By Ayaskant Das, Staff Writer New Delhi: India’s $3.15-billion plan to buy 62 Airbus C-295 medium lift transport aircraft for its air force and coast guard is all set to go to the central cabinet for a decision, people familiar with the development said today. The proposal to […]
Snapshot India, Japan to hold first joint fighter aircraft exercise in Japan between their air forces Japan to post an officer at India’s Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region India, Japan to work jointly on Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) and Robotics New Delhi: India’s Minister of Defence […]
New Delhi: Driven by budgetary constraints and the need for faster modernisation of the armed forces, India today cut down its purchase of Boeing Co. P8I aircraft by 40 per cent to just six, instead of the navy’s projected need for 10, people with knowledge of the matter […]
New Delhi: One of India’s four defence shipyards, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), today successfully delivered a Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) to the Indian Coast Guard. This is the second vessel in the series of five FPVs ordered by the Indian Coast Guard from GRSE. GRSE […]
New Delhi: India today commissioned a new Coast Guard vessel at Chennai, built by the local shipyard from Larsen & Toubro. The coastal patrol vessel was christened ICGS Varaha. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, speaking at the commissioning ceremony, called for a proactive coordination among all agencies and […]