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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.

"On the sixth-generation fighter aircraft programmes, there are multi-country programmes ongoing, one involving the UK, Japan, and Italy, and another in which France and Germany were together, although Germany is now no longer part of it. We had expressed interest in both of those groups of...

Got official confirmation on Akash SAM exports to Turkmenistan & Tajikistan.

USAF F-35As here for Tarang Shakti-2026

Not confirmed yet but very likely to happen:

IG Defence, another company working on OWA drones has test flown their KAL, a 1,000-km range model: Meanwhile, Hoverit's continuing their OWA programs: