UTD 20 Engine- Used in BMP tanks and other battle support vehicles. Recently indigenised 100% by Engine Factory Avadi (EFA) with the support of Indian vendors. Complicated design of delivery valve taken huge efforts in development, announced EFA on its X handle.The UTD-20 is a six-cylinder, four-stroke, high-speed diesel engine with direct fuel injection and high-temperature liquid cooling. It’s

DRDO’s Tapas drone aims to enhance altitude capabilities for Andaman-Nicobar operations despite facing the recent setback. Strategic advancements underwayChandipur: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to continue its efforts to enhance the capabilities of the Tapas medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone. The project, led by the Aeronautical Development

D4 stands for Drone, Detect (Radar), Deter (Jammer), Destroy (Laser)This state-of-the-art system encompasses multiple technologies coming into cohesion to thwart sub conventional drone threats. The system is developed by LRDE, a Bangalore-based DRDO lab with DLRL, Hyderabad, IRDE Dehradun and CHESS Hyderabad acting as partner labs, Tweeted renowned defence journalist Anantha Krishnan M on his

by Venu Gopal NarayananAt 10:30 hours on 12 January, a sleek missile blasted off from its mobile launcher on Kalam Island, on the Odisha coast, to successfully detect, track, intercept, and destroy a high-speed target flying at a very low altitude.This deadly terminator was an Akash NG (Next Generation), a short-range surface-to-air missile developed by India’s Defence Research and Development