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 […]
New Delhi: India is preparing a plan for creating an air defence military formation at the top level that will strengthen its capabilities against enemy aircraft, helicopters, drones and missiles. The plan, to be the first task to be taken up by the newly created office of Chief […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Seeking to streamline and modernise its ordnance inventory management, the Indian Army is planning to hand over operations of the Central Ordnance Depots (CODs) to private contractors, aiming to adopt best business practices in warehousing and supply chain, currently prevalent in the […]
New Delhi: India today appointed General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff, as the first-ever Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Rawat will take over his new role in the government tomorrow. On Saturday, the Narendra Modi government had amended the laws pertaining to the army, navy and air […]
New Delhi: India’s Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) has become the first Approved Training Organisation (ATO) in the region to induct a Level-D Full Flight ATR72-600 simulator, with Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) giving certification to its brand new ATR 72-600 simulator. The Full Flight Simulator has […]
New Delhi: India’s largest workers union, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (Hindi, translates to Indian Labour Union), today said it will protest Jan. 3 the proposed corporatisation and disinvestment of the defence Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and state-owned industries, and has called for a stop to Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs). […]
By Ayaskant Das, Staff Writer New Delhi: India plans to procure body armour developed by its army officer indigenously and is readying to identify a global industry to produce the bulletproof jackets, the process for which could begin in March, people with knowledge of the matter said today. […]
New Delhi: A record number of over 880 exhibitors, both domestic and foreign companies, have registered to participate in the DefExpo 2020 to be held in Lucknow in the first week of February, making it the largest ever so far. This information was given by India’s defence ministry […]
Jodhpur: The Indian Air Force (IAF) today finally bid goodbye to the Soviet-era MiG-27 swing-wing fighter fleet. The last of the swin-wing fighter planes, MiG-27 has participated actively in various national and international exercises. It had experienced operations during wartime in 1999 when India carried out a military […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has come out with a set of new guidelines to govern India-Russia Joint Ventures for spares, and committed orders to such business entities are among the attractions. The eight-page policy document envisages allowing even single-vendor situation to sign contracts. Single-vendor situation […]
