defence

Estonia’s €70 million ammunition deal for Ukraine with an Indian-owned company fell apart, leaving the funds embroiled in a dispute and forcing Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur to resign.

India’s Khagantak-243 trial marks more than a weapons milestone; it signals the IAF’s growing ability to deliver precision firepower from stand-off distances using indigenously developed technology.

India's own defence industry is becoming a stronger competitor. Programmes such as Tejas, AMCA, Project Kusha and the indigenous ballistic missile defence system reflect New Delhi's long-term effort to build critical military capabilities domestically.

While drawing a comparison with the ancient reference to ‘Sapta Sindhu’, or the seven rivers, Modi said India now needs a new set of streams of strength to take the country forward.

India has cracked one of aerospace’s hardest problems — producing single-crystal turbine blades that can survive the extreme heat inside a jet engine.

While all three vessels were built in India and share the common objective of strengthening India's maritime capabilities, each ship serves a very different operational purpose.

DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat confirmed that the organisation is fully prepared to develop the next-generation Agni-VI intercontinental ballistic missile once it receives government clearance.