By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: Chinese Communist Party (CCP)and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) use data collected about Indians, and through mobile 5G networks, as a weapon and these technologies are clearly a spying tool for India‘s northern neighbour, according to experts and thinkers on India’s national security. […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. The writer is a Defence.Capital reader and a military affairs enthusiast. For his other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rohit Verma The ongoing impasse between India and China at the Line of […]
(Editor’s Note: The opinions are that of the writer’s.) By Abhijit Iyer-Mitra India‘s adherence to the “One China“’ policy has arguably been more fervent and stricter than People’s Republic of China‘s own adherence to this policy. Consider this, Taiwanese firms get privileged access in Beijing, trade links between […]
Marillyn A. Hewson becomes company’s executive chairman BETHESDA (U.S.): In a planned leadership transition, experienced chief executive and Gulf War veteran and pilot James D. Taiclet today became president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. He succeeded Marillyn A. Hewson, who has served as chairman, president and CEO […]
New Delhi: India and China are actively engaged through diplomatic and military channels to peacefully resolve the ongoing dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the two sides have said in a sort of relief to the global community. The border tension, with a […]
By Lieutenant General S. L. Narasimhan Starting from 2013, India-China boundary has had a few incidents. Prior to that, only two incidents of importance had occurred post the 1962 war between India and China. They were at Nathu La in 1967 and Sumdrong Chu in 1986. Almost 27 […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today reminded China to honour the five existing bilateral peace agreements between the two countries since 1993, while reiterating that the nation was prepared to protect its sovereignty and national security. Responding to queries over the border stand-off along the Line of […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As world economies count their losses due to COVID-19 impact, leaders from the G20 nations today pledged to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to counter the ill-effects of the pandemic. At a virtual summit of the leaders through video conferencing, […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As China blames US for the Coronavirus in Wuhan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave a sense of purpose to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), as he urged member-nations to fight the deadly COVID-19 in a spirit of collaboration. […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: A week before US President Donald Trump‘s state visit, India today approved the purchase of a $2.6-billion deal to buy Lockheed Martin-made helicopters to shore up its capabilities to counter an increased Chinese warship and submarine presence in the Indian Ocean Region, […]
Lucknow: India’s lone aircraft maker, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), today signaled the future of its business, by signing up with Israeli and Indian firms to carry out marketing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to domestic customers, even as its order book for Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer and […]
New Delhi: US aerospace and defence major Boeing Co. has been steadily ramping up its sourcing from India and expanding its suppliers network, contributing to the ‘Make in India‘ and ‘Skill India‘ initiatives of the government, the company said today. Ahead of the Indian Ministry of Defence‘s signatue […]
New Delhi: Indian company Jindal Defence, part of O P Jindal Group, today announced its advent into small arms manufacturing in India. In a move aimed towards empowering indigenous manufacturing, Jindal Defence has signed a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Taurus Armas S.A., of Brazil for manufacturing an […]
New Delhi: India and Brazil today agreed to work jointly on cyber-defence and defence systems, among others, and on an action plan to strengthen their strategic partnership that could shape the way the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) could be reformed. After a bilateral meeting between the visiting […]
New Delhi: Israeli CONTROP Precision Technologies Limited, a company specialising in electro-optics and infrared (EO/IR) for defence and homeland security solutions, has won a tender from India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the supply of its iSky-50HD systems, for use on unmanned air platforms. The iSky-50HD […]
