By N. C. Bipindra Stockholm/New Delhi: A new nuclear arms race is accelerating across the globe, with South Asia and East Asia emerging as major flashpoints, according to the SIPRI Yearbook 2025, released June 16, 2025, by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The report warns of rising […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India is ramping up its space defence play with a new satellite surveillance programme to detect and counter foreign snooping efforts. According to Indian media reports, the Ministry of Defence is finalising plans to deploy a dedicated constellation of satellites by 2026 — […]
By N. C. Bipindra In the wake of India’s Operation Sindoor against terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in May 2025, what stood out was the indigenous military systems that defended civilians and military infrastructures against Pakistani missiles, drones, and artillery fire. The effectiveness of Indian military […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): In a significant boost to India’s indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received the first centre fuselage assembly for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A from Hyderabad-based VEM Technologies on May 30, 2025. India’s Secretary (Defence Production), Sanjeev […]
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 […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India’s military technology agency, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), opened a Quantum Technology Research Centre (QTRC) on May 27, 2025, to boost the nation’s capabilities in strategic and defence applications of the emerging technology. DRDO Chairman and Department of Defence R&D Secretary […]
By N. C. Bipindra In a significant push to enhance indigenous defence capabilities and foster a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem, India approved the execution model for its ambitious fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme on May 27, 2025. The decision comes just days after India’s indigenous […]
By An Indian Air Force Veteran As an Indian Air Force (IAF) veteran, one reflects with immense pride on the unprecedented and decisive role played by the IAF in compelling the Pakistani forces to seek a ceasefire a mere 90 hours after the initiation of full-scale offensive air […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, 2025, warned Pakistan of a nuclear catastrophe, referencing the 1974 and 1998 Indian nuclear weapons tests, albeit in a veiled threat, by talking of Gautama Buddha‘s birth anniversary today and Shakti (Power) in the same […]
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 […]
By A Correspondent (ADDS: India Ministry of External Affairs briefing video at 5:30 pm on May 8, 2025) New Delhi: India on May 8, 2025, successfully defended its 15 border towns using its Russian-origin S-400 and indigenous Akash air defence missiles, as Pakistan targeted them with missiles. A […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: At a media briefing in New Delhi on May 7, 2025, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri issued a formal statement on India’s Operation Sindoor as a punitive military action against Pakistan‘s terror infrastructure in response to the Apr. 22, 2025, terror attack in […]
By N. C. Bipindra (ADDS: Media briefing by India at 10:30 a.m. on May 7, 2025, and additional background.) New Delhi: India punishes Pakistan again. This time, India’s army and air force carried out coordinated precision strikes on nine terror camp locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, targeting […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has signed an INR 64,000-crore (~US$7.5 billion) government-to-government contract with France to buy 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets for the Indian Navy aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya. Under the deal, French plane-maker Dassault Aviation shall build a fuselage production […]
Quest Global‘s Venkata Sai Kolisetti talks to Defence Capital editor N. C. Bipindra about his company’s unique selling proposition, its strategy, and how it retains aerospace and defence customers for the long run. New Delhi/Hyderabad: Quest Global, started in 1997 by its chief executive officer Ajit Prabhu, began […]
