Budget Allocation 35 Percent Lower than Required: House panel on Defence
A parliamentary panel on Friday flagged concerns about the India’s military modernisation taking a hit because of inadequate funds made available for buying new weapons and systems in this y... Read more
Treating Pakistan as a Friend was a Critical Error: US Officials in Afghanistan Papers
US officials in the Bush and Obama administrations believe the treatment of “Pakistan as a friend” in the country’s trillion-dollar 18-year-long Afghanistan war was a “critical error”, The W... Read more
Tata’s New Defence Subsidiary Opened in Hyderabad
NISL will be bringing five new defence projects to Hyderabad which include mobile command and controls for Indian Army, mobile VSAT communication shelter, radar and microwave component manuf... Read more
Indian Army, Air Force and Navy must Work Out a Joint Media Policy for Information Warfare
Information is the new oil, and the Indian Army has realised this, albeit a little too late. The Army is finally in the process of changing its 15-year-old media policy. In the age of Facebo... Read more
India Issues RFI For 100 Loitering Munition Systems
The Indian Ministry of Defence has issued a request for information (RFI) to procure 100 loitering munition systems for the Indian Army. In late January this year, Israeli firm UVision Air a... Read more
In Afghanistan, a New ‘Great Game’ With ISIS, ISK and Pakistan is On with a Vengeance
Just days after a hugely publicised US-Taliban ‘peace’ deal, renewed violence ripped through Afghanistan — 76 attacks across 24 provinces — as the Taliban lifted its week-long commitment on... Read more
‘Forthcoming deals can transform US-India security partnership’
The increasing defence and security cooperation between India and the United States is a very important aspect of our strategic partnership,” said Prime Minster Modi last week during the US... Read more
India’s Chandrayaan 2 is Creating the Highest Resolution Map We Have of the Moon
India’s space organization, ISRO, launched Chandrayaan 2 to the Moon last year in July. While its lander Vikram crashed on the lunar surface on September 7, the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter continu... Read more
Caucasian Connections: Why Closer Ties with Armenia Matter a Lot for India
What can a tiny country, a dot on the map, offer a giant one like India? This has been a recurring thought for me since the tiny Caucasian country of Armenia opened up its embassy in New Del... Read more
As the United States and India continue to strengthen their defence trade partnership, the spectre of penalties related to the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (C... Read more