Page 19 - Ajai Shukla

DRDO successfully test-flies indigenously developed 'man-portable ATGM'

The lightweight, fire-and-forget MPATGM, which is integrated with a thermal sight, was launched from a man-portable launcher by a two-man crew at a target that was mimicking a moving tank.

Lighter, deadlier Gen Next Akash Missile flight-tested off Odisha coast

The missile will be offered for export; possibility of sales to east Asian and African countries

Ministry of Defence tenders for six more submarines at $1 billion each

This six-submarine acquisition, codenamed Project 75(I), will be the first programme under the MoD's 'strategic partnership' model

DRDO develops high strength titanium alloy for aerospace forgings

DMRL develops special steels and other super-alloys (such as those mixed with nickel) and then facilitates their commercial production by industrial units

Confrontation between China, India with PLA troops back in Eastern Ladakh

The Indian Army has denied reports that a clash took place with the PLA.

Medical oxygen from Honeywell technology has saved 120,000 lives in India

Patented technology of US firm, which tied up with DRDO last month, to save 66,500 more people in July-August

Pakistan-aimed Agni-P ballistic missile flight-tested successfully

Agni-5 to be mainstay of anti-China arsenal, Agni-P deterrent against Pakistan

To bolster security, Britain joins Indian Ocean monitoring hub in Gurgaon

The IFC-IOR, which was established in April 2019, has liaison officers from five countries - the US, France, Japan, Australia and now the UK

China's realpolitik lesson to India

Book review of Nehru, Tibet and China

Cost vs combat edge: Future of IAF's Jaguar fleet is hanging in the balance

If plan does not work out, IAF's 110-odd Jaguar fighters will start retiring by 2024

A year after Galwan, India and China still face-off in Ladakh

The two-front threat (China-Pakistan) that strategists have long regarded as a worst-case military scenario for India is now a reality

Ministry of Defence allocates Rs 500 cr for designing innovative products

The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018, with the aim of fostering innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace

Rajnath Singh approves declassification of war histories after 25 yrs

Orders war histories to be compiled within five years

Rs 43,000-crore tender to build six state-of-the-art submarines cleared

This is first case processed under strategic partnership model

The mirage of self-reliance

In the absence of robust technological and project management structures, MoD's indigenisation drive will remain questionable

Build more Scorpene subs while waiting for Project 75-I: Rahul Shrawat

Rear Admiral (Retd) Rahul Shrawat, who heads Naval Group India, talks to Ajai Shukla about Naval Group's ambitions

Towards indigenisation: MoD puts 108 defence items on import ban list

This list supplements an earlier import embargo on 101 defence items announced last August

DRDO develops near-isothermal forging technology for aero-engines

This technological breakthrough was achieved by the DRDO's premier metallurgical laboratory, the Hyderabad-based Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory

Alpha Design gets tech from Isro for its oxygen concentrators

Indian defence firm had earlier won a Nasa contract for ventilators

China lead grows as INS Rajput, Navy's 1st destroyer, retires today

The PLA(N) has been commissioning three new destroyers every year, while Indian defence shipyards have been barely completing one destroyer every 2-3 years