The two SWiFT-K prototypes have reportedly completed High-Speed Taxi Trials at the Aeronautical Test Range at Challakere. These trials are an important step before flight testing because they allow engineers to examine acceleration, braking, steering, ground stability, structural behaviour and flight-control responses as the aircraft approaches take-off speed.
The significance of the programme lies not simply in producing another artillery system. A mature electromagnetic gun could eventually occupy the space between conventional long-range artillery and expensive guided missiles, delivering high-velocity kinetic projectiles over considerable distances without depending upon the large chemical propellant charges required by traditional guns.
TiHAN and the Andhra Pradesh Drones Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which the IIT Hyderabad hub will serve as a technical and knowledge partner for the Drone City and the wider drone ecosystem being developed in the state.
Indian climate-technology company Takachar is addressing this problem through portable thermochemical equipment designed to process biomass close to where it is generated. Instead of transporting large volumes of low-value agricultural waste to a distant centralised plant, Takachar takes the processing system directly to farms, forestry operations and other locations where waste biomass is available.
India’s armed forces are therefore currently using NavIC in conjunction with other global navigation satellite systems. The government has said that the multi-constellation approach prevents existing users from being left without navigation capability while NavIC’s orbital infrastructure is strengthened.
Recent defence reporting in September 2026 says engineering changes to the LUH have produced an approximately 30–40% reduction in overall vibration response, while vibration in a critical vertical range has reportedly fallen by nearly 50%.
Giredmet will then design, manufacture and supply a set of laboratory equipment required for titanium-sponge production. Russian specialists will also supervise installation and commissioning and provide training to Indian personnel.
Oil India Limited Chairman and Managing Director and NRL Chairman Ranjit Rath confirmed on September 11, 2026, that 2G ethanol has already been produced at the facility and that individual units are now being stabilised before the plant moves towards sustained commercial production and higher capacity utilisation.
Operating much higher than conventional aircraft but lower than satellites allows such a platform to combine some characteristics of both. It can continuously observe an area or act as a communications relay while remaining recoverable and reusable.
The development has been disclosed in BDL’s newly released Annual Report for 2025–26, published in September 2026. The state-owned missile manufacturer lists the ASRAAM Final Assembly, Integration and Testing, or FAIT, facility among major infrastructure expansions that have become fully operational.
