India’s Future Main Battle Tank Will Come Without Life-Saving ‘Active Armour’

India’s future main battle tank, the T-90MS ‘Tagil’, which will be license manufactured in Avadi in Chennai, will not be equipped with new-generation active armour systems that destroy incoming missiles and shells before they can hit the tank. Active armour systems have saved the lives of dozens of tank crew deployed in Israeli combat operations … Read more

Indian Navy scouting for corvettes under ‘Make in India’ banner

The Indian Navy is scouting for seven “next generation” heavily armed Corvettes that will come as a boost to the domestic industry since it will be a ‘Make in India’ project running into several thousand crore of rupees. Private shipyards like the Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) are likely to respond to the navy’s … Read more

Second ship of Visakhapatnam-class Stealth Destroyers to be launched Soon

In a big boost for ‘Make in India’ in the defence sector, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is all set to launch the second ship of Project 15B, that is the Visakhapatnam-class of destroyers. On September 17, the ‘Mormugao’ will be launched, and MDL claims that this feat is happening ahead of schedule. Indian Navy … Read more