Indian Navy to Get Second Aircraft-Carrier by 2021
India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), Vikrant ‘is alive’ and in an advanced stage of construction. It will be ready for delivery by February 2021, according to Vice Admiral A K Sa... Read more
Army’s Three Rs Plan Gets Going
Restructuring, resizing and reorganisation of the Indian Army, conceived and debated since 2016 (the DB Shekatkar Committee report, four different studies undertaken by Army HQ) is now getti... Read more
Union Budget 2019-20: Policy Roadmap for Defence would Matter More than the Numbers
The Union Budget is not just about numbers; it is also an important statement of how the government intends to fulfil its election-time promises and deal with other sector-specific issues. C... Read more
Pakistani Defence Budget: A Close Crop, Not a Crew Cut
Pakistan’s expenditure on its armed forces seemed to be have plateaued when the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Chief Major General Asif Gafoor announced that the Pakistani armed forc... Read more
How AI Will Transform Anti-Submarine Warfare
In just about every submarine movie, there’s a scene where the heroes, aboard one sub, engage the villains, in another, in some sort of deep-sea shootout. Neither side knows exactly where th... Read more
Amphibious Wings for the Navy and Coast Guard: US-2i Back on Track
The Japanese ShinMaywa US-2i amphibious aircraft for the Indian Navy is back on track after leaders of India and Japan met on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Highly placed... Read more
5G Roll Out: “Bolt” Causing the Blues
“So the universe is constantly moving in the direction of higher evolutionary impulses, creativity, abstraction, and meaning.”- Deepak Chopra The surfers rejoice at the thought of enhanced ‘... Read more
Amid Budget Talks, Remember that America’s Defense-Industrial Base is Indispensable
As Congress takes up the annual defense budget, it is worth acknowledging the comfort and quality of life to which we are accustomed owes its legacy in no small part to the collaborative for... Read more
Navy is Vital for India’s Future Security
‘Notwithstanding the realisation among the Indian leadership to build up its navy for the force’s expanding role, the Indian Navy was allocated only 15% of the interim defence bu... Read more
Airbus Helicopters and Indian helicopter major Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19th Jun 2019 to “collaborate on the future introduction of two new cate... Read more