US President Donald Trump has become the seventh US President to visit India since Dwight D. Eisenhower touched down in 1959 to cheering crowds on the tarmac. Six decades later, Trump receiv... Read more
Time to Reform the Armed Forces
The media has widely reported on the battle won for women Army officers; they will now be able to get permanent commission and hold command posts. Though it is not part of the reforms announ... Read more
India to Send Aircraft on Feb 26 to Wuhan to Bring Back Its Citizens After China Gives Clearance
India is likely to send a military transport aircraft to the coronavirus-hit Wuhan on February 26 to deliver relief material and bring back more Indians following a clearance from China, Uni... Read more
Long Wait Over! Indian Armed forces to get High-tech US Armed Drones Equipped with Missiles
These drones are going to help the Indian Navy to expand its monitoring of the Indian Ocean and to further strengthen its surveillance of its coastal boundaries. Preparations are going on to... Read more
Indo-Lanka Training Exercise Concludes
Indian Navy Donier MPA and members of the INA Squadron 313 with their SLN and SLAF counterparts at the end of the training exercise A three-day training exercise involving maritime patrol ai... Read more
Final Contract for AK-203 Assault Rifle Set to Be Finalised Shortly – Top Indian Defence Official
Russian assault rifles will replace the country’s home-made and outdated INSAS rifle. The Indian Army has previously made several attempts to replace the rifle but failed. India and Russia a... Read more
Troops in Afghanistan: India Faces New Options
Praveen Swami wrote in an article that Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, during his recent visit to Delhi for the Raisina dialogue, had asked for the positioning of In... Read more
India’s plans for a 3rd aircraft carrier may have been torpedoed as the defense chief prioritizes new submarines. This decision will shape the Indian Navy’s strengths and weaknesses at... Read more
Donald Trump’s India Visit: Key India-US Defence Deals in Offing?
US President Donald Trump’s maiden official visit to India, on February 24 and 25, could see the finalisation of some important defence deals between the two countries, besides a trade pact,... Read more
India Should Buy the F-15EX From America. Here’s Why.
India has been strengthening its defense relations with the United States to address shared strategic interests in the APAC region by purchasing a number of U.S. weapon systems. In the build... Read more