October 2024

Swalamban shakti Exercise

Indian Army has conducted the Swalamban Shakti 2024 Exercise, a large-scale joint manoeuvre and live-fire exercise at the Babina Field Firing Range near Jhansi.

Rajnath singh celebrates Diwali in Tawang

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will celebrate Diwali with soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang.

November 2024

Successful tests of Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile

🇮🇳 - India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) conducted the first flight test of the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) at the Chandipur Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha on November 12. Launched from a mobile launcher.

The missile followed a planned trajectory using navigation and demonstrated its ability to perform various maneuvers while flying at different altitudes and speeds.‌‌

First test of Long Range Hypersonic Missile

India has test-fired a long-range hypersonic missile for the first time, India's defense minister.

December 2024

US, France, Armenia - top 3 defence destinations of India

US, France, Armenia emerge as India's top three defence export countries in the last year. India is presently exporting military equipment to more than 100 countries across the world.

The defence industrial base is expanding with the presence of 16 defence PSUs, 430 firms with licenses along with 16000 medium and small scale enterprises.

January 2025

India developed the aerospace grade Titanium alloy for fighter jet engines

Joins the elite 5

India joins the Global Elite (USA, Russia, China, UK, France) which have the capability to develop aerospace -grade Titanium alloy used for fighter jet engines.

Only Indian private company

PTC Industries becomes the only Indian private company to commission a vacuum arc remelting (VAR) furnace and produce aerospace grade titanium alloy ingots.

Defence upgrades

Approval for Pinaka's rocket launcher system

The cabinet committee on security (CCS) has approved over Rs. 10,000 crore worth of ammunition for the Bharatiya army's Pinaka multi barrel rocket launcher systems. Economic Times

India successfully tests 'Bhargavastra' counter-drone system

Economic Explosives Ltd (EEL) has unveiled the indigenously developed Bhargavastra Micro-Missile System to counter UAV threats with precision and affordability.

• ["] Sky is no longer the limit in the era of UAVs Designed for diverse terrains, includes mountains and desserts up to 5000m altitude, Bhargavastra offers robust protection against autonomous swarms and loitering drones.

Equipped with cutting-edge radar and EO/IR technology, it can detect drones from up to 10 km away.

Indian Army's 'Nandighosh'

The Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle is named after Bhagwan Jagannath's Rath.

February 2025

Dharashakti EW systems

• IAF to forward deploy Dharashakti EW systems near Pak and China fronts, which is India's new ground based EW / jamming system (performed superior compared to Israeli Scorpius-G).
• It can jam multiple enemy AEWCS, fighter radars, SAR as well as encrypted communications and navigation systems

Jet based Loitering munition

• Jet based Loitering Munition designed and developed in India by Dynauton Systems.

88% AtmaNirbharta in ammunition

• 2014 - 32%
• 2024 - 88%
• Ministry of Defense had successfully indigenised production of 154 out of 175 ammunitions.

March 2025

DAC approves $6.2 billion worth acquisition

DAC has cleared capital acquisition proposals worth 54,000 crore rupees ($6.2 billion).

DRDO test VL SR SAM

• DRDO tested the Vertically Launched Short Range Surface to Air Missile against a high-speed aerial target at very close range and low altitude, establishing the Near-Boundary-Low Altitude capability of the missile system