The rail ministry has fitted 7,000 bio-toilets and the target is to fix 30,000 for the year.
Indian Navy will soon test fire a long-range surface-to-air missile, jointly developed by India and Israel, aiming to enhance its capabilities against incoming missiles, aircraft and drones.
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi on Monday called for greater synergy between the Indian Air Force and industry and research organisations to ensure that the airspace superiority of the country was not compromised.
'The government must provide more funds to enable the armed forces to fight and win tomorrow's wars,' states Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Another proposal of the army and the IAF for the procurement of 55 low level light weight radars was also cleared by the DAC for Rs 419 crore.
The defence minister said the country needed a "second Green Revolution" to meet the challenges of feeding the growing population
Agni-I missile is equipped with sophisticated navigation system which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision.
India succefully test-fired a 3,000-km Agni-III missile on April 12 this year.
The IAF faces a 'fighter gap' of 13 squadrons. The IAF would be caught seriously short in a two-front war -- the worst-case planning contingency in which China and Pakistan attack India simultaneously, points out Ajai Shukla.
Defence Research and Development Organisation scientists have traced the possible fault that caused the failure of the first test of Agni-III missile on July 9 and are addressing it, DRDO Director General M Natarajan said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of Israeli Barak missile systems has also pointed a finger at a former navy vice chief,
The indigenously developed pilot-less target aircraft was test-fired from the Chandipur Intermediate Test Range.
France has asked India for early finalisation of the long-pending Rs 30,000-crore project for joint production of short-range surface-to-air missile (SR-SAM) systems.
The vessel will be used to carry out technical trials of underwater weapons and systems.
The army confirmed that they will buy 12 Nishant Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for reconnaissance and surveillance operations, a top Defence Research and Development Organisation official said on Friday.
Highly placed sources said the test firing could take place any time this month.
The missile targeted a floating object supported by the pilot-less target aircraft 'Lakshya', defence officials said.
The Centre for Airborne Systems, DRDO's Bangalore-based unit, has revived the airborne early warning system programme, which was scrapped in 1999 following a crash of the rotodome radar-fitted Avro aircraft near Arakkonam in Chennai.
The vehicle can attain a maximum speed limit of 25 km per hour and is the first of its kind in the small variants of bullet proof vehicles.
With the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant set to be launched for sea trials in few weeks, India will soon complete its nuclear triad giving it the capability to respond to nuclear strikes from sea, land and air-based systems.
India on Sunday successfully test-fired a new interceptor missile capable of neutralising any incoming long-range missile at higher altitude.
Nirmala Sitharaman has a God given opportunity to orchestrate a transformation in India's defence capabilities. One hopes she has her own counsel and does not overly let the PMO run her ship, says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
The development and trials will continue and the rocket is expected to enter service any time now.
Debroy worked as a consultant in the Department of Economic Affairs in Finance Ministry.
It was the naval version of Prithvi, which has a range of 250 to 300 km.
Erstwhile Planning Commission Secretary Sindhushree Khullar is believed to have been appointed as CEO of the newly formed NITI Aayog.
The Bengaluru skies dazzled with somersaults and stunts by metal birds.
India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial for the defence forces.
India on Tuesday test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Odisha coast. The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur at about 10.40 am, Defence Research and Development Organisation said.
Even though the Health Ministry and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have been insisting that there is 'no solid evidence' of community transmission so far, the government has started scaling up health infrastructure to deal with any situation.
With a range of 25km, Akash is one of the five missiles currently under development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
The warship is equipped with surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles and anti-submarine rocket launchers. It is also capable of carrying two anti-submarine warfare helicopters.
'She must first change the Rules of Business 1961 that makes the defence secretary and not the defence minister responsible for the defence of the country!' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd.)
Lakshya is the indigenously developed Pilotless Target Aircraft.
The supersonic anti-ship cruise missile was jointly developed by India and Russia.
Many new technologies developed indigenously were successfully tested in the Agni-5 trial.
