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22 Jan

Hawk-i Successfully Test Fires Smart Anti Airfield Weapon

Bengaluru: In a big boost to the indigenous Hawk-i program, HAL today successfully test fired a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-i aircraft off the coast of Odisha. The indigenous stand-off weapon developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), DRDO is the first smart weapon fired from an Indian Hawk-Mk132. “HAL has been focusing on the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign. The Company owned Hawk-i platform is being extensively used for certification of systems and weapons developed indigenously by DRDO and CSIR labs” said Mr. R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL. The aircraft flown by HAL test pilots Wg Cdr (Retd) P Awasthi and…

30 Sep

India successfully test-fires extended range BrahMos missile

New Delhi: Massively bolstering India’s combat capability and enhancing national security, the BRAHMOS surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile featuring an indigenous Booster and Airframe Section along with many other Made in India sub-systems was successfully test fired on Wednesday for designated range at 1030 hours today on September 30, 2020 from ITR, Balasore in Odisha. This was a test of the extended version of the missile that has a strike range of 400 kms. It is the second time that the extended-range version of BrahMos has been test-fired. BrahMos missile was originally built with a range of 290 kms. The test firing…

16 Feb

HAL invites partners for manufacturing ALH – Civil Choppers

Bengaluru: For the first time in Indian history, as a major boost to defence manufacturing and Government’s ‘Make-in-India’ initiative, HAL has offered the indigenous ‘Advanced Light Helicopter-Dhruv’ (Civil version) for manufacturing to potential Indian private companies through Transfer of Technology. Accordingly, the Company has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) for identification of Indian Partner. “Considering the increasing need of helicopters in civil operations of the country, this will be a mega deal from HAL which is the OEM and Licensor”, says Mr. T. Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL. HAL is the Design Authority and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of ALH-Dhruv. The Company…

07 Nov

India successfully test fires subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay

Chandipur (Odisha): India on Tuesday successfully test-fired its indigenous subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay, which failed its last test in December 2015, an official statement said. In a major achievement, the first indigenously-designed and developed Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms, was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range here in Odisha. The test took place after the error, that led to the failure of its fourth trial in December last year, were rectified, said the statement.The missile has the capability to loiter and cruise at 0.7 Mach, at altitudes as low as 100 metres. The…

03 Nov

India test-fires indigenous guided lightweight bomb

New Delhi: India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously-developed lightweight 'glide bomb', the Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) at the Integrated Test Range at Odisha's Chandipur, an official statement said. The guided bomb, released from an Indian Air Force aircraft and guided through precision navigation system, reached the targets at greater than 70 km range with high accuracies, it said. A total of three tests with different release conditions and ranges were conducted and all were successful. The guided bomb has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation's Research Centre Imarat (RCI), along with other laboratories of DRDO and the IAF. Defence…

26 Jun

India should aim to get 40% electricity from n-power by 2050: Former AEC chief

Moscow: Indigenous manufacturing of major components and ensuring a strong participation from the domestic industry are the major challenges before the Indian nuclear power programme now, says former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chief M R Srinivasan. "For a large nuclear power capacity to be built in a country like India, it is very important to have major components made within the country. Otherwise economics will be not so good," Srinivasan told in a wide-ranging interview here on the sidelines of the Atomexpo 2017 organised by Rosatom. Lamenting that nuclear power formed only three per cent of India's electricity generation, he said:…

18 Feb

India to develop AEWCS with 360 degree sweep

Bengaluru: As Indian Air Force has taken delivery of its first indigenous "eye in the sky" Netra (Airborne Early Warning and Control System) its developer says an advanced version with a 360 degree sweep -- against the present 240 degrees -- is on the cards. "The next system will be upgraded, with more range and 360 degree coverage," DRDO Chairman S. Christopher told IANS on the sidelines of the Aero India 2017 military exposition, adding that India will be only the second country in the world after Israel to develop an AEWC system with a 360 degree sweep. The present system,…