China Tests New Tank, Cannon in Military Drill Along Tibet Border
China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) has begun a major military exercise in the high-altitude border areas of Tibet, deploying latest weapons including a new lightweight tank and anti-aircra... Read more
India to Soon Conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight Test Flights of Drones to Draft New Regulations for Long-Range UAVs
India will soon conduct ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight’ (BVLOS) test flights of drone systems for the creation of new regulations that will have provisions for long-range Unmanned... Read more
India believes Pakistan will once again wriggle out of being ‘blacklisted’ by terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) despite global pressure on Islamabad, sources told... Read more
US-Iran Conflict: An Unstable Gulf Region Could Hurt India, Say Experts
Sharing his views Brig SK Chatterji (retd) says “In Iraq, Hezbollah backed militias have fired rockets at a US base in Balad, Iraq. They have asked Iraqi forces to stay away from US bases. A... Read more
The MQ-9 Reaper drone and the Hellfire missile: One a high-flying, silent and deadly unmanned aircraft that made its first appearance in 2001, the other a staple missile of US military aircr... Read more
Thousands of Marines With 26th MEU End Exercise, Head to Mediterranean Sea Amid Rising Middle East Tensions
The U.S. has ended a planned exercise with the Moroccan military to send roughly 2,500 Marines into the Mediterranean Sea as tensions between the U.S. and Iran rise, a defense official confi... Read more
CDS Bipin Rawat to Attend Key Meet on Jan 17
General Bipin Rawat will attend his first Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting in his new role as the Chief of Defence Staff on January 17, a senior government officer said on Monday. R... Read more
India plans to ring in its own era of space-to-space tracking and communication of its space assets this year by putting up a new satellite series called the Indian Data Relay Satellite Syst... Read more
HSL Plans Bid for Submarine Project
Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) is laying the ground to bid for and win the contract to build at least six submarines for Indian Navy, in partnership with Adani group, even as it is focused on... Read more
After Russia Protests, MoD to Take Call on $2.5 bn Deal
The defence ministry is set to take a call on a $2.5-billion purchase of new air defence systems for the Army after Russia strongly protested the selection of a South Korean manufacturer and... Read more