Friday, March 29, 2024
The Indian Air force (IAF) has committed to buying at least 15 units of a future production version of India's indigenous SARAS light transport aircraft (LTA). This was revealed by Dr Harsh Vardhan, India's Minister for Science & Technology (S&T)...
In a manner similar to a test  in March 2017, the Defence Research and Development Organization's (DRDO's)  AAD endo-atmospheric ballistic missile defence (BMD) interceptor successfully destroyed a test target at an altitude of 15 km yesterday morning at 0945 hours...
Air defence (AD) Artillery made its advent in India in 1939 in the wake of the threat of Japanese invasion when a small number of Indian troops were initially trained to use 3-inch anti-aircraft (AA)  guns.  On 14 September 1940,...
Earlier today, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Bipin Rawat, issued directives for the creation of an ‘Integrated Air Defence Command’ under the Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), which he now heads. Gen. Rawat directed...
The progress of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tejas MK-1 build program has become a matter of intense interest for the public. As such, earlier today, a written reply was submitted by India's Minister of Defence for State, Dr. Subhash...
Earlier today, an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F11 (GSLV-F11) successfully put into a Geonsynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) first ever dedicated communications satellite called GSAT-7A. While orbit raising manoeuvres will begin...
It has been couple of decades since India embarked on a project to build a modern low-bypass turbofan jet engine compatible with the Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas) at the Gas Turbine Establishment (GTRE) of the Defence Research & Development...
  On 27 Jun 2020, it was reported by several news channels that a Chinese PLAAF Il-78 tanker aircraft had landed at Skardu. This was followed by unsubstantiated reports of up to 40 Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)...
Swarming is being projected to be the next big thing in warfare. Some scholars even categorize swarming as a potential fourth evolutionary stage of warfare- the first three being melee, mass and maneuver.  While militaries today predominantly conduct maneuver...
Non-state actors in West Asia have already demonstrated the efficacy of swarming attacks by off-the-shelf drones on conventional military targets. Denied high-technology weapons and equipment, these non-state actors may have had no choice but to improvise in this manner. ...

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