India’s newest stealth destroyer INS IMPHAL firing a BrahMos supersonic cruise missileIndia’s biggest defence export deal is expected to be worth around $375 million and is set to be delivered in late February or early March 2024. The deal includes BrahMos missiles and other related equipment. The BrahMos deal for the sale of three batteries of missiles and launchers was a breakthrough for

Weapons installed on the newly-commissioned Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer INS ImphalWhile the Indian Navy has now deployed four destroyers and one frigate to protect merchant shipping from missile and drone attacks in the Arabian Sea, the larger challenge faced by navies across countries is the lack of anti-drone equipment on these warships, according to people familiar with the matter.This

by Nandan Unnikrishnan and Ankita DuttaIndia-Russia relations have gone through a number of phases since their formal establishment in April 1947. Despite repeated projections of its decline following the end of the Cold War, India and Russia’s strategic partnership has persisted, and indeed in some areas has deepened. This brief argues that this could only mean that there is plausible

The state-owned research body has also filed more than 141 patents this year. The Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) accorded this year is the highest ever accorded to DRDO-developed systems in any yearMore than ₹1,42,000 crore worth Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) was accorded this year by the Ministry of Defence for induction of several Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed

The high specific impulse Electric propulsion system (EPS), is developed for North-South station keeping. At present, a High Thrust Electric Propulsion is being developed for orbit raising operations as well. Towards this, LPSC has embarked on the development of High Power EPS thrusters and already realized and tested 18mN, 75mN and 300mN Stationary Plasma Thrusters (SPT).Onboard flight testing

India needs to consolidate its technological prowess and allocate increased funding and focus towards developing capabilities in the ‘Near Space’by Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd)Space is already emerging as the next great frontier, where geostrategic play is unfolding at an accelerating pace. Led by scientific prowess and human quest and endeavour, it today impacts all activities on planet earth.