Army Modernisation : Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System 155mm/52 Calibre
The 155mm/52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) project was started in 2013 by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) to replace older...
ARMY MODERNISATION: The 155mm/52-cal Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System
A Masterpiece of DRDO Design
The future battlefield is going to be dominated by technological advancements in weapon systems to gain superiority over the adversaries....
Army Modernisation : Indigenous ATAGS vs Imported ATHOS
Despite the recent success of indigenously made 155mm/52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery System (ATAGS), the process of acquiring some 1,580 pieces of Autonomous Towed...
The Small Arms Market Scenario in India
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed an Rs 880 crore ($117.8 million) contract with Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) on 19 March for 16,749 Negev...
What is the Status of Kaveri Aero Engine?
Indigenous development of Kaveri Engine to power the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas aircraft was sanctioned on 30 March 1989 at a cost of ...
Night Vision Devices : Empowering the Soldier for Night Fighting
The Indian Army had, on 11 February 2019, issued two requests for information (RFI) for equipping thousands of assault rifles with two different types...
Artillery Systems : Mediumisation And Indigenisation of Indian Artillery
The Indian Army's Field Artillery Rationalisation Programme (FARP) was approved in 1999 to equip 169 artillery regiments with over 2,800 155 mm guns by...
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION – Communication Networks and Networking
Based on the Introductory Remarks made at Digitisation& Networking in the Armed Forces 2020 Webinar, 23 Nov 2020.
As warfare evolved from the agrarian to...
ELECTRONIC WARFARE – EW is a Crucial Op Requirement
Military operations are executed in an information environment increasingly complicated by the electromagnetic spectrum. Electronic warfare (EW) is going to play a crucial role...
Railway TA units to be disbanded
Operational Requirements of TA Re-assessed
The Ministry of Railways has decided, on 3 June, to disband five Railway Engineers Territorial Army Regiments located at Jhansi,...