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Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
