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India Clears ₹67,000-Crore Major Defence Capability Boost with MALE Drones, Night Vision, and Air Defence Radars

By defence.capital on August 5, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

On August 5, the Defence Acquisition Council of India approved proposals worth ₹67,000 crore to enhance the operational capabilities of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force and bolster indigenous manufacturing. Key acquisitions include advanced night combat systems, unmanned maritime platforms, mountain radars, and Medium Altitude Long Endurance drones, targeting improved surveillance and strike capabilities.

IMF Loan, Pakistan Army Gain: Soaring Defence Budget Hits Public Hard

By defence.capital on June 16, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Pakistan’s 2025 budget highlights a significant 20% increase in military spending, now at PKR 2.55 trillion, amid severe cuts in health and environmental sectors. Despite IMF bailout conditions for fiscal discipline, the military’s demands, bolstered by conflict fears, overshadow public needs, leaving ordinary citizens to bear the financial burden.

Dassault CEO Shuts Down Pakistan’s Rafale Claims: “Three Shot Down? Not True”

By defence.capital on June 14, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By A Correspondent New Delhi/Paris: French aircraft maker Dassault Aviation‘s chief executive officer Éric Trappier has firmly dismissed Pakistan‘s claim that it downed three Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale combat jets during the May 2025 Operation Sindoor, calling the assertion “inaccurate” and unsupported by facts. Speaking to a […]

India panel to consider buying air defence upgrade, spy planes, midair refuelers for armed forces

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

By A Correspondent New Delhi: India‘s highest defence procurement body is all set to approve key purchases for bolstering capabilities, including air defence systems, surveillance aircraft, and mid-air refuellers, in June 2025. According to Indian media reports, quoting unnamed government officials, the Indian Army has sent a proposal […]

Interview: How Lohia Aerospace Systems plugs composites gap in India defence industry

By defence.capital on May 31, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

India HAL gets first LCA Tejas Mk1A centre fuselage from VEM Technologies

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

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 […]

India signs $7.5-billion contract with France for 26 Rafale Marine, Dassault to build fuselage facility

By defence.capital on April 28, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

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