Indian Missile Defence

India's Data Patterns develops equipment to check BrahMos missile functions

Domestic firms driving down price of supersonic cruise missile system with homegrown solutions

Stealth guided missile destroyer Mormugao commissioned into Indian Navy

The stealth guided missile destroyer Mormugao was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Sunday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and Goa CM Pramod Sawant were among those present at the commissioning ceremony in Mumbai. Singh said the warship's commissioning will boost India's maritime power. He termed INS Mormugao as the most technologically advanced warship. Indian economy is among the top five economies in the world, and according to experts, will be among the top three in 2027, Singh said. The Navy chief said the commissioning of the warship, on the eve of the Goa Liberation Day, is indicative of the large strides taken in warship design and building capability over the last decade. INS Mormugao is the second of the four 'Visakhapatnam' class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy's in-house organisation, Warship Design Bureau and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. Named after the historic port city of Goa on

Navy buys 'enhanced range' BrahMos missiles for Rs 1,700 crore

To be lethal against warships and shore targets at 400 km; deal value Rs 1,700 crore

Pak rejects India's response to missile firing, demands joint investigation

Pakistan has rejected India's action over the March 9 accidental firing of a supersonic missile that landed in its territory and demanded a joint probe. The services of three officers of the Indian Air Force were terminated on August 23 after a Court of Inquiry (CoI) found that deviation from the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) by them led to the accidental firing of the missile. The Foreign Office in a late Wednesday night statement said Pakistan has seen India's announcement of the findings of an internal CoI regarding the "incident of firing of a rogue supersonic missile" into its territory and the decision to terminate the services of three IAF officers reportedly found responsible for the reckless incident. "Pakistan categorically rejects India's purported closure of the highly irresponsible incident and reiterates its demand for a joint probe," it said. "As expected, the measures taken by India in the aftermath of the incident and the subsequent findings and punishments

Indian Navy successfully tests surface to air missile system from warship

The Indian Navy successfully tested its ship-based surface to air missile system by taking down a low flying target

National Technology Day: Here are some Indian missiles

India successfully test-fires Pinaka missile systems at Pokhran ranges

The EPRS is the upgraded version of the Pinaka variant that has been in service with the Indian Army for the last decade

'Decommissioned' INS Khukri reaches Diu, will be up for public viewing soon

INS Khukri, the first indigenously built missile corvette that was decommissioned after 32 years of service in December last year, reached Diu on Sunday.Collector, Diu, Saloni Rai told ANI, "INS Khukri, first indigenously built missile corvette that was decommissioned after 32 years of service in December 2021, reached Diu. Diu administration will get it formally on January 26 and will be available for public viewing."INS Khukri, the first of the indigenously built Missile Corvettes, was decommissioned after 32 years of glorious service on December 23, 2021.The corvette was built by the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders on August 23, 1989 and had the distinction of being part of both the Western and Eastern Fleets. The ship was commissioned in Mumbai by Krishna Chandra Pant, the then Defence Minister and Sudha Mulla, wife of late Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC with Commander (now Vice Admiral Retired) Sanjeev Bhasin as her first Commanding Officer.During its service, the ship was commanded

India among select few countries developing hypersonic missiles: US Report

India is among the select few countries which are developing hypersonic weapons, an independent Congressional report has said

DRDO opens up missile production partnership for Indian private sector

To promote the domestic defence industry, the DRDO has allowed private sector firms to both develop and produce missile systems such as vertical launched surface to air missile systems programme

India successfully test-fires surface-to air missile off Odisha coast

India on Wednesday successfully test-fired a medium range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) from Odisha coast

US-India deal: Conclusion of BECA to open doors for high-tech arms

Becoming a BECA signatory will take India into a select group of long-range missile powers, which can strike targets thousands of kilometres away with an accuracy of 100 metres or less

In pictures: 10 missiles that India has tested in the last two months

Naval version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired yesterday from an indigenously built stealth destroyer. With this, India has now tested 10 missiles in last 2 months

India successfully test fires anti-radiation missile 'Rudram-1'

The flight testing of the missile comes in the midst of India's bitter border row with China in eastern Ladakh.

Indigenously developed surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile test fired

India conducted a successful night testfire of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a base in Odisha

India to buy Harpoon missiles, lightweight torpedoes from US for $155 mn

While the Harpoon missiles will be manufactured by Boeing, the torpedoes would be supplied by Raytheon

India needs to tighten up procurement processes of defence technology: US

The official acknowledged India's purchases of military hardware from Russia but underlined that the Trump administration was not seeking to punish a country with a long sustainment line

India to test-fire 3,500-km range K-4 underwater nuclear missile from Vizag

K-4 is one of the two underwater missiles that are being developed. The other one is the over 700 kilometre strike range BO-5 missile

India to start exporting missiles to South East Asian, Gulf countries

India will export its first batch of missiles this year to the South East Asian and the Gulf countries after receiving "increasing interests" from them, a top defence official said here Wednesday. Speaking at the IMDEX Asia 2019 exhibition, Commodore S K Iyer, Chief General Manager for HR at BrahMos Aerospace, said the first missile export contract awaits a government to government approval. "A number of South East Asian countries are ready to buy our missiles," he said. "It will be our first export and we have received increasing interests in the missiles form the Gulf countries," Iyer said at the the three-day international maritime conference and exhibition which began here on Tuesday. Indian defence sector sees good opportunities for exports to the South East Asian and the Gulf countries where slower economic growths have put budgetary pressure on acquiring viable, cost-effective and reliable solutions. India-Russia joint venture BrahMos and defence company L&T Defence of ...

Indigenous chopper-launched anti-tank missile 'Helina' test-fired in Odisha

All parameters of the flight test were monitored by the telemetry stations, tracking systems and the helicopters deployed by the Army