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Srinivasagopalan Rangarajan, Chairman and Managing Director of Data Patterns, a leading Indian defense electronics company, recently shared a significant milestone with Hindu BusinessLine. “Just 3-4 weeks ago, our seekers were flight-tested in BrahMos as part of missile trials by DRDO, and it was a textbook performance,” Rangarajan announced, highlighting the success of Data Patterns’ indigenous seeker technology in the prestigious BrahMos supersonic cruise missile program.
In missile systems, the seeker is a critical component responsible for detecting and tracking targets, ensuring precision strikes even in complex combat scenarios. The flawless performance of Data Patterns’ seeker during the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) recent trials underscores the growing capability of India’s private defense sector in delivering cutting-edge technologies for strategic programs.
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In a landmark step toward achieving self-reliance in defense manufacturing, the Indian Navy signed a ?270 crore project sanction order with Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL) on April 2, 2025, for the design and development of a 6MW medium-speed marine diesel engine. This contract, executed under the Make-I category, not only aims to reduce India’s dependence on imported high-capacity diesel engines but also lays the foundation for a scalable 3-10MW engine family, with KOEL confidently asserting its capability to develop a 10MW, 20-cylinder variant based on the V12, 6MW design.
This initiative, celebrated as a pivotal moment for India’s defense industrial ecosystem, will power the propulsion and generation systems of Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard vessels, strengthening maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
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The Chakra Dialogues Foundation (CDF), a think tank established by former Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Satyam Kushwaha (Retd), has released a comprehensive report detailing the strategic and operational losses incurred by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during India’s Operation Sindoor in April-May 2025.
Leveraging real-time intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) data, cross-verified media reports, and classified budgetary tenders, the report provides a high-confidence estimate of the damages sustained by the PAF, pegging the total financial impact at $3.35732 billion USD.
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The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is poised to greenlight the bulk procurement of the indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW), a precision-guided glide bomb designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This move comes amid heightened regional tensions, with unverified claims of the weapon’s use in a recent strike on Pakistan’s Rahim Yar Khan airbase, underscoring its strategic importance.
The SAAW is a lightweight, long-range precision-guided munition designed to neutralize enemy airfield infrastructure, including runways, taxi tracks, radars, bunkers, and aircraft hangars, with a range of up to 100 kilometers. Weighing approximately 125 kilograms, the SAAW is equipped with advanced navigation systems, including satellite-based INS-GPS and, in its latest iterations, an electro-optical (EO) seeker with Imaging Infrared (IIR) technology for enhanced precision. The weapon’s ability to strike targets with a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of less than 15 meters makes it a potent tool for the IAF to engage high-value targets from a safe distance, minimizing exposure to enemy air defenses.
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In a significant leap forward for India’s defense technology, the country has developed a cutting-edge Satellite Navigation System (SNS) Jammer capable of blocking signals from China’s BeiDou navigation system, alongside other global navigation systems like GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and NavIC. This development marks a strategic advancement in India’s electronic warfare capabilities, aimed at enhancing national security amid growing geopolitical tensions in the region.
The SNS Jammer, developed by India’s defense research ecosystem, is designed to generate RF jamming signals that can disrupt the functioning of satellite navigation systems. According to details from Accord Software & Systems, a key player in this project, the jammer is equipped with a modular architecture featuring multiple cards to target dual frequencies across all constellations, including BeiDou. This flexibility ensures that the system can adapt to future GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) signals through additional plug-in hardware, making it a forward-looking solution for India’s defense needs.
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) has long been a formidable force in South Asia, equipped with advanced platforms like the Sukhoi Su-30MKI, Dassault Rafale, and indigenous Tejas fighters. However, its approach to cross-border operations against Pakistan, particularly in response to terrorist activities, has often followed a predictable pattern: striking terror targets while allowing the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to retain its operational capabilities.
This strategy, which prioritizes hitting terrorist infrastructure over neutralizing Pakistan’s air defenses, has given the PAF opportunities to respond, regroup, and challenge India’s air superiority. It is time for the IAF to adopt a bolder, more decisive approach—prioritizing the destruction of PAF’s long-range radars, AWACS platforms, and other critical assets before targeting terror camps, rather than granting Pakistan’s air force an “off-ramp” to recover.
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An old video, purportedly from a tense border clash in the Chumi Gyatse (Dongzhang) region of Arunachal Pradesh, has resurfaced and gone viral on social media, capturing a dramatic yet comical encounter between Indian Army troops and two soldiers from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The footage, believed to be from the pandemic-era skirmishes along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), shows two PLA soldiers attempting to hide in bushes with grenades in their mouths, seemingly in a desperate bid to evade capture.
In stark contrast, the Indian soldiers, unfazed by the situation, can be heard delivering a series of humorous taunts, including phrases like “No go! Ben de lode, sit, sit!” and “Momo la rha h, momo!”—a lighthearted jab referencing the popular steamed dish associated with Chinese cuisine.
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Outlining India’s approach to counter-terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that Operation Sindoor is continuing as India will respond if there is another terror attack like the one at Pahalgam and target terrorists if they are operating from Pakistan. In an interview with Netherlands-based NOS, Jaishankar said that India hit terror sites named in the list released by the United Nations. He noted that the UN Security Council regularly releases a list, which mentions details regarding major terrorists and their place of residence and where they operate from.
When asked whether the operation is continuing, Jaishankar responded, “The operation continues because there is a clear message in that operation, that if there are acts of the kind we saw on April 22nd, there will be response, we will hit the terrorists. If the terrorists are in Pakistan, we will hit them where they are.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the country’s enemies have learnt what happens when ‘sindoor’ becomes gunpowder and lauded India’s armed forces for creating such a trap that Pakistan was forced to go down on its knees.
In his first public address in Rajasthan after Operation Sindoor that was launched in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, the prime minister slammed Pakistan, and said in response to the attack on April 22, “we destroyed nine biggest terror hideouts in 22 minutes”.
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IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has said that IndiGo is fully compliant with all regulatory frameworks governing its operations with aircraft leased from Turkish Airlines, adding that the decision to renew these leases lies with the Indian government.
“It is important to recognise that the operation to Istanbul is taking place in the context of the Air Service Agreement (ASA) between India and Turkey. IndiGo is fully compliant with all regulatory frameworks and regulations which are there. We have thousands of Indian customers booked mostly beyond Istanbul,” Elbers said on Wednesday during a media interaction on the airline’s fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2024-25.
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India on Thursday launched its global outreach against terrorism emanating from Pakistan as multi-party delegations reached Japan and United Arab Emirates to assert the right to self-defence following Operation Sindoor.
The delegation to Japan is led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Jha, while Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde is leading the delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Pakistan government on Thursday announced expulsion of a staffer of the Indian High Commission. India on Wednesday expelled a Pakistani official working at the Pakistan high commission on charges of involvement in espionage, in the second such expulsion in a week, people familiar with the matter said.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the staffer at the Pakistan mission has been declared “persona non grata” for indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status and that he has been given 24 hours to leave India.
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The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a major infiltration bid by 45-50 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on May 8, using heavy mortar fire to destroy enemy posts after Pakistan attempted to facilitate the infiltration along the International Border (IB) under the cover of ceasefire violations, BSF officials confirmed to ANI.
According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) SS Mand, the BSF effectively responded to the shelling, destroyed enemy posts, and prevented the terrorists from entering Indian territory. The BSF official also added that the forces were well prepared and responded with heavy bombardment to stop the infiltration facilitated by Pakistan.
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Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Jha who is leading an All-Party Delegation to Japan ahs appealed to all world leaders to side with India against Pakistan’s sponsorship of terrorism.
Mr Jha, who along with his delegation members arrived in the Japanese capital of Tokyo on Thursday while talking to ANI said that they aimed to present India’s stand on the new normal in context of Pakistan-sponsored cross border terrorism.
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Congress leader Pawan Khera on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” over US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of brokering the understanding of hostilities between India and Pakistan.
Referring to Donald Trump’s recent claim for credit during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House, Khera said that this is 8th time Trump claimed that he got Operation Sindoor stopped, and questioned PM Modi for not rejecting these repeated claims.
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