By Lt Gen A B Shivane. Inadequate budgetary support, decision paralysis, lack of accountability and responsibility, frustrating procurement cycles and weak defence industrial base are only some of the ills. The key... Read more »
In a move to secure Indian borders and stop jeopardising the lives of the army and the border security force (BSF), scientists from Bharat Electronics Limited’s (BEL) Central Research Laboratory (CRL) are... Read more »
The machines in the Ordnance Factories need to be modernised and re-skilling of the personnel working on the machines need to be addressed on urgent basis by the government, urges a former... Read more »
Singapore, May 15: India will export its first batch of missiles this year to the South East Asian and the Gulf countries after receiving “increasing interests” from them, a top defence official said... Read more »
Soon after it successfully carried out an anti-satellite test, India is setting up its military space agency headquartered at Bengaluru with the ace fighter pilot Air Vice Marshal SP Dharkar as its... Read more »
US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin recently said it will not sell its newly rolled out F-21 fighter jet to any other country if India places an order for 114 planes, in an... Read more »
In a significant boost to the capabilities of the Indian armed forces, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Saturday formally received the first Apache Guardian attack helicopter at Boeing production facility in Arizona’s... Read more »
New Delhi: India has overtaken Russia to be among the world’s top-four military spenders in 2018, according to a global think-tank, which has attributed the rise in defence expenditure to tensions with China... Read more »
In a bid to bolster its capabilities to tackle threats emanating from hackers, mostly from China and Pakistan, India is all set to have Defence Cyber Agency (DCA) by next month, headquartered in the capital. Senior Navy officer Rear Admiral Mohit Gupta will be... Read more »
NEW DELHI — India’s highest defense procurement body, the Cabinet Committee on Security, has approved purchase of 464 Russian T-90MS main battle tanks for $1.92 billion, but it’s unlikely the Ministry of... Read more »