Indian military

Jul- 2026 -

8 July

India’s New Battle Rifle Went From Concept to Prototype in Just 100 Days

The Indian Army is one step closer to fielding the domestically developed UGRAM battle rifle after it cleared a series of key evaluations.

May- 2026 -

27 May

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

India Unveils Two-Decade Plan to Modernize Armed Forces

India has released a long-term military reform roadmap to restructure and strengthen its armed forces over the next two decades.

Jan- 2026 -

9 January

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

India’s New Drone Could Watch the Battlefield All Day and All Night

MAPSS is a solar-powered, medium-altitude, long-endurance drone, capable of electronic intelligence, communication relay, artillery spotting, and battlefield overwatch.

6 January

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

India Pushes Sixth-Gen Fighter Boundaries With Real-Time Morphing Wings

India’s future sixth-gen fighter uses morphing wings, a tailless blended wing-body design, and shape memory alloys for real-time wing shaping.

5 January

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

India Moves to Shield Its Capital With a Multi-Layered Air Defense ‘Dome’

Capital Dome is India’s new multi-layered air defense shield for New Delhi, combining QRSAM mobile missiles, VL-SRSAM vertical launch missiles, and directed energy weapons.

Nov- 2025 -

17 November

Sea

Joe Saballa

Autonomy Goes Portable: India Fields Smarter Underwater Threat Hunters

The Defence Research and Development Organisation has rolled out a new generation of Man-portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, or MP-AUVs.

Oct- 2025 -

28 October

Land

Ethan M. Encarnacion

AAP-Tr Breaks Cover as India’s Tracked Successor in Infantry Warfare

Tata Advanced Systems has unveiled the Advanced Armored Platform - Tracked vehicle, its vision for India’s next-generation of infantry combat vehicles.

10 October

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

India Advances Standardization in Military Radios With IRSA System

India released version 1.0 of the Indian Radio Software Architecture, aimed at improving interoperability for military communications.

Sep- 2025 -

26 September

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

India Demos New Rail-Based Launch Capability for Ballistic Missiles

Rail-based launcher is a mobility system, debuting with India’s first Agni-Prime railcar test, featuring an independent launch system, comms, and protective measures.

2 September

Air