India becoming preferred partner for developing defence industries in Gulf countries

Qatar and India have held bilateral defense dialogue for several years. And after its Gulf neighbours began a blockade on it in 2017, Qatar has looked eastwards for trade partners. India is... Read more »

Tejas in the race as Royal Malaysian Air Force looks to buy new fighters

New Delhi: Tejas, India’s indigenous supersonic Light Combat Aircraft, has evinced keen interest in Malaysia as the country looks to replace an ageing fleet of fighters with the Royal Malaysian Air Force... 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 »

New spy satellite gives India ‘considerable advantage’ over China & Pakistan – analyst

The EMISAT radar imaging reconnaissance satellite will allow India to “easily” unveil the electronic warfare capabilities of potential adversaries, thus giving it an edge over Pakistan and China, a military analyst told... Read more »
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U.S. State Department approves sale of 24 MH-60R choppers to India, worth $2.6 bn

The U.S Department of State has approved the sale of 24 MH-60R multi-mission helicopters to India under its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The value of the potential is $2.6 billion, as... Read more »

Mahindra deploys six Marksman bulletproof vehicles at Delhi Airport

New Delhi: Expanding its portfolio of defence and armored vehicles, Mahindra Group recently deployed its ingeniously developed bullet-proof vehicle Mahindra Marksman at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. According to Times Now report, a total of... Read more »

Russian Yak-130 to Compete with Indian LCA Tejas in Malaysian Fighter Jet Program

Russian Yak 130 and Indian LCA Tejas Russian Yak-130 combat trainer will be pitted against the Indian LCA Tejas fighter jet for the Malaysian fighter replacement program as both have been invited... Read more »

India ; a new Defence Exporter

There has been a visible increase in defence exports from India. With the Ministry of Defence (MoD) managing its exchanges better and setting new grounds for governance of end-users, India’s standing in... Read more »

India Reportedly Hits Terror Camps Over Line Of Control Days After Pulwama

NEW DELHI: India carried out pre-dawn air strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control on Tuesday, according to reports. At around 3:30 this morning, 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the... Read more »

Defence budget increased to over Rs 3 lakh crore in 2019-20 – Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: The defence budget was increased by 6.87 per cent to Rs 3.18 lakh crore against last year’s allocation of Rs 2.98 lakh crore, notwithstanding expectations of a major hike when... Read more »