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Army Chief General MM Naravane reviews efforts to modernise armed forces IANS New Delhi: In a bid to push towards making the Armed Forces self-reliant, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane visited the Bharat Forge and Armament Research and Development Establishment in Pune Saturday to witness their Research and Development efforts towards modernising the forces. The Army Chief during his visit to Bharat Forge was updated on the various defence related projects underway, includ...

Why the successful trials of a desi carbine is such a big deal Friday, January 01, 2021 By: India Today In mid-June this year, a Belgian arms manufacturer walked out of a contract to supply small arms to India’s covert paramilitary, the Special Frontier Force (SFF). FN Herstal had signed a contract worth around Rs 70 crore to supply its P90 personal defence weapons and two variants of its SCAR assault rifl...

Indian Navy, DRDO conduct maiden trial of 1st indigenous air-droppable container SAHAYAK-NG ANI | Updated: Dec 31, 2020 04:19 IST New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the Indian Navy conducted the successful maiden test trial of SAHAYAK-NG Indias first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container from IL 38SD aircraft (Indian Navy) off the coast of Goa on Wednesday. As per an offi...

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the Indian Navy conducted the successful maiden test trial of SAHAYAK-NG Indias first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container from IL 38SD aircraft (Indian Navy) off the coast of Goa on Wednesday. As per an official statement, the trial was conducted by the Indian Navy to enhance its operational logistics capabilities and provide critical engineering stores to ships that are deployed more than 2000 kilometers fr...

SAHAYAK-NG: Indias first indigenous air-droppable container successfully passes first trial The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy jointly conducted the successful maiden trial of SAHAYAK-NG in Goa on Wednesday.   |  31 Dec 2020 7:05 AM GMT New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy on Wednesday jointly conducted the successful maiden trial of SAHAYAK-NG. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday gave out a press releas...

Why the successful trials of a desi carbine is such a big deal  Why the successful trials of a desi carbine is such a big deal  | India Today Insight The first indigenously designed and produced carbine to pass trials will reduce India’s humiliating dependence on imported small arms  advertisement UPDATED: December 30, 2020 19:44 IST The Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC) was cleared for induction into the Indian armed forces after successful user trials In mid-June this year, a B...

Indian Army Kicks Off Process To Acquire 118 Made-In-India Arjun MK-1A Battle Tanks Arjun MK-1A (Vinod DX9) Indian Army has kicked off the process to acquire 118 indigenous Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun MK-1A estimated to cost Rs 8,956.59 crore, The Hindureports. “The file is currently with the Deputy Chief of Army Staff and will be shortly sent to Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to put up the case. The case is planned to be fielded before the Defence Procurement Board (DPB) and the Defence...

Made-in-India ATAGS clears field trials With the successful test firing, the DRDO has claimed that India can produce at least 100 ATAGS howitzers in a year of placement of orders. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR:  India on Saturday conducted a series of trials of the fresh batch of Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) from a defence facility off Odisha coast, paving the way for its early induction in the armed forces. The user specific trials of ...

Rajnath hands three new systems built by DRDO to Armed Forces Rajnath Singh also presented awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 to NV Kadam “for his contributions for developing control and guidance schemes for missiles”, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. December 19, 2020 5:12:28 am Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handovers a model of ASTRA Mk-I Missile to Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, during the DRDO ...

User trial of the Joint Venture Protective Carbine. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said on Monday that a Carbine — 5.56×30 mm Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC) — designed by its Pune-based facility has undergone its final phase of user trials, paving the way for its induction into services. During its extensive trials, the weapon has proved its efficacy in both extreme summer temperatures and winter conditions in high altitudes, said the DRDO....