India test-fires first indigenously made 1,500-horsepower engine for main battle tanks

An Indian Army T-90S main battle tank during a combat exercise in Rajasthan. (Photo: MoD)Mysuru/New Delhi: In a breakthrough for India’s indigenous defence industry, the state-owned Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) successfully conducted the ...

First successful flight-test of DRDO’s indigenous power take-off shaft conducted on LCA Tejas

LCA Tejas. (File)New Delhi: The first successful flight-test of power take-off (PTO) shaft was conducted on the light combat aircraft Tejas’s limited series production – 3 aircraft in Bengaluru, the defence ministry said in a release, on ...

MoD awards contract to HFV Avadi for 118 MBT Mk1A at Rs 7523 crore

Chennai: Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed an order with Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Chennai for supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army on September 23.The order, worth Rs 7,523 crore, will provide further boos...

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Modi hands over Arjun Tank to India Army

Chennai: In a fillip to government’s ambitious Atamanirbhar Bharat” initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handed over the indigenously-built Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane in presence of DRDO Ch...

DRDO Lab hands over landing-gear systems, 18 types of filters for P-75 submarines to Indian Navy

Chennai: The CVRDE, a laboratory of the DRDO, on Sunday handed over retractable landing gears for Tapas and Swift unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as 18 types of filters for P-75 submarines to its users, an official statement said.While the re...

Sapta Shakti Commander visits HVF in Tamil Nadu

Jaipur: Jaipur-headquartered Sapta Shakti Command Chief Lt Gen Alok Kler on Thursday visited Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF) Avadi near Chennai in Tamil Nadu to review the ongoing assembly, overhauling and repair of Armoured vehicles.The extensive visit ...