Why in News: Prime Minister commissioned India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant into the Indian Navy. About INS Vikrant INS Vikrant / Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC-1) is the first indigenously built aircraft carrier, constructed by Cochin Shipyard Ltd. …
About LCH The light combat helicopter (LCH) was designed and built indigenously by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It is a two-seater attack helicopter derived from the existing Dhruv helicopter. The LCH can be deployed in various roles, including tracking slow-moving …
Why in News: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy successfully flight tested the indigenously developed Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. About …
About the Mission Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, Gaganyaan is the first Indian Human Space Flight Programme (HSP) with the objective to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit on board an Indian launch …
Why in News: The SSLV was composed of three stages powered by solid fuels and these three performed their function as planned in the recent launch. However, when it came to the stage when the satellites had to be set …
About Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework was launched by the Government with the aim to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace Sector by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia and promote …
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) – NavIC IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). In April 2016, with the last launch of the constellation’s satellite, IRNSS was renamed Navigation Indian …
Why in News: India’s defence exports for 2021-22 were estimated at ₹13,000 crore, the highest ever. India’s defence exports were worth Rs 8,434 crore in 2020-21, Rs 9,115 crore in 2019-20 and Rs 2,059 crore in 2015-16. The Government has …