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Pinaka was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation to provide the Indian Army with an indigenous multi-barrel rocket artillery system capable of delivering large volumes of fire against battlefield targets.
Draft DAP 2026 proposes to strengthen this approach by explicitly defining indigenous design and by increasing the indigenous-content requirement under the Buy Indian-IDDM category from 50 per cent to 60 per cent.
H-562 follows the delivery of the first vessel, ICG H-561, by about three months. Chowgule Shipbuilding Division confirmed that both craft were delivered within their contractual timelines and exceeded the contracted maximum speed of 45 knots during trials.
Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit said Tarang Shakti 2026 is intended to allow participating air forces to learn from one another, operate together and prepare for emerging challenges in air warfare.
The Navy has issued a Request for Information to assess the capabilities of Indian shipyards for the programme. The proposed acquisition is envisaged under the Buy (Indian–IDDM) category, placing indigenous design, development and manufacturing at the centre of the project.
The scale of that industrial base is becoming particularly important as the armed forces move from small experimental purchases towards much larger procurement programmes covering surveillance drones, logistics systems, loitering munitions, autonomous platforms, swarm technologies and counter-UAS systems.
Unlike traditional radios whose operating characteristics are largely determined by fixed hardware, a Software Defined Radio shifts many communication functions into software. Frequency management, waveforms, encryption, networking protocols and other functions can therefore be modified or upgraded without replacing the entire radio hardware.
The company’s existing manufacturing facility is located at the Verna Industrial Estate in Goa. Hughes Precision currently operates an approximately 8,000-square-metre facility with integrated manufacturing, quality-control and testing infrastructure.
Mazagon Dock has also stated that Project 75(I) mandates approximately 60 per cent indigenisation. This requirement is intended to draw Indian companies into the submarine manufacturing ecosystem and progressively reduce dependence on imported equipment and systems.
These are not conventional warehouse forklifts. Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks are designed to move loads across difficult surfaces and operate in environments where standard industrial material-handling equipment would struggle.
