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HFCL Group has announced a significant investment initiative aimed at strengthening India’s defence manufacturing ecosystem. The telecom gear maker revealed that it will invest approximately ₹230 crore to establish a new defence manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh.The plant will be located in the Sri Satya Sai District, a region that is rapidly emerging as a hub for defence and aerospace industries. In a filing to the stock exchanges, HFCL confirmed that its Board of Directors has approved the establishment of this facility, which will focus on the manufacture of Multi‑Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG) and similar advanced defence products.The company stated…

Two leaders have been tapped by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate spy agencies’ efforts to track and thwart threats to the 2026 midterm elections, according to a congressional source and a second person familiar with the matter. Dave Mastro serves on the National Intelligence Council, which uses intelligence-community findings to produce intelligence assessments, including for Congress and senior policymakers. James Cangialosi serves as deputy director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. Mastro and Cangialosi are part of “an expansive team of professionals at ODNI focused on carrying out President [Donald] Trump’s and [Director of National Intelligence Tulsi] Gabbard’s election integrity…

Pakistan is building what appears to be the largest and most diversified loitering munitions portfolio in the country’s procurement history, with no fewer than a half-dozen distinct designs either in development or in early-stage production across the National Engineering & Scientific Commission (NESCOM), the National Aerospace & Technology Park (NASTP), and an expanding roster of private-sector firms. The underlying issue, however, is whether that product portfolio is organized around the right design philosophy – i.e., one that will actually produce the volumes Pakistan will need in a high-intensity conflict with India, or one that will produce small numbers of technically…

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC), recently visited the Godrej Aerospace manufacturing facilities at Vikhroli, Mumbai, where he reviewed advanced capabilities in aero engines, actuators, and space systems.His visit underscored the importance of industry–military collaboration in strengthening indigenous aerospace technologies and advancing India’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit’s visit to Godrej Aerospace was a significant engagement that highlighted the growing synergy between the Indian defence establishment and private industry.At the Vikhroli facilities, he was taken through the company’s advanced manufacturing capabilities, which include precision engineering for aero…

John W. Kowalski, Military Review As the United States shifts away from the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) into strategic competition, all military services are, rightly, evaluating how they… Source link

Flying and downing drones are becoming part of many U.S. soldiers’ jobs, so over the last few weeks in Lithuania, infantry units worked to add drone warfare to their ground-combat expertise.During the fifth iteration of Project Flytrap, a U.S. Army-NATO exercise in Europe, members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment joined international partners in testing more than 20 pieces of equipment with Strykers and unmanned ground vehicles.“So what I saw from the squadron level, with my main command post and these new systems, was understanding the battlefield architecture, where things are not just on the ground, but their effects in the…

Gunfire broke out amid chaotic scenes at the Philippine Senate ​yesterday, after armed men attempted to enter areas of the building where Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is hiding out to avoid an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Dela Rosa, the chief enforcer of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent “war on drugs” campaign, locked himself in his Senate office on Monday, after fleeing from officers from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). A few hours later, the ICC announced that it had unsealed a warrant seeking the 64-year-old’s arrest on charges of crimes against humanity. The…

by Nilesh KunwarWarning IgnoredDue to the barbaric targeted killing of 26 unarmed tourists by Pakistan sponsored terrorists in Pahalgam, New Delhi put Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance on April 23 last year. While Islamabad declared that it considered this decision “an act of war” that would be “responded with full force across the complete spectrum of national power,” Pakistan’s self-promoted Field Marshal Asim Munir threatened to blow up any dam that India built with “ten missiles.”However, Islamabad has no reasons to complain since it had been adequately forewarned about this eventuality. Readers may recall that just nine days after…

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven As China unveils sophisticated stealth prototypes like the J-36, the Navy faces a critical ultimatum: accelerate its sixth-generation fighter or risk losing… Source link

Home › Pakistan Missile News › Pakistan Army Tests Fatah-4 Ground-Launched Cruise Missile Pakistan Missile News On 14 May, Pakistan’s Army Rocket Force Command test-fired the Fatah-4, a 750 km-range ground-launched cruise missile derived from the strategic Babur platform — the latest in a series of conventional variants spawned from Pakistan’s nuclear-capable missile families. The test marks the latest milestone in Islamabad’s push to field conventional cruise missiles alongside its nuclear-capable systems. On 14 May, the Pakistan Army’s Rocket Force Command (ARFC) successfully test-fired the Fatah-4, an indigenously developed ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM), the military’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) directorate…