Why in News? GSLV-F10 rocket failed its mission to put into orbit the Earth Observation Satellite(EOS-03). What was the mission’s aim? It was expected to provide near real-time imaging of a large area of interest at frequent intervals, episodic events …
Why in News? Sea trials of India’s maiden indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-1), built by the public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), began recently. The 40,000-tonne carrier is slated to join the Navy as INS Vikrant in 2022. What is an …
Why in News: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will launch an Earth Observation Satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. About the satellite The satellite, EOS-03, will be carried on board …
About iDEX The iDEX initiative of the Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence was launched by the Prime Minister in April 2018. iDEX aims at Creation of an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence …
Why in News? Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have acquired land for the Defence Industrial Corridors (DIC). What are DIC’s? A defence corridor is a channel or route along which domestic defence equipment manufactured by the public sector, the private …
Why in News: A new generation of Akash surface-to-air missile and Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile was successfully flight-tested by the DRDO from an integrated test range off the Odisha coast in a boost to air defence capabilities under …
About the Missile The Milan-2T is a Tandem Warhead Anti-Tank Guided Missile with a range of one thousand 850 metres. These missiles can be fired from ground as well as vehicle-based launchers. They can be deployed in Anti-Tank Role for …
Why in the news? The Indian Navy inducted its third Scorpene-class conventional diesel electric submarine, INS Karanj, into service under Project 75I. The last two Scorpene class submarines induced were INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi. A fourth submarine, Vela, was …
Why in the news? The Indian Navy inducted its third Scorpene-class conventional diesel electric submarine, INS Karanj, into service under Project 75I. The last two Scorpene class submarines induced were INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi. A fourth submarine, Vela, was …