India and the UAE could therefore eventually operate a combined 142 Rafales based on already contracted aircraft, even before taking India’s proposed 114-aircraft follow-on procurement into account. This geographical concentration creates an unusually strong opportunity for regional maintenance infrastructure.
Exercise Pitch Black 2026 was held in northern Australia from July 20 to August 7 and brought together more than 2,500 personnel and over 100 aircraft from 21 countries. The 2026 edition also marked the first appearance of Indian Rafales at the Royal Australian Air Force’s premier multinational air-combat exercise. The IAF deployment was supported by C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft and IL-78 aerial-refuelling aircraft.
Early tanks relied primarily on rolled homogeneous steel armour. Modern main battle tanks employ much more sophisticated arrangements involving combinations of high-strength steel, ceramics, composite materials, spaced armour and other specialised materials.
The latest research focuses on a particularly difficult part of the vibration spectrum: low-frequency vibration. Conventional rubber isolation systems can perform effectively once vibration frequencies rise sufficiently above the natural resonance of the mounting system, but isolating machinery operating at lower frequencies presents a much greater engineering challenge.
ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan said the space agency is simultaneously advancing several major programmes, including Gaganyaan and the Bharatiya Antariksha Station. The approval of the first BAS module marks an important step toward creating a permanent Indian presence in low-Earth orbit and expanding the country’s role in human space exploration.
Dr Vivek Lall, Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation, confirmed during an interaction at the Farnborough International Airshow that discussions are underway with the Indian Army regarding LRMP. He described the projectile as having “great possibilities in India,” although no procurement decision, quantity, contract value or formal acquisition programme has yet been announced.
Ahmedabad-based PierSight is developing a different approach to this problem by combining Synthetic Aperture Radar, or SAR, with space-based ship-identification data in the same maritime intelligence architecture. The company is building a constellation intended to provide persistent, all-weather monitoring of maritime activity, allowing vessels, oil spills and other activity at sea to be detected through darkness and cloud cover and then correlated with AIS or its newer VDES evolution.
DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V. Kamat has directly linked the organisation’s quantum-sensing research to submarine detection. He explained that DRDO is working on magnetometers capable of detecting changes in magnetic fields at the picotesla level and said such sensors could eventually be carried aboard UAVs or aircraft. According to Kamat, the technology could potentially enable submarine detection at depths of around 100 to 200 metres. The figure should presently be treated as a projected capability rather than a publicly demonstrated operational detection range.
Earlier that day, the hunter had caught a female pigeon and placed her inside a cage. To him, it was an ordinary event. He had captured countless birds before and rarely thought about the fear of the creatures struggling behind the bars. The pigeon was simply another prize from the forest. Yet before the day was over, this apparently insignificant bird and her mate would change the hunter’s life completely.
Its bark, leaves, fruits, roots and latex have a long history of medicinal use. Classical Ayurvedic literature particularly values its astringent and cooling qualities. Traditional applications include wounds, excessive bleeding, inflammatory conditions, disorders of the mouth and certain gastrointestinal and skin conditions. Ayurvedic literature also places Ashvattha among plants used for controlling excessive bodily secretions.
