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Barak LR-SAM First Test Firing! Today the Barak-8 next generation long range surface to air missile (LR-SAM) being developed and funded jointly by IAI and DRDO, had its first test-flight last fortnight, reports India Today associate editor Sandeep Unnithan, with a second test to take...

Indian UCAV Is A Tongue-Twister: She's Called The "IUSAP" Revealed possibly for the first time here on LiveFist, India's proposed unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is being developed under what is called Programme AURA (Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft) and the prototype technology...

Indian Army Scouts For Hovercraft Troop Transports The Indian Army is looking to acquire an unspecified number of armed military hovercraft, technically Air Cushioned Vehicles Troop Carriage (ACV-TC) for use in the Eastern theatre. The Army wants hovercraft that can cruise at 25-40 knots...

LCA Tejas PV-2 Makes An Appearance At LCH Inaugural :sniper:

HAL's Light Utility Helicopter Makes Its First Appearance Scoped the rather clunky mock-up of HAL's Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), on display for the first time ever at the Light Combat Helicopter inaugural flight event in Bangalore. I had written recently about how HAL was...

Inaugural Flight Of India's Light Combat Helicopter :sniper:

Indian Army Orders 124 More Arjun Tanks! The Defence Ministry has just announced that the Indian Army has decided to place a fresh order for an additional 124 Arjun main battle tanks. This is over and above the existing order of 124 tanks, taking the total strength in service to 248 Arjuns. I...

India's Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT) The Indian Army is still juggling concepts of precisely what it wants from its Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT), but information shared with LiveFist provides a rare broad glimpse into work very much in progress as far as qualitative requirements for the...

Indian Navy Drone Crashes An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Navy crashed at about 7:30 PM Wednesday while on a routine mission. The accident occurred just short of the runway, as it was approaching for landing. There are no casualties or injuries. A detailed inquiry has been...

Update on The Scorpene As a result of major slippages and Mazagon Dock's inability to absorb certain technologies expediently -- but mostly through shoddy forward planning -- India's first Scorpene will only be delivered in the second half of 2015, instead of 2012. Scam or incompetence...

PHOTOS: IAF's New Air Base At Phalodi, Rajasthan Its just 100 km away from Pakistan. :sniper:

Some Info About GRIPEN :sniper:

Yes, it might be an overheating road but it most certainly better then yours. I can understand. You know at least we are making our own not producing under license and once the number agreed is completed start making small changes and name it our own. We don't need a preach from you...

Indian Coastguard For Major Firepower Purchases The Indian Coastguard is in the market for a large number of marine guns, and has invited information from global vendors. Its shopping list includes 100 12.7-mm marine guns, 70 20-mm marine guns, 36 30-mm marine guns and 36 40-mm marine guns...

Indian Coastguard For Major Firepower Purchases The Indian Coastguard is in the market for a large number of marine guns, and has invited information from global vendors. Its shopping list includes 100 12.7-mm marine guns, 70 20-mm marine guns, 36 30-mm marine guns and 36 40-mm marine guns...

Understood Sir... However if it is such a small system to make then why not we started making it. We can also start exporting these stuff. My point on this was why can't we encourage our own defense companies for such small system giving them some knowhow and some financial benefit. Is it...

Indian Army Scouts For New 120mm Mortar System The Indian Army has called for information from prospective bidders for a contract for an unspecified number of new 120-mm long-range mortar systems. The Army has called for information from companies in Israel, Finland, Russia and the US...

Friends, I am starting this thread to understand and share our knowledge on Indian defense companies. Why are they so reluctant in R&D and why GoI/MoD is not supporting them. Why domestic companies are not given equal chances or sharing some work load from DRDO initially. I am sure there all...

Indian Army Scouts For New 120mm Mortar System The Indian Army has called for information from prospective bidders for a contract for an unspecified number of new 120-mm long-range mortar systems. The Army has called for information from companies in Israel, Finland, Russia and the US...