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Contract for 8 x NGCs signed! Cost is now Rs. 53,866 crores ($5.67 billion). https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2331418&reg=48&lang=1 Hmm...it looks to be 2 x 4-cell inclined SSM launchers on each side (16 x total). Too small to be BrahMos? Perhaps they're going with...

Some stills of GSLV-F18... ^^ Credit in pic. By the way, NVS-03 is not the first of our PNT sats with indigenous atomic clocks. All of the NVS-series (marking the 2nd generation of NaVIC sats) have indigenous clocks, starting with NVS-01 launched in 2023. Only the 1st generation...

Watercolor-style AI renditions made by Twitter user Haldilal of the NGD, based on the Kuntal Biswas model in the video above:

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has cleared the Rs. 40,000 crore ($4.2 billion) build order for 8 x Next Generation Corvettes (NGCs)...

The MoD has apparently granted Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to the Next Generation Destroyer program, now seems to be called Project-18A...

War-torn Europe Propels Resurgent Indian Defence Industry Exports: Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-india-defense-exports/

Development of LOX-Methane engine in ISRO October 16, 2026 Render of LME-1100 (AI-enhanced version of blurry poster image) Liquid propulsion activities in ISRO had a humble beginning with development and delivery of small thrusters for SLV-3 and Secondary Injection Thrust Vector Control...

Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace has signed an MoU with Brazil's Concert Technologies S.A. (part of the Brazilian Microlauncher program, MLBR) to lay the groundwork for co-developing a new satellite launcher. It was signed on October 7 at IAC 2026 in Antalya, Turkey. Concert Space CEO Rafael...

Member 'Project IGI' on another forum made an interesting find! Modules/hull segments of what could be the first S5-class SSBN were spotted at L&T's heavy engineering facility in Hazira (the place where modules of nuclear submarines are built). We cannot be 100% sure if these S5 modules...

The Fleet Support Ship (FSS) program has received the name "Surya-class". Pics from launch of INS Surya aka FSS-1: As is usual for Indian shipbuilding, the superstructure will be assembled outside the dry-dock, post launch. A new L&T-made 300 ton goliath crane was also commissioned at...

Dhruv NG civil variant:

Detailed Project Report (DPR) document of SMR-55 released: "As a compact, Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) based nuclear power plant, the SMR-55 will be a true gamechanger designed to deliver safe, reliable, and uninterrupted clean energy. SMR-55 key applications envisaged, include...

FSS-1 construction has advanced rapidly - launch is scheduled tomorrow (Oct 6). Keel laying of FSS-5 will also happen on same day. Not sure about status of FSS-4.

As design goals become clearer, the CH-5/LUPEX rover is now going to be ~420 kg, a significant increase from previously estimated 350 kg. This would make the LUPEX rover around the same mass as the US-made VIPER (430 kg), which is scheduled for a 2027 launch on a New Glenn.