Tejas Mk-1A Is Becoming the Backbone of India’s Indigenous Fighter Push India’s Tejas Mk-1A is more than another fighter aircraft entering the Indian Air Force. It represents India’s attempt to build a complete domestic combat-aircraft ecosystem—from design and aerostructures to avionics, electronic warfare, manufacturing and eventually fighter engines. The programme has faced delays, but the
India’s Maritime Surveillance Is Entering a New Phase India is moving to strengthen its maritime surveillance architecture as the security environment across the Indian Ocean and wider maritime domain becomes more complex. The issue received fresh attention during the Indian Navy’s Naval Commanders’ Conference 2026, held in New Delhi from September 29 to October 1.
India’s Radar Technology Is Moving Beyond Conventional Detection Modern aerial warfare is increasingly shaped by one question: how can a military detect an aircraft, missile or drone designed to be difficult to detect? Stealth technology reduces an object’s radar signature, making traditional detection more difficult. At the same time, drones, cruise missiles and other low-observable
India’s Defence Sector Is Entering the Quantum Era The next major transformation in military technology may not come from another missile, fighter aircraft or drone. It may come from technologies that operate at the quantum level. India has begun building a dedicated defence ecosystem around quantum communication, quantum computing, quantum sensing and quantum materials. The
India’s Missile Industry Is Entering a New Phase India’s missile programme is entering an important industrial phase. For decades, the primary challenge was developing sophisticated missile systems domestically. India has built significant capabilities through organisations such as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), while public-sector defence companies have played a major role in manufacturing
India’s defence-industrial strategy is moving beyond airframes and weapons toward one of the hardest technologies in aerospace: indigenous propulsion. From micro-turbine engines for drones to turbojets, scramjets and next-generation fighter engines, a wider ecosystem is now taking shape. India’s drive for defence self-reliance is entering a technically demanding phase. For years, discussions around indigenous defence
IAF Dronathon 2026 marks a new phase for India’s drone ecosystem as the Indian Air Force moves beyond laboratory demonstrations and begins evaluating unmanned technologies under realistic operational conditions. The first IAF Dronathon-2026 was conducted at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, from September 14 to 16, 2026. The event brought together more
India Defence Industrial Corridors are emerging as a major pillar of the country’s push towards self-reliant defence manufacturing, strategic autonomy and a stronger domestic military-industrial base. For decades, India remained heavily dependent on foreign suppliers for critical defence platforms, components and technologies. That dependence is now being challenged by a broader industrial strategy built around
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the future of warfare. From autonomous drones and battlefield surveillance to cyber defence and military logistics, AI is enabling armed forces to operate faster, smarter and with greater precision. For India, AI has become a strategic priority as the country modernises its Armed Forces and strengthens indigenous defence technologies
Every day, billions of digital transactions, financial transfers, emails, video calls and cloud services depend on a network that most people never see—undersea fibre-optic cables. Although satellites play an important role in global communications, the vast majority of international internet traffic travels through these submarine cables laid across the ocean floor. For India, whose economy,
