Sweden Pitches Gripen as ‘Extremely Cost Effective’ Option for India’s Fighter Jet Programme
Sweden’s Gripen fighter jet is an “extremely cost effective” option for India’s plan to acquire 114 multi-role combat planes and its manufacturer Saab International is fully prepared to deve... Read more
Gotabaya’s India Visit: Modi Announces $50 Million Anti-Terror Aid, $400 Million Line of Credit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a $50 million aid to Sri Lanka to tackle terrorism. The announcement was made after PM Modi and Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa held ‘... Read more
Critical Test for Submarine-Launched Nuclear Missile this Weekend
India is set to test fire its most potent nuclear deterrence missile over this weekend in the Bay of Bengal, which will demonstrate a survivable second strike capability to target all potent... Read more
The Indian Army took foreign defence attaches from 26 countries on a tour to a front-line division of Eastern Command in Arunachal Pradesh to familiarise them with the prevailing situation i... Read more
India, Nepal must seek mutually acceptable solutions to controversy over new map
The notion of boundaries as lines drawn on a map is a recent concept — as is the nation state. This is particularly true in the Subcontinent, where empires and kingdoms shaded into one anoth... Read more
Approval for $910-mn global tender for 14 Coast Guard long-range choppers on the cards
The Indian Coast Guard programme to acquire 14 Twin Engine Heavy Helicopters (TEHH) is finally set to take off, with the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) slated to consider approval for iss... Read more
In a big boost to the armed forces, the Indian Navy on Thursday successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Arabian Sea. The state-of-the-art missile which can trave... Read more
The Indian Army successfully fired two newly acquired Spike LR (long-range) anti-tank missiles at the Infantry School, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh on November 28. The firing was witnessed by Chief... Read more
Indo-Sri Lankan Joint Military Exercise ‘Mitra Shakti 2019’ to Begin in Pune this Week
The 7th edition of India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise, Exercise ‘Mitra Shakti 2019’ is scheduled to be conducted at the Foreign Training Node (FTN) in Pune from 1 to 14 December. The 6t... Read more
Def Min: 72 Joint Exercises Conducted by Army, 39 by Navy, 21 by Air Force in 3 years
New Delhi: The Indian Army Conducts routine military exercises every year. Exercise ‘Him Vijay’ was one such endeavour. It was conducted to validate operational capabilities of our combat fo... Read more