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India Army Chief General Dwivedi Calls for Shared Defence Innovation, Says ‘No Nation Stands Secure Alone’

By defence.capital on November 4, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

At the India Defence Conclave 2025, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi emphasized the importance of shared defence innovation and collaborations for enhancing India’s military capabilities against evolving threats. He highlighted moving from dependence to dominance through strategic partnerships, dual-use technologies, and civil-military fusion, asserting that operational efficiency is critical for future warfare.

American Military Analyst on Operation Sindoor: Victory for India, Defeat for Pakistan, Loss for China Arms Industry

By defence.capital on May 30, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By John Spencer India’s transformation into a modern defence power began in 2014, when Prime Minister Modi launched the “Make in India” initiative. The goal was clear: reduce dependence on foreign arms imports and build a world-class domestic defence industry. The policy incentivised joint ventures, opened the defence […]

Operation Sindoor: India accepts Pakistan request for ceasefire, with American push

By defence.capital on May 10, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India, on May 10, 2025, accepted Pakistan‘s request for a ceasefire under Operation Sindoor following a United States backchannel diplomacy to stop military operations of the last four days. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in a statement, said the Director General of […]

India Navy buys dual-role BrahMos missiles for $210 million

By defence.capital on September 22, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

By A Correspondent New Delhi: India today decided to buy dual-role BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles for the navy, providing an impetus to the indigenous defence manufacturing mission set by the government. The deal was signed between the Ministry of Defence and BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) here for […]

India plays catch up with China on S-400, thanks to Russia. Next critical US move awaited

By defence.capital on November 15, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India‘s missile muscle got a boost with its all-weather friend Russia helping the nuclear-armed South Asian giant to catch up in air defence capabilities with its arch rival China. India and China are currently in a military faceoff in the Ladakh region […]

India opens new defence manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh industrial corridor

By defence.capital on November 13, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India‘s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today operationalised a private sector defence manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) in Lucknow. The facility, run by Aerolloy Technologies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of PTC Industries Limited, will manufacture parts for aircraft engines, helicopter engines, […]

Hypersonic challenge: India should look at BrahMos missile for collaboration model

By defence.capital on October 6, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lt Gen Prakash Katoch. The United States identifies Russia as its top adversary. On Jul. 19, 2021, the Russian frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov’, sailing […]

Godrej Aerospace delivers 200 sets of BrahMos airframe assemblies

By defence.capital on September 28, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, announced today that its business Godrej Aerospace handed over the 200th set of the stealth universal supersonic cruise missile airframe assemblies to BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) for use in its missile systems. “The delivery will […]

Godrej & Boyce partners with DRDO to manufacture Oxygen generators

By defence.capital on September 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Mumbai: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, today announced that one of its businesses, Godrej Precision Engineering, has received an order from the state-run Defence Bio-engineering and Electromechanical Laboratory, (DEBEL) to manufacture oxygen generators to support India’s oxygen buffer plan. DEBEL is a Bengaluru-based […]

Uttar Pradesh defence corridor in India gets $30-million investment from two firms

By defence.capital on September 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: The upcoming Defence Corridor in India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, will not only host bigger companies manufacturing drones and missiles, but also firms that make cartridges for small arms used by the security forces such as assault rifles, sniper rifles, and carbines, frames for polymer frame […]

India ministry confers Green Channel status on L&T Defence

By defence.capital on December 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India‘s leading engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate Larsen & Toubro‘s (L&T’s) defence arm was today awarded the coveted ‘Green Channel‘ status for major naval weapon delivery systems. The Ministry of Defence‘s (MoD’s) Directorate General Quality Assurance (DGQA) accorded the status to […]

India test fires BrahMos cruise missile in anti-ship mode, hits bullseye

By defence.capital on December 1, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India today successfully fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in an anti-ship mode, hitting bullseye on the intended target, in a test conducted live by the navy from a destroyer. This was part of a series of tri-service BrahMos tests conducted in the last one week, […]

Warning to China: India Navy newest warship successfully tests BrahMos cruise missile

By defence.capital on October 18, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: Two years after its commissioning, Indian Navy‘s newest destroyer INS Chennai today validated its arming with the world’s first supersonic cruise missile with a successful test-firing of the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos. The missile, fired from on board the 7,500-tonne warship, hit its intended surface target […]

DAY NOTE: India Modi to open Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh

By defence.capital on October 3, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

India Aerospace & Defence Daynote: Oct. 3, 2020 WHAT TO WATCH India Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh, to provide all-weather connectivity to army and civilians in the region.Oct. 3, 2020. 10 AM India Time. India Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Manali, visiting […]

Key local technology boosts India BrahMos cruise missile

By defence.capital on September 30, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India‘s domestic companies contributed a major, indigenously developed technology to literally boost the BrahMos cruise missile that was successfully tested today. The BrahMos, a India-Russia joint venture, featured an India-made propulsion system, air frame, power supply and other major indigenous components, indicating a major localisation of […]

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