By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India signing a deal for 93,895 Close Quarter Battle carbines will be a key milestone for United Arab Emirates‘ CARACAL to invest 49 per cent in a Joint Venture with a domestic manufacturer with full technology transfer, the company’s top executive has […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated at 5 pm on Sep. 30 with New DAP 2020 document at the end, and previously updated at 9 pm on Sep. 28 with the defence minister’s remarks and reactions from the industry on DAP-220 at the end.) New Delhi: India’s new acquisition rules for […]
(Editor’s Note: Opinions expressed are that of the writer’s) By Lieutenant Colonel Manoj K. Channan Post June 15/16 clash this year, China and India have reviewed and played up their ‘Perception Management’. The lull in the activities had seen some Indian soldiers in Chinese captivity being released, as […]
By Rahul Bedi The mounting anxiety and steadfast focus on the proliferating Coronavirus pandemic has clearly eclipsed the assortment of material contracts that India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed over the past fortnight, alongside numerous others which are imminent. Starting in late February, when the corona contagion […]
New Delhi: For the first time since buying the American firm Raytheon-made Excalibur precision guided munitions, India’s army today carried out its test-firing with the US-origin M777 Ultra Light Howitzers at the Pokhran field firing range in the Rajasthan desert. Promptly, the US Embassy in the Indian capital […]