Apparently reading & seeing pics put out by official channels & events is a crime.

The tide of indigenization cannot be turned. Addressing aero-propulsion is key, obviously. It is quite literally the heart of the matter.

Tata WhAP Morocco 🇲🇦

⚡️MKU Limited 🇮🇳 has announced plans to establish a manufacturing facility in in the SGZID Zone, Nouasser, Morocco 🇲🇦 for the local production of Netro Optronics electro-optics (EO) & Kavro armour solutions. - The facility will serve as MKU's base for exports to the African continent. - Over the past five years, MKU has supplied optronics & personal protection products to the Moroccan armed forces. Local manufacturing marks the next phase of that engagement, bringing production closer to the end user. Localisation is at the heart of MKU's investment.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭HPCL will start making cells before RIL does

CSR as it stands now is a mandatory spend with no real check on whether the money did anything. No wonder we have this situation fake trusts, inflated vendor bills and kickbacks. One easy fix (also in consonance with national need) would be to mandate routing CSR only to R&D in IITs, IISc, CSIR labs and public universities. Institutions with audited books and public output don't hand money back in cash. India spends suboptimal % of GDP on R&D. CSR could fix that in one stroke, instead of financing frauds. via @timesofindia

YIL 155mm shell manufacturing:

India needs Kerala to be the gateway to India as it once was. This literacy & QoL is all so performative until we've the economic strength to match. UP & Bihar has millions with less education & chewing pan, but they're growing. (Enough people in Kerala spit wherever they want btw, pan is the only difference). They may very well surpass Kerala at some point in most tangible metrics, maybe decades from now. Stagnant economy cannot be overcome by optics, as Japan learnt the hard way. But they've always had the tech firms to compensate, esp now in the AI boom. Meanwhile we have only communism. I've seen enough of this nonsense to last this lifetime, will be more vocal on the need for actual deeptech & logistics based sustainable & holistic development in Kerala moving forward.

Next CAS, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, on LCA Tejas Mk1A

The Government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, presently serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff, in the rank of Air Chief Marshal, with effect from the afternoon of October 31, 2026. He will succeed Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, who superannuates on October 31, 2026. An Experimental Test Pilot and Qualified Flying Instructor with over 3,500 hours of flying experience, Air Marshal Dixit has held key operational and strategic appointments, including CISC, HQ IDS and AOC-in-C, Central Air Command

#Update 𝗠𝗼𝗗 𝗜𝗻𝗸𝘀 ₹𝟲𝟲𝟭.𝟱𝟬 𝗖𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗠𝗼𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 & 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮 𝗩𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 @SpokespersonMoD has signed a ₹661.50 crore contract with @BrahMosMissile under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category to procure Fire Control Systems and Launchers for two Veer-class and two Ranvir-class Indian Navy ships.

⚡️MoD signs ₹661.5 cr contract for equipping (2x Veer & 2x Ranvir class?) Indian Navy ships with BrahMos Fire Control System & Launchers. 68% IC. Now the fun stuff. About Veer class: - INS Vidyut was equipped with 2x twin tube BrahMos launchers from the decommissioned INS Rajput, as of Dec 2025. - Rajput had 4x twin tube launchers, so imo INS Nashak, the next oldest, likely got/will get the other two. - The two youngest ships of the class INS Prabal & Pralaya currently have 16 Kh-35E, these two will likely get these new launchers? 2x2 = 4 missiles each likely like Vidyut. About Rajput / Ranvir class: - Three Rajput class vessels remain. Of these, Ranvir & Ranvijay are the, uh, least oldest & also have 8x BrahMos VLS at the stern. Rana doesn't have it, but has VLSRSAM. - Imo this contract is likely entirely for inclined launchers. If it were for an upgrade of the current VLS & FCS, it should be a separate contract? - Ranvir & Ranvijay may get 4 twin tube launchers each (8 BrahMos missiles). - If this happens these 2 Rajput - Ranvir class destroyers will have 16 BrahMos missiles, same as our P15A&B destroyers (P15 Delhi class has 8x inclined) Pics in order: Rajput, Ranvir, Ranvijay

ADRDE - DRDO 👏 - High Altitude Platform System (HAPS), a long-endurance stratospheric aerial surveillance platform was successfully flight tested. - Experimental flight attained an altitude of 21 km AMSL - Remained at an altitude of 20 km AMSL for more than 30 minutes, carrying useful instrumentation systems, before it was commanded to descend back to ground. The system was successfully recovered and flight performance data was analyzed. Endurance is key for a stratospheric airship. DRDO has great plans with these with various payloads. Hope the testing progresses rapidly & the need for a dedicated airship test facility is met.

Of course, the Veer class is now also the lighest warship class to be equipped with BrahMos. With a displacement of under 500 tons, this might be as low as it ever goes, NGMV should breach the 1000 ton mark, going by the RFI. - How will Veer class find its targets? Certainly hasn't received any organic long range sensors for acquisition. Can think of two possibilities: networking with other assets for targeting or perhaps (more likely imo) meant mainly for land attack versions of BrahMos given the history of the squadron. - The age of the ships makes any comprehensive upgrade unlikely & unnecessary. And upgrades like these are legitimate stopgaps imo.

Here is the @Nautical_Wings Factory Tour 🏭🛠 In 2020, Nautical Wings started in a 100 sq ft room with 3 people.Today we're an 85+ person aerospace team building electric propulsion systems. This is where we're building it. 🇮🇳 #ElectricAviation #Aerospace

What a vote of confidence for the private sector that has thrown it's hat in the ring for AMCA

Well just realized I've never posted about Zulu before. They make cool UAVs that are in service as seen:x.com/suryacommand/status/18… (Vid has DRAP, HOVERBEE & Volume35) - CLAD will likely be able to launch DRAP LM with 5kg warhead & HOVERBEE - Cool stealthy LM render too. H/t @FrontlinerUV cc: @samartoor3086

Zulu Canister Launched Air Defence (CLAD) interceptor drone based CDS Imo will be a VMCDS later.

Known micro missile based VMCDS programs by 🇮🇳 firms: Solar Bhargavastra Apollo VMCDS IG Defence JWALA Mk1

IG Defence JWALA Mk1 Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile for Air Defence against UAVs - 2-5 km extended short-range engagement envelope - < 7 seconds target detection to missile launch - Pre-fragmented High-Explosive HE warhead - 0.5-1.5 kg with proximity fuze - Dual-pulse solid rocket motor with fin control (I'd guess the specs are subject to change)