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News from last month, but hugely significant at indicating the battery R&D capabilities of domestic companies: JLR leverages Tata Group synergies, selects Agratas as battery partner for 720km range EVs Tata Group-owned Agratas is to supply battery packs of up to 120kWh capacity for future...

I'm able to think of 4 main reasons why the Rafale was chosen over the F/A-18 for Navy: 1) Commonality with IAF. With things like Joint Logistics Nodes (JLNs) taking shape, plus Performance-Based Logistics contracts in place, maintenance of a very high availability & sortie rate will become...

Launch date now fixed for July 14. The assembled rocket is heading to the launch pad:

HAL obtained restricted type certification from EASA for the ALH Dhruv:

So apparently, NSTL is testing this design, lack of a missile hump implies this is an SSN: It does not necessarily mean that the upcoming Project-75A/76 SSN will have a pumpjet, or that this is indeed the indigenous SSN design (could just be a case-study of a generic modern SSN boat). But...

Meanwhile, the Private sector:

MoD Initiates Procurement Process for Another Batch of 100 K-9 Self-Propelled Howitzers Indian Army K-9T 'Vajra' SPH in Ladakh The Indian Army has initiated the purchase of a fresh batch of 155mm/ 52 calibre tracked self-propelled howitzer K9 Vajra-T. It is learnt that the repeat order is...

There was the Triomphant in between which served as a platform for various intervening technologies, including pumpjet propulsor & the K15 reactor. The only real 'new' addition on the Suffren was the NEP. Not saying the Chinese next-gen boats won't be quieter than their current ones, but that...

Okay so the report is true, hot testing has indeed begun: https://www.isro.gov.in/First_Hot_Test_SemicryogenicEngine.html However it seems they ran into a glitch and terminated the test. But it's still positive to know they've moved into hot testing phase.

If this report is true, SCE-200 has been properly test-fired: https://www.wionews.com/india-news/more-lifting-power-for-indian-rockets-isro-test-fires-indias-most-powerful-rocket-engine-611153 The report is quoting ISRO Chief S. Somanath, but no other source is reporting this. Fishy...stay...

It's a continuously upgraded system and is here to stay for the foreseeable future. https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/us-enhances-undersea-asw-system-software-and-hardw/ Hard to comment on quietness of a boat that doesn't exist yet and no specs are known. All I can say is that...

Kakrapar Atomic Power Station India's first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat started commercial operations on Friday, a senior official said. "With great pleasure, this is to inform that our first indigenous 700 MWe Unit...

The most important thing not mentioned here are the undersea hydrophone arrays. The 'Fish Hook' IUSS/SOSUS line that extends from Japan, coming through the First Island Chain, South-East Asia and landfall on Andaman islands. And if you read between the lines of this video below, India has fully...

It's not entirely clear if they're talking about using HLVM3 (human-rated LVM3) as a launcher for the capsules already intended to dock with Orbital Reef (i.e. Boeing's Starliner or the Dream Chaser), or looking at a version of the Gaganyaan capsule. Either way, these are a flurry of positive...

@Nilgiri It seems signing on to the Accords has already started opening doors: https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/l-t-in-talks-with-blue-origin-to-supply-orbital-launch-capabilities-123062600642_1.html Blue Origin has begun negotiations to source engine manufacturing services...

Please put the coup on hold for a little while...I'm out of popcorn, need to get some from the store.

@Nilgiri it's happening. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-to-sign-artemis-accords-white-house/articleshow/101188875.cms?from=mdr Also there'll be a joint mission to the ISS next year (nice for photo-ops & PR but not of any strategic significance), plus we'll be signing a...

Deals are financed by banks/NBFCs by looking at the airline's passenger numbers, no. of routes served & growth potential in the area it serves. These deals are also a hedge by the airlines - for example this order is expecting deliveries between 2030-35. If IndiGo feels the need to raise some...

By Theo Leggett in Paris & Nikhil Inamdar in Mumbai BBC News Indian carrier IndiGo has made a record order for 500 Airbus A320 aircraft - the largest single purchase agreement by any airline in commercial aviation history. The deal, announced on the first day of the Paris Airshow, is worth...