IAF promotes ‘Make In India’ via targeted, sustainable indigenizationby Girish LingannaThe Indian defence manufacturing sector has advanced significantly, largely due to the government’s ‘Make in India’ policy and emphasis on self-sufficiency. But difficulties that can hinder development in 2024 need to be addressed. So like all significant nations, India has an Army, Navy and Air Force and these

iDEX-DIO signs 300th contract for Defence  Innovation in  the niche field of Design and Development of Advanced Gallium Nitride SemiconductorsInnovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of the Department of Defence Production, has reached a milestone with the signing of its 300th contract. The contract relates to the design and development of advanced Gallium

Indian Space Start-Up InspeCity Space Labs Private Limited has sent its Green Impulse TrAnsmitter (GITA) on PSLV-C58 XPoSat Mission’s POEM-3.InspeCity builds orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) powered by a green propulsion system that will deliver satellites to their respective orbits.The OTV will remain in its orbit, dock on to a customer satellite when necessary and carry out life-extension

Leading Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has inked the first procurement deal under the iDEX initiative with Blurgs Innovations Private Limited, marking a significant milestone for both maritime security and India’s innovation ecosystem.In order to improve India’s marine domain awareness using cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology, this

Destroyers, frigate, patrol aircraft: How Indian Navy is dealing with ‘maritime security’ amid Houthi attacksIn a statement on Sunday, the Indian Navy took note of the "increased maritime security incidents on merchant vessels transiting through international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Central/ North Arabian Sea". The Navy said it has taken several steps to deal with the

The two-week-long exercise, scheduled from January 2 to January 15, will be conducted in the arid terrains of Rajasthan.The inaugural edition of joint military exercise "Desert Cyclone 2024" will kick off on January 2, marking a significant milestone in the strategic partnership between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The two-week-long exercise, scheduled from January 2 to January 15,