Founded in 2015, Fabheads develops automated processes for manufacturing carbon-fibre and other advanced composite components. Its technologies combine continuous-fibre 3D printing, automated fibre placement, rapid tooling, conventional composite processing and precision engineering.
The latest figures released by the Ministry of Defence on 31 August 2026 show that the country’s 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings recorded 15.4% growth in turnover, compared with approximately ₹1.12 lakh crore in FY 2024-25. Their combined profit after tax reached ₹23,136 crore, representing year-on-year growth of 15.6%.
A self-protection jammer is an electronic-warfare system designed to improve a fighter aircraft’s survivability against hostile radars and radar-guided weapons. It works by transmitting carefully generated radio-frequency signals intended to disrupt or confuse enemy radar tracking and targeting.
These technologies are emerging from the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems, or NM-ICPS, a ₹3,660-crore programme implemented by the Department of Science and Technology. A government technology review released on 31 August 2026 highlighted how the programme is moving from fundamental research towards deployable technologies across healthcare, telecommunications, agriculture, mining, cybersecurity and autonomous mobility.
Major Rajprasad, an officer of the Corps of Engineers and 7 Engineer Regiment, began developing the system after examining the risks faced by troops while dealing with IEDs and clearing terrorist hideouts. Government records from the earlier stages of the project identify him as Captain Rajprasad R.S. and recognise Xploder under the iDEX4Fauji initiative as an unmanned IED-disposal remotely operated vehicle. The project subsequently matured as he continued his service and development work.
The most concrete initiative so far involves state-owned BEML Limited, which has entered into a strategic partnership with South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries to jointly design, develop and manufacture a new generation of port and maritime cranes in India.
The specialised vessel was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on 31 August 2026, with Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan presiding over the ceremony. Its induction gives the Navy another large, purpose-built platform capable of supporting some of the most demanding underwater operations undertaken by a modern naval force.
The Government of India highlighted this capability on 23 August 2026, National Space Day, detailing the contribution of the Semiconductor Laboratory at Mohali to India’s space programme. SCL develops and manufactures flight-grade semiconductor devices including radiation-hardened integrated circuits, processors, sensors, electro-optical imaging devices and application-specific integrated circuits for satellites and launch vehicles.
At first glance, Martlet and VSHORADS appear to occupy almost the same battlefield space. Both are compact guided missiles intended to defeat threats operating at relatively short ranges and low altitudes. Their design philosophies, guidance systems and tactical employment, however, are markedly different.
Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana confirmed that hardware for the next launch was en route just 36 days after the first Vikram-1 mission. Contemporary reporting also indicated that the first stage had begun its journey to Sriharikota, with additional stages expected to follow as the company prepares the second vehicle for integration and launch operations.
