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24 stories for “Defence” · January 2026
Clear filtersThe Indian Army signed a Rs 168 crore contract for the Medium Altitude Persistent Surveillance System (MAPSS), India's first solar-powered surveillance drone, developed by New Space Research & Technologies, Bengaluru und...
SCORP, India's first legged mobile manipulator robot, was developed by xTerra Robotics incubated at IIT Kanpur; it combines walking legs with a robotic arm for use in industrial inspection, disaster response, defence and...
The DRDO successfully flight-tested the indigenous Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), a third-generation fire-and-forget missile that struck tanks from above in both day and night conditions.
The Indian Army conducted Exercise 'Sanjha Shakti' at the Dighi Hills Range, Maharashtra, to strengthen civil-military coordination. It is a Military-Civil Fusion exercise held under the Southern Command (Maharashtra, Gu...
The United States invited India and Australia to the G7 finance ministers' meeting on critical minerals in Washington in January 2026. The talks focus on secure supply chains for minerals used in defence, electronics and...
The Union Home Minister inaugurated the National IED Data Management System (NIDMS), a national digital platform for storing and analysing Improvised Explosive Device (IED) data. Developed by the National Bomb Data Centr...
The Indian Coast Guard Ship Samudra Pratap, the first indigenously designed Pollution Control Vessel built by Goa Shipyard Limited, was commissioned in Goa. It is the largest ship in the Indian Coast Guard fleet.
DRDO developed SWaDeS (Sea Water Desalination System), a portable desalination system to supply drinking water to soldiers in remote and water-scarce areas. Built by the Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur, it can run in manual...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah opened an Integrated Command and Control Centre in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The centre brings surveillance, communication and coordination for the islands' security and administrativ...
DRDO carried out the first flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket, LRGR-120, at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha. The guided version extends the reach of the indigenous Pinaka multi-barrel rocke...
OverviewThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a salvo launch of two Pralay tactical ballistic missiles in quick succession from a single launcher off the coast of Odisha. This mi...
Overview Researchers at China's National University of Defence Technology (NUDT) have achieved a staggering breakthrough in high-speed rail technology. Their maglev (magnetic levitation) test vehicle accelerated to an as...
