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Detained on DRDO officer’s tip-off, Pokhran guesthouse manager ‘passed guest lists to Pakistan for 5 yrs’

New Delhi: A complaint by a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officer staying at the organisation's guest house at the Pokhran Field Firing...

DRDO conducts two consecutive successful flight tests of Pralay missile

Flight tests carried out off the coast of Odisha as part of user evaluation trials to validate the maximum & minimum range capability of the missile system.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Lucknow-based Kalam Labs is taking to skies with its UAVs. Next flight: 30,000 metres above sea level

In the test flight, carried out in the last week of June, Kalam Labs launched the highest UAV flight (with a wingspan of under two metres) to ever be carried out in India.

In quantum leap, DRDO & IIT-D exhibit ability to set up secure comms over laser sans optical fibre

Free space optical link is a line-of-sight tech that uses lasers to provide optical bandwidth connections. It paves way for real-time applications in quantum cyber security.

India will soon have its own satellites to monitor spy satellites. How the technology works

A project undertaken by Defence Ministry, this network of satellites will enhance India’s space domain awareness and also help monitor orbital threats in real-time.

Deeg brothers held for ‘espionage’ supplied SIM used in bid to ‘honey trap’ DRDO official—Delhi cops

Haseen was arrested Saturday, days after brother Kasim was held by Special Cell of Delhi Police, for ‘sending sensitive military info’ & ‘giving SIM cards in exhange for money to PIOs’.

DRDO eyes persistent high-altitude surveillance edge as Stratospheric Airship soars in maiden trial

The platform functions as a high-altitude pseudo-satellite, designed to operate between 17 and 22 km above the Earth for extended periods.

Why homegrown Astra, set to be integrated with Rafale Marine, is no ordinary missile

With the Rafale deal sealed, Astra integration is set to become a key component of India’s future air combat loadout. Missile likely to equip all IAF fighters, barring Mirage 2000.

DRDO makes hypersonic leap towards Mach 6-plus cruise missiles with 1,000-second scramjet engine test

Scramjets are air-breathing engines capable of sustaining combustion at supersonic speeds without using moving parts. DRDO had in January conducted 120-second scramjet combustor test.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Washington, and a growing synergy between the Pakistan government and US President Donald Trump, Indian...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.