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The latest reports also indicate that an Armenian technical team could visit India for familiarisation with the missile system and related training activities. Such a visit could include interaction with the system’s developers and manufacturers and potentially exposure to its operational procedures.
Women fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force flew frontline combat missions during Operation Sindoor, with a new defence report revealing that a woman Flight Lieutenant flying a Su-30MKI was part of the strike package that attacked Lashkar-e-Taiba’s headquarters at Muridke in Pakistan. The disclosure adds a previously unknown dimension to India’s 88-hour military campaign and shows that women fighter pilots were employed in the same operational roles as their male counterparts.
The programme has also achieved another important milestone: 100% Transfer of Technology from the Russian partners has been absorbed by IRRPL, according to the company.
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation is widening private-sector participation in missile and guided-weapon programmes by inviting Indian companies to become Development-cum-Production Partners for projects under its Missiles and Strategic Systems Cluster. The move could significantly expand the country’s industrial capacity for producing advanced indigenous weapons.
The Indian Navy is preparing the groundwork for a new generation of large indigenous guided-missile destroyers that would follow the Project 15B Visakhapatnam class. Often referred to in defence reporting as “Project 18”, the programme remains at the planning stage, but official statements from Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited indicate an initial requirement for four ships and a potential programme value in the ₹70,000–80,000 crore range.
Balu Forge Industries Limited (BFIL) has secured its first commercial purchase order for advanced 155mm Extended Range Full Bore Base Bleed and Boat Tail artillery shells, marking another step in the expansion of India’s private-sector large-calibre ammunition manufacturing base. The initial order covers a pilot supply of 10,000 units, after which deliveries are expected to continue on a monthly basis.
The Indian Navy has added a new generation of live-fire training infrastructure with the induction of a 25-metre Containerised Small Arms Firing Range at INS Tanaji in Mumbai. Developed by Hyderabad-based Zen Technologies, the facility has been described by the company as India’s first AI-enabled Containerised Small Arms Firing Range and is designed to provide realistic, all-weather weapons training close to operational naval establishments.
The decisions were announced following talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in New Delhi on August 20, 2026. The meeting came amid growing strategic uncertainty across the Indo-Pacific and reflected the steadily expanding security dimension of the Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
The company describes its objective as developing unmanned aerospace systems for global markets from India, with programmes intended for organisations including the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Disaster Response Force and Department of Telecommunications.
The discussions covered the entire gamut of ongoing defence and military technical cooperation, with particular emphasis on capacity building, training, military technical cooperation and defence research and development (R&D). The two sides also exchanged the Terms of Reference for institutionalising Joint Services Staff Talks between the Indian and Armenian Armed Forces.
