Editor’s Note The author argues that the US-2 Amphibian aircraft that has been the centre-piece of Indo-Japan defence hardware cooperation is not operationally very significant. He analyses... Read more
Ahead of the first-ever Jammu and Kashmir investment summit scheduled to be held in spring 2020, officials have told this newspaper that as many as 41 companies have shown interest in invest... Read more
General Manoj Mukund Naravane took charge as India’s 28th Army Chief on 31st December 2019. Outgoing Chief General Bipin Rawat passed on the Chief’s baton to him in a ceremonial event held i... Read more
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) empowered India in 2019 by carrying out the country”s first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test — Mission Shakti — a... Read more
In January 2019, French Defence Minister Florence Parly announced France would commit $2.3 billion to develop an F4 generation of the Dassault Rafale twin-engine multi-role fighter. This wou... Read more
The Indian Navy is working towards upgrading the security infrastructure of its naval airfields by planning to install systems providing continuous surveillance, real time alerting and immed... Read more
Stressing on the need for indigenisation, Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday said that “we will win the future wars with Indian systems.” “I am quite confident... Read more
The Indian Space Research organisation has listed out its major to-do list for next year. Pushing towards a new high, ISRO is planning launch over 10 satellites and will be conducting a numb... Read more
With the signing of the Industry Security Annex agreement between Indian and the US government on Thursday, the contest for the Indian Air Force’s $15 billion fighter jet tender has become m... Read more