Rajnath Singh opens NIBE defence complex at Shirdi; India's first 300 km rocket launcher 'Suryastra' flagged off
On 23 May 2026 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated a private-sector NIBE Group defence manufacturing complex at Shirdi and flagged off 'Suryastra', India's first 300 km Universal Rocket Launching System.
Summary
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated NIBE Group's private-sector Defence Manufacturing Complex at Shirdi on 23 May 2026. The complex will make artillery systems, missile and space technologies, rocket systems, energetic materials and autonomous platforms. 'Suryastra', India's first 300 km Universal Rocket Launching System, was flagged off and the foundation stone of a missile complex for it was laid. Indigenous TNT and RDX plant technologies and a compressed biogas plant were unveiled, and NIBE Group and Black Sky exchanged an MoU on satellite assembly.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 23 May 2026, Shirdi (Maharashtra)
- Company
- NIBE Group (private sector)
- Inaugurated by
- Rajnath Singh with CM Devendra Fadnavis
- Suryastra
- India's first 300 km Universal Rocket Launching System, flagged off
- Also
- Foundation stone of missile complex; indigenous TNT and RDX plant technologies unveiled
- MoU
- NIBE Group – Black Sky, satellite assembly
Practice MCQs 3 questions
'Suryastra', flagged off at Shirdi on 23 May 2026, is:
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Correct answer: A — India's first 300 km Universal Rocket Launching System
PIB: India's first 300 km Universal Rocket Launching System 'Suryastra' was flagged off at the event.
The private-sector Defence Manufacturing Complex inaugurated by Rajnath Singh on 23 May 2026 belongs to which company and is located where?
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Correct answer: B — NIBE Group, Shirdi
The complex of NIBE Group was inaugurated at Shirdi, Maharashtra.
Consider the following statements about the event at Shirdi on 23 May 2026: 1. Indigenous TNT and RDX plant technologies were unveiled. 2. NIBE Group and Black Sky exchanged an MoU in the field of satellite assembly. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are in the PIB release: TNT and RDX plant technologies were unveiled, and an MoU on satellite assembly was exchanged between NIBE Group and Black Sky.