By Amit Cowshish The COVID-19 pandemic has, among other things, disrupted the manufacturing activities and left the supply-chain in disarray across the globe. Its impact on the ongoing contracts must be agonising the vendors as they may not be able to adhere to the delivery timelines, potentially exposing […]
By Rahul Bedi The mounting anxiety and steadfast focus on the proliferating Coronavirus pandemic has clearly eclipsed the assortment of material contracts that India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed over the past fortnight, alongside numerous others which are imminent. Starting in late February, when the corona contagion […]
By Kartik Bommakanti The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it would be indefinitely postponing the launch of its GISAT-1 Earth Observation (EO) weather satellite. The launch, which was originally scheduled for Mar. 5. 2020 has now been indefinitely postponed by the ISRO. Although the ISRO did […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As world economies count their losses due to COVID-19 impact, leaders from the G20 nations today pledged to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to counter the ill-effects of the pandemic. At a virtual summit of the leaders through video conferencing, […]
By Atul Kumar A strong navy packed with aircraft carriers, surface combatants and underwater submarines is indispensable for safeguarding the vital strategic, economic and maritime interests of a country. A strengthened maritime force, moreover, enables a significant advantage to negotiate regional disputes. After Independence, India invested substantially in […]
By Rupali Ghanekar Acknowledging wealth creation for all as a means to build a vibrant economy, the government of India, through various programmes, has appealed to Indian and foreign corporates to invest and grow their businesses in India. Against this backdrop, it would be important to draw attention […]
By Angad Singh If the annual SIPRI data consistently showing India among the top few arms importing nations in the world is a depressing commentary on the state of India’s military-industrial capability and capacity, the 2020 figures bring some cheer. Although India is second only to Saudi Arabia […]
By Lt Gen. P. C. Katoch COVID-19 has stormed the world with fatalities in thousands and over 100,000 infected in 124 countries. Dr. Francis Boyle, who drafted the Biological Weapons Act, says COVID-19 is an offensive Biological Warfare (BW) Weapon that WHO knows about. Bio-war is part of […]
New Delhi: India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh today threw open the draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020 that aims at further increasing indigenous manufacturing and reducing timelines for procurement of defence equipment for the public to receive inputs from the stake-holders. The draft DPP, prepared by a high […]
New Delhi: India today signed a contract with Israel Weapon Industries for buying 16,479 of its ‘Negev‘ light machine guns, meeting a long-standing need to modernise standard issue weapons for its armed forces. “The Acquisition Wing of Ministry of Defence has signed the capital acquisition contract with Israel […]
New Delhi: India will soon buy 83 Tejas Mk1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for its air force that will boost the sagging combat fleet numbers of its fighter jets and energise the depleting order book of the state-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The proposal to buy […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As China blames US for the Coronavirus in Wuhan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave a sense of purpose to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), as he urged member-nations to fight the deadly COVID-19 in a spirit of collaboration. […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: The Indian Army has initiated the procurement process for 100 loiter munition systems and has set September this year as the target for issuing a tender. The required quantity is to be delivered within 18 months of a contract. According to a […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Defence ties between India and the US received a booster shot when President of the United States Donald J. Trump was in New Delhi on Feb. 25. The two nations signed military business deals cumulatively worth nearly $3.5 billion for 24 Lockheed […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India will next week take a decision on the domestic and foreign companies eligible to compete for the $3-billion Naval Utility Helicopters contest, for which the Indian Navy had issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) in February 2019. The Defence Acquisition Council […]
