New Delhi: India has set a target of $26-billion defence industry by 2025 and to achieve this target, the Narendra Modi government has taken several policy measures through the Ministry of Defence. Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik told members of Parliament of India from the Council […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence today signed a Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion/$2.8 billion) contract with the state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to licence-build 464 additional T-90S main battle tanks for the Indian Army. The indent for the 464 of these tanks were issued to the […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India is taking its fight against insurgents and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir to the next level by deploying robots to do the work, in a bid to save human lives and to achieve accuracy in eliminating threats. The Indian Army today […]
New Delhi: India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, today approved capital procurement plans of the armed forces worth over $466 million (Rs 33 billion/Rs 3,300 crore) for indigenously designed and developed equipment. Providing the much-needed impetus to the ‘Make in India‘ initiative […]
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: India today decided to revise its defence procurement rules, to simplify the acquisition process of arms and ammunition, apart from making the procedures inclusive of the entire military industrial ecosystem. The exercise is to be completed in six months from now. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh […]
By General Bipin Rawat, India’s Chief of Army Staff Snap Shot Have to look beyond state-owned military production, research efforts Startups, Corporate have to join hands for technology infusion Mechanism being worked out for startup involvement in defence sector The Government of India has spoken a lot about […]
New Delhi: India today approved the procurement of next generation long range maritime mobile coastal batteries that would use the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to deliver warhead on inimical forces. The Indian Navy would operate the missile batteries. The decision came at the Defence Acquisition Council meet, the […]
