The DRDO has partnered with Adani Defence and Aerospace to manufacture its D4 C-UAS (pictured above). (Janes/Akshara Parakala)    The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has partnered with Adani Defence and Aerospace to manufacture its Drone Detect, Deter, and Destroy (D4) counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS), a company official told  Janes  at the Aero India 2023 show, which was held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.   The technology transfer has been completed, and Adani has started manufacturing...

A multimode hand grenade from Munitions India Limited displayed at Aero India 2023. (Janes/Saketha Potlapalli)  Munitions India Limited (MIL) has received an order for one million multimode hand grenades for the Indian Army, the state-run company has confirmed to Janes.  Shailesh Vagerwal, the general manager of MIL, said that under the order MIL has produced an initial 100,000 grenades for the Indian Army and that supplies of these weapons started in fiscal year (FY) 2022–23.  He added that MIL is awaiting clearance from the Indian Army to p...

A cutout model of the 1000 lb thermobaric bomb. (Janes/Rahul Udoshi)  India's state-run Munitions India Limited (MIL) will start the mass production and supply of 1,000 lb thermobaric bombs from 2023, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said at the Aero India 2023 show, which concluded on 17 February.    An official from the DRDO's High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) told   Janes  that the technology transfer to produce the 1,000 lb thermobaric bomb has been transferred to the MIL, which is a...

A model of DRDO's NGARM or Rudram-I. (Janes/Rahul Udoshi)  India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is preparing for a series of user trials featuring its Rudram-I anti-radiation missile (ARM) integrated with Indian Air Force (IAF) Su-30MKI fighter aircraft.    A DRDO official told  Janes  at the Aero India 2023 show, being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February, that the Rudram-I – previously referred to as the New Generation Anti-Radiation Missile (NGARM) – has completed development trials...

The Indian Air Force's 9 Base Repair Depot unit has developed a new counter-unmanned aircraft system with soft-kill capabilities (pictured). (Janes/Oishee Majumdar)    The Indian Air Force (IAF) has developed a low-cost counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) with soft-kill capabilities to improve security of vital areas/vital points (VAs/VPs) against hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Project Officer Wing Commander Ranjith Unnikrishnan, told  Janes   at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 Feb...

A T-72 MBT with trawl assembly, seen here from an Indian Army exercise at Rajasthan in November 2022, has a trawling speed of 4 km/h, tank alignment time of five minutes, and 1,000 m trawling time of 30 minutes. The weight of each roller set, frame, and plough is 2, 1, and 0.5 tonnes, respectively. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)  India's state-run Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) has entered into a licence agreement for the transfer of technology (ToT) with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the development and supply of traw...

Vem Technologies' AsiBal ATGM is equipped with a compact fire-control unit for surveillance and target acquisition. (VEM Technologies)  VEM Technologies has displayed its AsiBal anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore, which runs from 13 to 17 February.  The AsiBal is a third-generation manportable fire-and-forget ATGM. It is integrated with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead with a penetration of 750–850 mm. The system weighs a total of 18.5 kg – the launch unit 6 kg, and the missile 12.5 kg.  T...

German Army Gepard anti-aircraft system during an exercise in 2010. (Bundeswehr/Marcus Rott)  Countries supplying Ukraine with military equipment are taking measures to prevent Kyiv from running low on ammunition. Meetings of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and NATO defence ministers in Brussels on 14–15 February addressed the issue.  In a pre-ministerial press conference on 13 February, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, “It is clear that we are in a race of logistics. Key capabilities like ammunition, fuel, and spare parts must...

The VL-SRSAM, seen here from the Aero India 2023 show, is a next-generation, ship-based, all-weather, air-defence weapon for integration onto Indian Navy warships as a quick-reaction point defence against supersonic sea-skimming targets like aircraft and UAVs. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)  India's state-run Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) displayed its vertical-launch short-range surface-to-air missile (VL-SRSAM) at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.  According to the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD), VL-SRSAM is a...

The SAMAR-1 air-defence system (pictured at Aero India 2023) uses an Ashok Leyland vehicle mounted with refurbished R-73E missiles on rail launchers. (Janes/Rahul Udoshi)  The Indian Air Force (IAF) has completed development of its Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system and the weapon has entered an initial production phase, the IAF told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore, which runs from 13 to 17 February.  An IAF official said the first batch consisting of five SAMAR-1 production units is ready to be deliv...

A Boeing AH-64E Apache of the Indian Air Force during the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)  The first Boeing AH-64E fuselage for the Indian Army has rolled off the assembly line, with Boeing preparing to deliver the six attack helicopters early next year.    Alain Garcia, vice-president of business development in India, Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Global Services, told   Janes   that the first AH-64E fuselage for India had come off the assembly line at the company's Indian factory in Hyderabad o...

The Pralay short-range ballistic missile (pictured above) can carry three different types of warheads and has the capability to strike targets between 150 and 400 km. (DRDO)  India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has provided details of its tactical, short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile known as Pralay at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.    A DRDO official told   Janes  that the missile can carry three different types of warheads and is capable of strik...

The QRSAM – a model of which was on display at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore – can intercept targets at an altitude of 14 km. The missile has a length of 4.4 m, a weight of 270 kg, and a diameter of 0.225 m. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)    The Indian Army has ordered five Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) weapon systems, manufacturer Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) told   Janes   at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore.     A BEL official told   Janes   that the company will deliver all five weap...

The DRDO showcased its very short-range air-defence system missile at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February. According to the DRDO, the development of the missiles is completed. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)  India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has completed development of its very short-range air-defence system (VSHORADS) missiles, the organisation told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.  A DRDO official told Janes that the development of VSHORADS...

According to the DRDO, the Nag    ATGM – seen here displayed at Aero India 2023 – is ready for induction into the Indian Army.  (Janes/Kapil Kajal)  The Nag anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) has cleared the trials required for induction into the Indian Army, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.  A DRDO official told Janes that the Nag ATGM is ready for induction into the Indian Army after completing all require...

A photograph released by the UK Ministry of Defence on 7 July 2022 shows the weapons found by HMS   Montrose  when it searched vessels off southern Iran on 28 January 2022 and 25 February 2022. A 358 SAM is laid out at the front and engines for 351 cruise missiles can be seen at the back right.   (Crown Copyright)  Data from a commercial quadcopter has established a direct link between a weapons shipment seized by the UK Royal Navy (RN) and Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the British government a...

India's state-run Munitions India Limited showcased Pinaka rockets in the Aero India 2023 being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February. The company said that the ER and DPICM versions of Pinaka have cleared the trials with the Indian Army and qualified for induction. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)  The extended-range (ER) and dual-purpose improved conventional munition (DPICM) warhead versions of the surface-to-surface Pinaka Multi‐Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) have qualified for induction into the Indian Army.  An official from India's state-run Muni...

Israel Aerospace Industries displayed the Long-Range Artillery surface-to-surface missile system at the Aero India 2023 show held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)  India's state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will jointly produce the Long-Range Artillery (LORA) surface-to-surface missile system in India, BEL told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.  A BEL official told Janes that the company will be the production partner for LORA missi...

Tata Aerospace and Defence has unveiled a 155 mm/52 calibre mounted gun system for the Indian Army at the Aero India 2023 show. The range of the gun is 31 km with a boat tail projectile, 42 km with a base-bleed projectile, and 55 km with a V-LAP projectile. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)  India's Tata Aerospace and Defence (TAD) unveiled a 155 mm/52 calibre mounted gun system (MGS) for the Indian Army at the Aero India 2023 show, which is being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.  A spokesperson for TAD told Janes that the company developed the MG...

The DRDO is designing a lightweight manportable anti-tank guided missile (MPATGM) for the Indian Army. The MPATGM, in its current form, weighs 14.5 kg. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)    India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is designing a lightweight manportable anti-tank guided missile (MPATGM) for the Indian Army, a DRDO official told   Janes   at the Aero India 2023 show, which is being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.   The official said that the development of MPATGM is not completed because of its...