Indian Army officer Major Anoop Mishra

Army Major develops bullet-proof jacket for protection from sniper rifle attacks

In a strong step towards foiling Pakistani sniper attacks on Indian soldiers, Indian Army officer Major Anoop Mishra has developed a bulletproof jacket that can effectively stop bullets from sniper rifles. We... Read more »
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We Will Win Future Wars With Indian Systems, Says Army Chief General Bipin Rawat

New Delhi: Stressing on the need for indigenisation, Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday said that “we will win the future wars with Indian systems.” “I am quite confident that we... Read more »

India to start exporting missiles to South East Asian, Gulf countries

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 »

Defence Space agency to come up at Bengaluru

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 »

India is now the world’s 4th-highest defence spender, overtaking Russia

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 »

India set to have Defence Cyber Agency in May; Rear Admiral Mohit to be its first chief

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 »

Indian purchasing agency OKs tank buy, but negotiations with Russia stand in the way

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 »

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 »