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

Karachi: Four people–including a local journalist –were wounded in separate gunfire incidents in Karachi on Sunday, ARY News reported.Shoaib Burney, a reporter for a private news channel, was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on his vehicle on Rashid Minhas Road.After being taken to the hospital urgently, his condition is now said to be stable.In three distinct firing incidents that