Bharat Dynamics Limited
Akash Weapon System and ₹8,161 Crore BDL Contract
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) signed a contract worth ₹8,161 crore with the Ministry of Defence for the production and supply of Akash Weapon System (AWS) for two regiments of the Indian Army. This Hyderabad-based defence public sector unit is gearing ..
Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Defence Minister laid foundation for a Missile-seeker facility and Warhead production unit
The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has laid the foundation for a missile-seeker facility and a warhead production unit at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) at Hyderabad, as part of the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah’ being celebrated by the company. The foundation laying ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
5th India-Russia Military Industrial Conference held in Lucknow
The fifth edition of the India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was recently organised in the northern Indian city, Lucknow. The Conference was organised on the sidelines of the biennial Defence exhibition DefExpo 2020. As many as 14 MoUs related to production ..
QRSAM successfully flight-tested from ITR Chandipur
Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) was successfully flight-tested from the Integrated Test Range(ITR), Chandipur located in the Baleswar district of Odisha on Monday, December 23, 2019. The Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile’s technology is being developed by ..
Bharat Dynamics Ltd signs a pact to supply heavy weight torpedoes to Indian Navy
The Hyderabad-based defence public sector undertaking, Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) has recently signed a contract worth Rs 1,187.82 crores for supply of heavy weight torpedoes – Varunastra – to the Indian Navy. The execution of the contract will be in ..
India successfully test-fires two Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles
India has successfully test-fired two indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air missiles (QRSAM) from a test range off the Odisha coast. QRSAM was test fired from a rotatable truck-based launch unit at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore district. The two missiles tested ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
India test-fires ICBM Agni-5 successfully
India performed a successful test-fire of its indigenously developed nuclear capable "Agni-V" ballistic missile from a test range off Odisha coast. The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2012
Important Facts: Akash Surface to Air Missile
Akash: Ingeniously made Akash surface-to-air missile system Developed by DRDO as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) An all-weather, medium-range Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system Akash is mooted as the Indian Patriot (The ‘Patriot’ is a US missile ..