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PTC Industries has announced a significant milestone with the successful completion of a plasma arc melting furnace installation at its subsidiary Aerolloy Technologies’ facility in Lucknow. This advanced equipment, boasting an annual production capacity of 600 tonnes, stands ready for trials and commissioning. The development bolsters the company’s capabilities in manufacturing titanium alloy
India’s deep-tech start-up Carbine Systems has unveiled H.A.R.A., marking the emergence of the country’s first privately developed directed-energy weapon prototype. This milestone underscores a pivotal advancement in India’s indigenous laser-weapons ecosystem.H.A.R.A. MK-1 represents a 10 kW-class directed-energy weapon (DEW) prototype, with an effective engagement range of 1–2 km. The system
Picture This: Battlefields where algorithms outthink adversaries in milliseconds, quantum-encrypted networks defy all hacks, and hypersonic missiles scream at Mach 6+ before anyone can blink.That’s the vision Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO, laid out in a riveting interaction with Raksha Sutra, the Ministry of Defence’s insider publication.He
India’s Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme under the Semicon India Programme is demonstrating robust growth, with supported projects achieving 16 tape-outs, fabrication of six ASIC chips, filing of 10 patents, engagement of over 1,000 engineers, and leveraging more than three times private investment.The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) administers the DLI scheme to
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) marked a pivotal
achievement on 31 December 2025, with the successful salvo launch of two
Pralay missiles from a single platform off the Odisha coast. This user
evaluation trial underscored the missile’s precision, reliability, and
operational readiness, reinforcing India’s strides in indigenous weaponry.
The test
Russia and India are advancing their longstanding space partnership through plans for the mutual deployment of ground stations for their respective navigation satellite systems, GLONASS and NavIC. This initiative, highlighted by Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov in a statement to the state-run TASS news agency, aims to enhance positional accuracy by enabling parity placement of
DSA Holding AS, a European deep-tech investor based in Norway, has signed a landmark letter of intent (LoI) to commit up to $2 billion towards India’s burgeoning quantum and deep-tech ecosystem. This initiative is spearheaded by Innogress Ventures, marking one of the largest private investments in the country’s quantum technology sector.The LoI, accompanied by a memorandum of understanding (MoU),
The National Test House (NTH), a venerable institution under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, has entered into a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), a key laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This pact, signed recently, marks a
India’s research ecosystem faces profound challenges rooted in bureaucratic inertia and risk aversion. Procurement processes exemplify this malaise: by the time approvals cascade through seven layers, vendors quote prices, purchase orders clear, equipment navigates customs, and installation finishes, 18 months have elapsed.The once-cutting-edge technology now languishes on Amazon shelves.
India has achieved remarkable progress in defence self-reliance, adapting swiftly to the evolving landscape of warfare dominated by non-contact technologies. These innovations are proving decisive in modern conflicts, prompting the nation to deploy advanced drones while modernising its military infrastructure, industries, and strategic doctrines for sustained autonomy.Vijay Kumar Saraswat, former