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The first of 4 Project-15B Visakhapatnam-class guided missile destroyers has been handed over to the Indian Navy by Mumbai-based MDL shipyard. The 7500-ton indigenously designed & built DDG carries 16 x BrahMos SSM and 32 x Barak-8 SAM. The 15B class is the follow-on to the Project-15A...

Srinagar, Oct 28: Chief of British Army General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith on Thursday visited Srinagar-based Chinar Corps of the Indian Army. "General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, Chief of the General Staff, #BritishArmy visited #ChinarCorps and interacted with Lieutenant General DP Pandey, GOC...

Nope. But there is some talk in defence circles that if IAC-2 is shelved for time being (giving priority to SSN program), then they could give an order for CSL to build the cheaper 'IAC 1.5' in the meantime so as to keep the shipyard running & not lose carrier-building experience. Personally...

Heron inducted into INAS 344 - I believe the 3rd Naval Air Squadron to operate the type?

Interesting take by GODOFPARADOXES:

Full-scale Agnilet semi-cryogenic engine developed by Agnikul Cosmos displayed at IAC2021 in Dubai:

Comments: I believe cooperation between India & UAE can be mutually beneficial in the space sector. India may be able to provide UAE what it needs to quickly acquire & set up a domestic launch industry (note, quickly is in rocket science terms) by making UAE a partner in the SSLV program. The...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) could use low-cost launch vehicles developed by the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) for lifting off small satellites from within the country. In an exclusive conversation with indiatoday.in, Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology...

@Gautam is saying that these 3 vents/slits on the airframe are part of an effusive cooling system. They collect cool air from above the body and mix it with the exhaust plume of the engine, reducing the IR signature. Lot of people on other forums are wondering why there needs to be a...

More images from the exercise:

Pics via their IAF's twitter: Pics from our IAF's twitter:

To gather airspeed data. It's best to get the process of determining where each sensor & fitment goes done with at the earliest. Because sooner or later this same prototype will conduct flight tests as well. SWiFT in of itself will likely never see operational service. It's too small to...

Snaps: Must say...they really nailed the airframe shape. All that investment into RCS test facilities is paying off.

All three Services from the Indian & UK Armed Forces are exercising simultaneously during Konkan Shakti 21, the most ambitious exercise conducted by the two countries to date. Indian MoD press release The maiden India – UK Joint Tri-Service exercise Ex KONKAN SHAKTI is scheduled in India...

The IAC-1 is heading out to sea again! Last month, the ship conducted its first set of sea trials lasting 5 days at sea, it returned & spent about a month at port, going over any observations & unexpected results from that first voyage, fixed them, and now heading out again for the 2nd set of...

The airframe is sub-scale but the landing gear doesn't seem to be. These tests are purely to validate the airframe shape & control surfaces so it probably doesn't matter.

The MANIK turbofan engine developed by GTRE. The 400kgf (~4 kN) turbofan is meant to power long-range subsonic cruise missiles and was recently test-flown for the first time on a ITCM (version of Nirbhay with indigenous engine) LACM.

Now scheduled for October 27-28