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Successful flight test of short-range missile off Odisha coast

The technologies and subsystems incorporated in the missile have performed well, meeting all the mission requirements.

03 Jul 2017 8:43 PM

Case is related to an alleged fraud by Lt. Col. M.G. Thimmaya (the then estate manager, DRDO) and a property developer N.H. Rustumji.

CBI carries out searches in Rs 500 crore land scam

The vigilance department of the defence ministry had pegged the scam to be of Rs 500 crore.

16 May 2017 3:21 AM

DRDO ex-chief Saraswat is JNU’s new chancellor

Mr Saraswat was conferred the Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Bhushan in 2013.

13 May 2017 1:44 AM

India successfully test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

The BrahMos has a flight range of up to 290 km which can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land.

11 Mar 2017 3:21 PM

The Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile is fired from Abdul Kalam Island, off Odisha coast.

Made-in-India interceptor missile test-fired again

This was the second test-firing of the Advanced Air Defence missile in less than a month.

02 Mar 2017 2:29 AM

Given that India is already Israel’s largest arms buyer, and Israel is among the top three arms sellers to India — along with the US and Russia.

Missile deal a sign of deepening Israel ties

Two leading considerations have guided the burgeoning of India’s ties with Israel.

28 Feb 2017 2:30 AM

When the 40-year-old Star Wars franchise could change hands at $4 billion, one can well imagine the real costs of actual technological advances to build a missile shield that can destroy a threatening missile both inside and beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. (Representational image)

A signal achievement

It is a post-World War II curse that nations are forced to spend greater and greater amounts of their GDP on defence.

13 Feb 2017 2:24 AM

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (Photo: PTI)

Interceptor missile test fired successfully

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and defence minister Manohar Parrikar lauded the efforts of the DRDO.

12 Feb 2017 2:29 AM

With the sudden turn of events, the victim approached her father, who is a retired Air Force officer, and arranged Rs 2 lakh. (Representational image)

Claiming to be DRDO scientist, man dupes wife

The accused on earlier occasion had threatened his wife not to reveal anything to her family else he would leave his job.

06 Feb 2017 1:11 AM

With this, the Agni-V is almost ready for induction into the Strategic Forces Command.

Agni-V test a big success

Agni-V is India’s most lethal nuclear-capable, intercontinental, surface-to-surface ballistic missile.

27 Dec 2016 5:44 AM

India has at present in its armoury of Agni series, Agni-1 with 700 km range, Agni-2 with 2,000 km range, Agni-3 and Agni-4 with with 2,500 km to more than 3500 km range.

India test-fires Agni 5 missile with range of over 5,000 kms

The three stage, solid propellant missile is to be test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range.

26 Dec 2016 10:30 AM

It was in May that the first successful test of SAAW was conducted from a Jaguar fighter at the Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment in Bengaluru.

India successfully tests first smart anti-airfield bomb

Two other countries the US and Israel are reported to be attempting to develop these weapons.

25 Dec 2016 2:29 AM

Cochlear implants to get cheaper

The cheaper device developed by the DRDO is a boon as around 70 to 80 lakh children are suffering from deafness.

25 Dec 2016 2:29 AM

Capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads, Nirbhay has a range of more than 1,000 km.

Indigenous nuclear missile fails test

The scientists monitoring the fight-test of the ammunition destroyed it by swiftly activating the “destruct” mechanism.

22 Dec 2016 6:46 AM

DRDO chairperson S. Christopher at a press conference on LCA-TEJAS and TAPAS (RUSTOM-II) in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Rafale deal to help DRDO realise stealth drone dream?

These 83 aircraft would be fitted with advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar being developed indigenously.

21 Nov 2016 1:05 AM

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