Chabahar Port: US Gives ‘Written’ Assurance to India Facilitating Banks to Fund $85 mn Equipment Purchase
The port is of great strategic importance for the development of regional maritime transit traffic to Afghanistan and Central Asia In a big breakthrough, the United States has given a writte... Read more
Ties with Indian Army Improving, Thanks to Modi, Xi Efforts: Chinese PLA
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said on Thursday that its ties with the Indian military are “improving” with the strategic dialogue, practical cooperation and... Read more
No F-35 for You: France’s F4 Generation Dassault Rafale which India Bought won’t be Very Stealthy
In January 2019, French Defence Minister Florence Parly announced France would commit $2.3 billion to develop an F4 generation of the Dassault Rafale twin-engine multi-role fighter. This wou... Read more
Military Gets Rs 1L cr Less from Modi Govt in 2019-20
A cash-strapped Narendra Modi government couldn’t provide more than Rs one lakh crore to the Army, Air Force and Navy in 2019-20, forcing the three services to “reprioritise” their req... Read more
Why Japan’s XF9 Turbofan Engine Program Might have Some Lessons for India’s Kaveri Engine Team
After being snubbed by stiff US export control laws on sharing of 5th generation fighter aircraft technologies, Japan has taken upon itself to develop most of the technologies required for t... Read more
AK-47, M-16, Grenade Launcher Recovered in Aizawl, BSF says Dumped by Myanmar Rebels
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered arms and ammunition from a house in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl near the border with Myanmar. The recovery was made on Tuesday from a house during a re... Read more
7 Things to Know About the Chief of Defence Staff and Why it was Needed
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has green-lit the appointment of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) who will be a four-star General and head the newly-created depar... Read more
India to Study Chinese Draft Framework on Boundary Dispute
India will study a suggestion put forward by China for a draft framework to resolve their protracted boundary dispute — the most contentious issue in bilateral ties between the two countries... Read more
The potential blacklisting of Pakistan by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) could have implications for capital inflows to the country, according to a report released by the... Read more
India May Sign Deal for 20% Cheaper LCA Jets at DefExpo-2020
India is likely to finalise the INR 40,000 crore contract for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas jets, 20% cheaper from previously quoted price, next February at DefExpo-2020 event in Luck... Read more