New Delhi: India today named Air Marshal R. K. S. Bhadauria to take over the responsibility of heading its Air Force after the present chief retires on Sep. 30. “(The) government has decided to appoint Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, presently Vice Chief of Air Staff […]
Mumbai: Indian Navy today added a booster shot to its under-water warfare capabilities, by receiving delivery of the second Scorpene-class submarine ‘Khanderi’, which is to be commissioned by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh on September 29 at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) here. The ‘Acceptance Document’ was […]
Bengaluru: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today scripted history by becoming the first defence minister of the country to fly the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), christened ‘Tejas’. Rajnath Singh undertook a 30-minute sortie in the multi-role fighter aircraft developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation […]
New Delhi: India has tested indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully yesterday off the coast of Odisha into the Bay of Bengal. The missile was launched from an Indian Air Force‘s Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft as a part of user trials, a Ministry of Defence statement said. The live […]
New Delhi: India’s Narendra Modi government has targeted a $26-billion defence industry by 2015, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh said today. The target is expected to boost the sagging economy of the country. which has seen the Gross Domestic Product growth decelerating to an over five-year low at […]
New Delhi: A Delhi-based defence research and development laboratory has designed a new generation war gaming software in collaboration with the Visakhapatnam-based Maritime Warfare Centre to meet the contemporary operation and tactical level requirement of the Indian Navy. The Institute for Systems Studies and Analysis (ISSA), a premier […]
New Delhi: In what’s been described as a golden letter day in Indian naval aviation history, the Light Combat Aircraft (Navy) today successfully carried out its first-ever arrested landing at the shore-based test facility at the naval air station INS Hansa in Goa. Developed indigenously by Defence Research […]
New Delhi: India’s state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited today signed a 53.57 billion rupees (Rs 5,357 crore/$755 million) contract to supply seven squadrons of the indigenous Akash air defence missile systems to the Indian Air Force. In a stock exchange filing, the company said this was a turnkey contract […]
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh here today, accorded approval for capital procurement for the armed forces worth 20-billion rupees (Rs 2,000 crore/$282-million). Maintaining focus on the ‘Make in India‘ initiative, the DAC accorded approval for indigenous development and production […]
New Delhi: India today signed a deal with Russia for upgrading and modernising its Delhi-class of warships’ air defence radars and missile systems. The contract between India’s Ministry of Defence and Russian Federation’s JSC Rosoboronexport was signed here for the modernisation of ‘Air Defence Complex Kashmir and Radar […]
New Delhi: A new Indian government notification said today no industrial or arms license would be required for manufacturing any parts or accessories in the defence sector, unless specifically mentioned in any government circulars or notifications. Here goes the notification in this regard issued by the Ministry of […]
New Delhi: In a major boost for the Indian Army‘s capability building, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully flight tested indigenously developed low-weight, fire-and-forget Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile in the ranges of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The missile was launched from a man portable tripod launcher […]
New Delhi: Cyient, a global engineering and technology solutions company, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United Kingdom-based defence technology firm, QinetiQ’s Target Systems (QTS) to offer avionics products for its unmanned target systems. Cyient will provide advanced manufacturing and electronics engineering […]
Vladivostok: Russian President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on the quay of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island, where the Eastern Economic Forum is being held here today. After that, they boarded the corvette Uragan to travel from Ajax Bay to the Zvezda Shipyard in Bolshoi Kamen. During their visit to the Zvezda Shipyard, the Russian President and the Prime Minister of India learned about […]
Tokyo: India has sought Japanese investments in its defence industry and market, in a bid to boost its ‘Make in India‘ initiative and foreign direct investment. India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, who is on a two-day visit to Japan, met with his counterpart Takeshi Iwaya and later, […]
