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06 Jun

Intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-4 successfully tested

New Delhi: The Agni-IV ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 km was successfully tested on Monday. The missile was testfired at 7:30 pm from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha."A successful training launch of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-4, was carried out at approximately 19:30 hours on June 6 from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha," the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The test was part of routine user training launches carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command.The launch validated all operational parameters as also the reliability of the system, said the ministry."The successful…

22 Jul

India successfully flight-tests new generation Akash Missile

New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the new generation surface-to-air missile Akash Missile (Akash-NG) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Odisha coast.The flight trial was conducted at around 12.45 p.m. from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as multi-function radar, command, control and communication system, and launcher participating in deployment configuration. The missile system has been developed by Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad, in collaboration with other Defence Research & Development Organisation laboratories.The launch was witnessed by the representatives of the Indian Air Force. Production agencies Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and Bharat Dynamics…

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…

14 Oct

HAL braces for staff strike over wage revision

Bengaluru: The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is bracing for an indefinite strike from Monday by its 20,000 employees over wage revision and other demands, a union official said on Sunday."As talks and reconciliation efforts with the management failed on our demands, especially wage revision, we are going ahead with the indefinite strike from Monday as per the notice we served a fortnight ago (September 30) in compliance with the labour laws," HAL's 9 trade unions' general secretary S. Chandrasekhar told IANS here. The management, however, said it was making efforts to avert the strike at all its 9 locations across…

28 Dec

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS INTERCEPTOR MISSILE TEST

New Delhi: Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) System of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully scored a direct hit on incoming missile today at around 09:45 am from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The interceptor directly hit the target at an altitude of about 15 kilometre and destroyed it into fragments. The spectacular success puts India in the league of a very few select nations world over in the arena of critical defence technology.Today’s direct interception is fourth in a row, where the missiles have scored a perfect hit on the incoming missile. In text book style…