Indo-Pacific Endeavour opens doors for Aussie defence exports to India

Australia’s Indo-Pacific Endeavour exercise has pulled into port in India, and has created avenues for Australia’s defence industry to capitalise on export opportunities stemming from India’s defence modernisation programs. Thales Australia has... Read more »

Body scanners to replace metal detectors at Indian airports

Starting in April 2020, air travellers will be examined by body scanners at Indian airports,according to the aviation security regulator, which has directed airport operators to replace metal detectors with superior technology.... Read more »

Bengaluru to get 500 facial recognition cameras at public spots by October

BENGALURU: The plan of the city police to instal 500 cameras with Facial Recognition System (FRS) using the central government’s Nirbhaya fund is set to get delayed as the project is yet... Read more »

Boost for India’s defence! BrahMos, world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, to have 500-km range

BrahMos Aerospace is a joint venture between India’s DRDO and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya. The missile is named after Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva. BrahMos range to be extended! In a major boost to... Read more »

Shorten time frame for defence acquisitions

Gurmeet Kanwal Former Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi Protracted: The defence procurement and acquisition process continues to be plagued by procedural delays, as illustrated by the Rafale deal. SEVERAL committees... Read more »

Weaponised drones are on the table for India: USISPF official

India has intent to buy `Sea Guardian’ drone for border surveillance Weaponised drones from American companies for Indian defence use are on the table according to a Senior Advisor at the US-India... Read more »

CCTV cameras helped crack 103 cases in three months

New Delhi: The city-wide closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) surveillance has helped the police to solve 103 criminal cases in three months. Sources said that 88 cases were solved with the help of... Read more »

East Godavari District police gets mobile repeater vehicle

Kakinada: The East Godavari police received a mobile repeater vehicle for communication needs in interior areas of the district. The vehicle with latest communication device was sent to East Godavari police by... Read more »

‘Deterrence Is The Best Defence, India Demonstrated That’

No further anti-satellite tests are required since Indian space scientists took out a satellite in low earth orbit 10 days ago, said G. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman of India’s Defence Research & Development... Read more »

Defence production likely to open up for Kerala startups

A high-level team of officials from the Defence Production will soon visit Maker Village, India’s largest electronic hardware incubator here, which may pave the way for startups from Kerala to enter the... Read more »