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In 1998, India planned 24 submarines by 2030, currently it has 16 and newest submarines are years awayIndia’s submarine fleet faces a growing replacement challenge, with 16 conventional diesel-electric boats in service and its target of 24 b...
In 2006, an American aircraft carrier with a dozen warships was trailed by a Chinese submarine. Years later US sold the ship for a centIn October 2006, a remarkable event occurred when a Chinese Song-class submarine shadowed the USS Kitty Hawk without detection during naval...
Pakistan's first Hangor-class submarine conducts maiden live weapon firingIn a historic moment, Pakistan Navy's PNS/M HANGOR, the first of its Hangor-class submarines, conducted its first successful live weapon fi...
Orbital Shift: India's space sector undergoing biggest transformation; pvt firms handle rockets, ISRO focus on more ambitious missionsIndia's space sector is undergoing significant changes as private companies engage in rocket production and management. The Indian Space Re...
Satellite images show China building new class of submarine, India’s submarine plans comparedFresh satellite imagery of a Chinese submarine under construction has highlighted developments in Beijing’s nuclear-powered attack submarin...
As Chinese threat grows, Japan keeps the door open for nuclear-powered submarinesAs China threatens its security, Japan is keeping open the option of acquiring nuclear-powered submarines to strengthen its maritime defens...
Rajnath Singh flags defence project delays, urges HAL to create 'technologies that do not exist'Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged Hindustan Aeronautics Limited scientists to create future technologies. He stressed realistic timeline...
In 1981, a Canadian Oberon-class submarine and worth about $80 million slipped past an entire US Navy carrier group and ‘sank’ one of the most capable American aircraft carriers in a NATO war gameAn old Canadian Oberon-class diesel-electric submarinereportedly slipped past the defenses of a US Navy carrier strike group in 1981. The s...
Russia unveils new stealth air-launched stand-off weapons for Su-57 fighter family; S-71M Monokhrom, S-71K Kovyor, S8000 Banderol missiles/loitering munitions displayed at El Alamein International AirshowRussia revealed new stealthy air-launched stand-off weapons at an Egyptian airshow. These weapons are designed for the Sukhoi Su-57 stealth...
In 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his team invented first long-range ballistic missile for Nazi Germany but it was built by concentration camp prisoners under brutal conditions, laying the foundation for both the American and Soviet space programsIn 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his research team invented the first long-range ballistic missile secretly for Nazi Germany...
Tata Elxsi backs seven-seater Shunya eVTOL, first flight targeted in 18-24 monthsTata Elxsi and Sarla Aviation will collaborate on India's first indigenous electric aircraft. The Shunya eVTOL aircraft is designed to carr...
Canada turned discarded aluminum into submarine fuel by reacting it with water; up to 12 Type 212CD boats can use hydrogen fuel cells to remain submerged for 41 daysCanada aims to enhance its submarine fleet with a technology that converts aluminum into hydrogen. GH Power is collaborating with TKMS to e...
In 2024, Tornyol Systems showed how a 1.4-ounce drone could detect and hunt mosquitoes using ultrasonic sensors. Two years later, the Paris startup recorded its first autonomous kill, but the victim was 1 moth, not a mosquitoA Paris startup just recorded its first autonomous insect kill using a 1.4-ounce drone. Tornyol Systems built the quadcopter with ultrasoni...
USS Benfold lost power in South China Sea, leaving crew of the US Navy warship without toilets, hot food and AC for 4 daysAfter enduring a four-day power outage in the South China Sea, the USS Benfold found itself in a precarious situation, lacking vital servic...
India, Germany to sign the Rs 90,000 crore submarine deal for Indian Navy soon, says German envoy Philipp AckermannIndia and Germany are close to signing a submarine deal soon. This agreement will allow for six advanced submarines to be built in India. T...
Foreign companies struggle to meet tech specifications of submarine planThe estimated '43,000-crore P75I project is already running several months behind time, with no firm response yet by foreign technology pro...
Indian P 75I submarine plan unrealistic, timelines cannot be met: Russian designersAs reported by ET in February, Russia pulled out of the Rs 43,000 crore contest for six new submarines under Project 75I that are to be mad...
Russia says it will not bid for Indian Navy's new submarine plan, offers upgraded kilo classThe Russian side has offered India upgraded Kilo class submarines - the type that forms the bulk of the current conventional fleet - but ha...
Underwater stealth: DRDO successfully demonstrates home grown AIP, to be pitched for new subsUnder development by DRDO for the next generation of diesel electric submarines, the AIP has undergone extensive trails that have now demon...
INS Kalvari to hit waters for final trial in SeptemberThe original torpedo selected for the submarine was the one manufactured by one of the subsidiaries of scam-tainted firm Finmeccanica.