India Fortifies Siliguri Corridor With Six-Line Rail Plan, New Garrisons and Smart Border Security
India is steadily transforming the strategically critical Siliguri Corridor through a combination of railway redundancy,
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India and UAE’s Expanding Rafale Fleets Could Turn India Into a Regional Rafale MRO Hub
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.
Indian Rafales Complete High-Tempo Indo-Pacific Deployment Across Australia and Malaysia
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.
Tank Protection Systems: How Modern Armour Survives the Battlefield
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.
DRDO Develops Advanced Low-Frequency Vibration Isolation Technology to Make Indian Warships and Submarines Quieter
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.
General Atomics Pitches 150-Km-Class LRMP Precision Artillery Projectile to Indian Army
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.
PierSight — Building India’s Space-Based Maritime Surveillance Network
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 Developing Ultra-Sensitive Quantum Magnetometers to Detect Submarines Through Their Magnetic Signatures
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.
Doval-Wang Boundary Talks in Beijing Aim to Stabilise India-China Ties Ahead of BRICS Summit
Doval is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Monday, with the 25th round of Special Representatives talks expected to take place on Tuesday. Both officials serve as their respective countries’ designated Special Representatives for negotiations on the India-China boundary question, a mechanism established in 2003 to address the long-running dispute and manage recurring tensions along the frontier.
BEL and RADIX CIPL Join Forces to Develop Secure Tactical Cellular Communication Systems for the Indian Armed Forces
The agreement was signed on August 21, 2026, in Bengaluru and focuses on strengthening collaboration in tactical cellular solutions. BEL said the partnership will promote development, technology exchange and knowledge sharing while enabling both companies to jointly work on advanced and reliable cellular communication systems suited to emerging operational requirements.