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TREND | 22 Dec 2025, 07:50PM

IG Drones evolves into IG Defence to build indigenous battlefield systems

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While unmanned systems remain important, our focus has expanded to building technologies across land, sea, air, and space domains, said Bodhisattwa Sanghapriya, Founder and CEO of IG Defence

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TREND | 22 Dec 2025, 03:43PM

UP govt plans to speed up over 100 defence projects worth 23,000 crore

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The Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) is a crucial element in the attempt to make India more self-reliant in the defence sector

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TREND | 22 Dec 2025, 11:20AM

Multibagger stock Apollo Micro Systems hits 5% upper circuit after this DRDO approval. Do you own?

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Apollo Micro Systems share price hits a 5% upper circuit at 249.80, boosted by DRDO technology approvals. The company received two Transfers of Technology for Laser-Based Directed Energy Weapon systems, enhancing its defence capabilities and aligning with India's indigenisation initiatives.

Here's why Apollo Micro Systems shares hit 5% upper circuit on Dec 22

Business Standard | 22 Dec 2025, 10:34AM

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TREND | 22 Dec 2025, 09:42AM

ISRO's LVM-3 To Launch Next-Generation Communication Satellite On December 24

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This constellation would enable 4G and 5G voice and video calls, texts, streaming and data for anyone at anytime, ISRO said.

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TREND | 21 Dec 2025, 11:20AM

ISRO to launch next-gen communication satellite on Dec 24 as part of US firm deal

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US-based AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network, which is accessible directly by smartphones and designed for both commercial and government applications

Isro's LVM3 to launch next-generation communication satellite on Dec 24

Business Standard | 21 Dec 2025, 10:48AM 4 more

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TREND | 20 Dec 2025

AgustaWestland case: Court orders Christian Michel's release from custody

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However, he will remain in jail as he is also an accused in a separate corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the matter

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TREND | 19 Dec 2025

Donald Trump signs defence law backing deeper India-US ties, Quad

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US President Donald Trump has signed into law an annual defence policy bill that highlights broadening America's engagement with India, including through the Quad to advance the shared objective of a free and open Indo-Pacific region and address the challenge posed by China. The National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2026, signed into law Thursday, authorises fiscal year appropriations for the Department of War (DoW), the Department of Energy national security programmes, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the Intelligence Community, and other executive departments and agencies. The Act will enable the DoW to carry out my Peace Through Strength agenda, protect the homeland from domestic and foreign threats, and strengthen the defence industrial base, while eliminating funding for wasteful and radical programmes that undermine the warfighting ethos of our Nation's men and women in uniform, Trump said in a statement. The Act outlines sense of...

Trump Approves Defence Policy Bill To Deepen India Ties, Including Via Quad

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TREND | 18 Dec 2025

US unveils $10 billion arms package for Taiwan in major defence deal

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The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than USD 10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address by President Donald Trump, who made scant mention of foreign policy issues and did not speak to trade or other issues with China. The eight arms sales agreements cover 82 high-mobility artillery rocket systems, or HIMARS, and 420 Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS similar to what the US had been providing Ukraine during the Biden administration to defend itself from Russia worth more than USD 4 billion. The sales also include 60 self-propelled howitzer systems and related equipment, also worth more than USD 4 billion, and drones valued at more than USD 1 billion. Other sales in the package include military software valued at more than USD 1 billion, Javelin and TOW missiles

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TREND | 17 Dec 2025

Thales awards SFO Technologies RBE2 Radar wired structures contract for Rafale under Make in India

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TREND | 16 Dec 2025

Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation conference begins at Kochi

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Inaugurating the conference virtually, V Narayanan, ISRO Chairman said these conferences would play a crucial role in positioning India at the forefront of advanced research and academics worldwide