Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauds successful test of indigenous MPATGM, calls it boost to Aatmanirbhar BharatIn a post on X, RMO India said, "Third Generation Fire & Forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top attack capability w...
12 Jan, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
HFCL secures mega ₹657-crore deal to export optic fibre cableHFCL has secured a $72.96 million (₹656.10 crore) export order to supply optical fiber cables through its overseas subsidiary to a major in...
08 Dec, 2025, 12.35 PM IST
MALE drone better than Predator, Brahmos, radar: Indian armed forces to get Rs 67,000 crore booster. Here's what's comingIndia's defence ministry has approved ₹67,000 crore in modernisation proposals, including the acquisition of 87 armed heavy-duty drones and...
06 Aug, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
Mountain radars, SPYDER system & more: Defence Ministry clears Rs 67,000 cr proposals to give a boost to armed forcesOn August 5, 2025, the Defence Acquisition Council approved proposals worth approximately Rs 67,000 crore. These include thermal imagers fo...
06 Aug, 2025, 04.45 AM IST
Putin’s bodyguard spotted with secret anti-drone weapon — is this Russia’s new shield?Putin’s bodyguard spotted with secret anti-drone weapon has taken the internet by storm after a video showed a strange X-shaped device in t...
02 Aug, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
Aero India 2025: Bharat Electronics Limited to unveil latest innovations, AI-powered warfare techBharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is set to showcase its latest defence technologies at Aero India 2025, which includes advanced communicati...
09 Feb, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
HFCL inaugurates defence manufacturing unit in HosurHFCL inaugurated a new defence equipment manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. This facility will produce indigenously developed the...
24 Dec, 2024, 10.30 PM IST
Rajnath hands over wide range of indigenous military equipment to Army to boost combat capability in LadakhThe indigenously manufactured weapons that were given part to the Army included Landing Craft Attack for operations in Pangong lake, infant...
16 Aug, 2022, 06.27 PM IST
India announces second progressive arms embargo list to boost domestic defence productionThe defence ministry’s second arms embargo list — or the ‘second positive indigenisation list’ as it is now called — includes only a few fu...
01 Jun, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
Indian Army in process of acquiring 556 Augmented Reality Head Mounted Display systemsARHMD is conceived as capability enhancement to Land Based Air Defence Weapon Systems such as the IGLA shoulder-fired Infrared Homing Air D...
25 Feb, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
China in mind, Indian Army asks for infantry combat vehicles with night visionThe ageing Russian-origin BMP vehicles, which have anti-tank missiles, cannons and machine guns but suffer from night-blindness, have also ...
08 Sep, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Tonbo Imaging to provide night vision to Peruvian ArmyBengaluru based startup has bagged a $100m contract to manufacture and export ‘night-vision sights’ for guns to Peruvian army
12 Oct, 2016, 08.54 AM IST
US to sell thermal weapon sights to PakistanPentagon awarded a $17 million contract to Raytheon for supply of state of art thermal weapon sights and spares which improve surveillance.
06 Apr, 2016, 10.51 AM IST
Decision on four key defence deals put offDefence ministry deferred decisions on four crucial acquisition projects, including the one for procuring 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers w...
25 Feb, 2014, 10.36 AM IST
Army to get night vision devices worth over Rs 2,800 crore for its tanks and infantry combat vehiclesThe Defence Ministry today approved a Rs 2,820 crore proposal to provide night-vision devices to the Army to enable its tanks and infantry ...
02 Apr, 2013, 10.42 PM IST
Army to upgrade entire fleet of infantry combat vehiclesWhile infantry combat vehicles may be the poorer tanks, they perform the critical task of carrying soldiers into the battle zone with fire ...
31 Mar, 2013, 10.43 AM IST
Army plans massive upgrade of 2,000 infantry vehiclesArmy chief General Bikram Singh is pushing hard for speedy modernization of the 1.13m force, especially the fighting arms of infantry, arti...
31 Mar, 2013, 03.42 AM IST