Why India’s Domestically-Made Tejas Fighter Jets May Be in Trouble
The Tejas is India’s homemade replacement for its many aging MiG fighters. It is not bad, but it does have a lot of problems. In 2016 the Indian Navy rejected the domestically built Te... Read more
Mission Shakti Chief takes Aim with ‘Smaller, but Lethally Accurate’ Weapons for the Future
The evolution of warfare was laid out for science enthusiasts, with U Raja Babu, project director, Mission Shakti, DRDO, Hyderabad, insisting that “smaller, but lethally accurate” is the way... Read more
Afghanistan Drawdown Mustn’t Precipitate a Crisis, India tells US
Ahead of the Afghanistan peace deal, and in the just concluded Indo-US summit, India conveyed to the US that it must not fritter away gains made in the past 19 years with a hasty withdrawal.... Read more
HAL Offers New Multirole Chopper to Indian Armed forces
State-run Hindustan Aeronautics on Thursday offered an indigenous multirole helicopter to the Indian armed forces for replacing its medium lift choppers such as MI-17s, Kamovs and Seakings.... Read more
F-35s for India: Is America About to Make a Big Stealth Sale?
New Delhi still likes Russian technology, but Washington is trying to make a sale and enhance American-Indian ties. If a deal happens, it will further remove India from Russia’s influe... Read more
36 Rafale Aircraft will not be Adequate for IAF: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria
The 36 Rafale fighter aircraft will not provide the Indian Air Force a complete solution and there is a need to develop indigenous weapons and technology which will be a major “gamechanger”... Read more
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s Light Combat Helicopters Production Hangar at Bengaluru. The Defence Minister also took to... Read more
Develop ‘Better Understanding’ Before Jumping into Conclusions: India Tells UN Rights Body
India on Thursday “encouraged” the UN’s human rights body to develop a “better understanding and appreciation” of the freedoms and rights that are guaranteed an... Read more
DRDO Decay Part 1: Keeping End Users in Dark, Poor Planning, Flouting of SOPs Hurt UAV Projects, Reveals CAG Test Audit
A test audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General examining the working of Aeronautical Development Establishment reveals that the lab is taking up projects aimlessly without any fo... Read more
Defence Exports at Rs 35k Crore by 2024: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday projected that the annual Indian defence exports will touch Rs 35,000 crore by 2024 from the current level of Rs 17,000 crore, looking at the capac... Read more