Kochi (Kerala): India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1), under construction at the Cochin Shipyard Limited since 2009, is ready to go for basin trials and will be doing its sea trials in mid-2020. This was the takeaway from a review of the construction of the IAC-1 carried out […]
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu): India today opened a new air base here in Tamil Nadu and deployed the first Sukhoi combat jet squadron in South India at the new fighter aircraft station. The new base of the Indian Air Force will focus on defending the peninsular India and for […]
New Delhi: India today test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile with a 3,500-kilometre range from an under-water pontoon, imitating a nuclear-armed submarine. According to a tweet by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the India-made weapon system, codenamed K-4, was fired off the state’s coast. The […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence has postponed its key meeting to discuss and approve procurement proposals of the armed forces worth $12 billion. The meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, was scheduled to happen today, but will now take place […]
New Delhi: Six Indian parliamentarians toured the United Kingdom‘s brand new aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, on Jan. 16, as part of the UK-India Chevening Parliamentarian Fellowship Programme. They were given the opportunity to see the bridge, aircraft hangar, and flight deck of the warship, which is […]
(Correct: An earlier version of the story had called the MBDA a French firm. MBDA is jointly owned by Airbus (37.5%), BAE Systems (37.5%), and Leonardo (25%).) New Delhi: India’s navy has launched a search for a Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SR-SAM) and European firm MBDA has offered […]
Thiruvananthapuram: American firm ANSYS, in association with Indian company Digilog Technologies Private Limited, recently inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Simulation for Space Application (CASSA), to enable fast-track simulation of knowledge and skills. CASSA will impart training, seminars, webinars, demonstration and discussion of advanced simulation technologies from ANSYS. Vikram […]
Hazira (Gujarat): India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today flagged off the 51st K9 VAJRA-T howitzers for the Indian Army manufactured by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at its facility here, marking a success in the ‘make in India’ project for the South Korean-origin weapon system. At the ceremony, […]
New Delhi: India’s Bharat Forge Limited Chairman and Managing Director Baba N. Kalyani participated in a brief webinar in association with Digital India Learning. Kalyani shared his overall perspective on how India’s defence industry has emerged rapidly in last four to five years due to changes in government’s […]
New Delhi: India and Finland today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their defence cooperation, on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue event here. India’s Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Finland Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Jukka Juusti signed the agreement to further defence cooperation […]
New Delhi: India has demonstrated that its indigenous Light Combat Aircraft‘s naval variant can land on board an aircraft carrier and take-off from a ski-jump runway on the flight deck of the warship, in efforts made yesterday and today. On Jan. 11, the naval variant of the Light […]
New Delhi: India’s civil aviation sector is expected to show robust growth with the government planning an investment of $3.5 billion in improving airport infrastructure across the country, even as the aircraft fleet is poised to soon be 2,000-strong. At an event here yesterday to mark the curtain […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India is seeking to purchase 85,000 rounds of 125mm ammunition for its Russian-origin T-72 and T-90 tanks with capability to penetrate adversary’s tank armour protection, in a bid to boost its battle readiness against arch rival Pakistan. The Indian Army‘s Directorate General […]
New Delhi: In a bid to prepare regulatory framework for long-range drones operations, India will soon conduct ‘beyond visual light of sight’ test flights of unmanned aircraft systems. The Narendra Modi government will also begin registering of drones in a few weeks to bring the operators under the […]
