NEW DELHI — India’s stealthy Nirbhay cruise missile will be tested in the first quarter of 2012. The indigenously developed subsonic missile is going through its final integration stage, says Defense Research and Development Organization chief V.K. Saraswat. The missile is being developed by DRDO’s Advanced Systems Laboratory. Nirbhay will be the second cruise missile from India’s defense research stable, after the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which was jointly designed and developed with Russia.

India’s privately owned Jet Airways this week inducted a Boeing 737-800 into its fleet, bringing to 100 the number of aircraft it operates. With the inclusion of the new aircraft, the country’s largest carrier by market share will fly to 76 destinations, including 24 international points, the airline says in a statement. The new aircraft will enter commercial operations on Dec. 5.

India’s debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines is rejecting speculation that it soon will shut down and instead is taking steps it hopes will enable the carrier to turn a profit. Chairman Vijay Mallya, after announcing a second-quarter net loss of 4.69 billion rupees ($94 million), tried to stem worries about the carrier’s future by saying all airlines in India are operating in a tough environment. “Other airlines were making losses too. To write the epitaph for Kingfisher Airlines constantly is neither fair nor accurate,” he said.