New Delhi: India today appointed General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff, as the first-ever Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Rawat will take over his new role in the government tomorrow. On Saturday, the Narendra Modi government had amended the laws pertaining to the army, navy and air […]
Snapshot CDS to handle, prioritise procurement of three services, but capital acquisition will be governed by prevelant rules Post to go to a four-star officer, with permanent position on par with forces chiefs Will be the secretary of the newly created department of military affairs To be the […]
New Delhi: India today named counter-insurgency operations expert Lt Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane as the next Chief of Army Staff of the 1.4-million force beginning new year 2020. Navavane, who had taken over as the Vice Chief of Army Staff in September this year, will succeed incumbent General […]
New Delhi: India will soon begin induction of a new assault rifle from the American firm SiG Sauer‘s stable for its soldiers posted along the Pakistan and China border, almost 15 years after it first began a search for new infantry weapons to replace the indigenous INSAS rifles. […]
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 […]
New Delhi: India’s defence manufacturers have come together to launch an export-focused industry body to expand the scope of business opportunities abroad. The ‘Indigenous Defence Equipment Exporters Association’ (IDEEA), a non-profit association under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, was launched today here, in the presence of […]
