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Sea Dragon 22 Exercise

In News  India and five other nations begin anti-submarine exercise Sea Dragon 22 in the Pacific Ocean. It is being held at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the Western Pacific and it includes contingents from India, the US,  Australia,  Canada, Japan and South Korea. India, Japan, Australia and America are also part of […]

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)

Context The tri-service inquiry ordered into the ill-fated chopper crash which killed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and others are complete with officials indicating the probable cause to be Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT). About  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), defines CFIT as an unintentional collision with terrain (the ground, a mountain, a body […]

Deployment of S-400 defence missile system

In News  The first unit of S-400 Triumf has been deployed in Punjab for protection against any strike from Pakistan and China. The system has been deployed at one of the five IAF bases in the state, which borders Pakistan.  Background India has contracted five S-400 Triumf (NATO designation SA-21 Growler) regiments from Russia under […]

India Successfully Tests ‘Pralay’ Missile

In News India successfully test fired the short-range, surface-to-surface guided ballistic missile ‘Pralay’ off the Odisha coast in Balasore, DRDO. About Development: It is developed by DRDO and is based on the Prithvi Defense Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme. Surface-to-surface missile: It is a 150-500 km short-range, surface-to-surface missile with a payload capacity […]

Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT)

In News DRDO successfully conducts flight-test of indigenously developed High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target Abhyas. About It was first successfully tested in 2019. It offers a realistic threat scenario for the practice of weapon systems.   It is designed for autonomous flying with the help of an autopilot It is developed at Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE).  It […]

Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle

In News  The first batch of next-generation Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicles (AERV), was formally inducted into the Indian Army. About Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle It is indigenously designed and developed by DRDO and manufactured by the Pune unit of Bharat Electronics Limited. It is a versatile BMP-IIK amphibious Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV) fitted with instruments […]

Controlled Aerial Delivery System

In News Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), recently conducted a flight demonstration of a Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg capacity (CADS-500). Controlled Aerial Delivery System The CADS-500 is used for precise delivery of payloads up to 500 kgs at a predetermined location by making use of manoeuvrable capabilities of the Ram […]

Agni Prime Missile

In Context  New generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-P was successfully tested from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha. This is the second test of the missile. The first test took place in June last. Agni Prime Missile Agni-P is a two-stage canisterised solid propellant missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance […]

Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo(SMART)

In News  Recently, the DRDO  has successfully test-fired a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) off the coast of Balasore in Odisha. The missile is launched from a ground mobile launcher and it can cover a range of distances.  About SMART The system has been designed to enhance anti-submarine warfare capability far beyond the conventional […]

Extended Range Pinaka Missile

In News Successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (ER) multi-barrel rocket launcher system, Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes have been carried out at various test ranges. About  Pinaka-ER  The Pinaka-ER Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System was successfully tested at the Pokharan range.  It is the upgraded version of the earlier Pinaka version […]