DRDO Bets Big on Indigenous Capabilities
The Government aims to take the Indian economy to $10 trillion by 2030, and it believes, defence is one of the sectors that can help in contributing towards this. Echoing the same views, the... Read more
Short of Fighter Planes, Air Force wants HAL to Hasten Production
Faced with a depleting jet fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has suggested to the government that it needed a speedier ‘make in India’ by public sector giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. O... Read more
More than six months after the Center authorized the acquisition of 464 T-90 main battle tanks (MBT) of Russian origin, the Ministry of Defense has placed an order for the entire fleet worth... Read more
2 Bollard Pull Tugs Delivered to Navy
Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) on Wednesday delivered two 10 tonne bollard pull tugs to the Indian Navy. The two tugs, Ananta (Yard 11178) and Atal (Yard 11180), were flagged off to their home... Read more
Airbus Military Offers A 400M to India
With close to securing the final contract worth $ 2 Billion for it’s C295 medium transport aircraft (MTA) from the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), European aerospace... Read more
Seahawks for Navy: India, US to Seal Deal
A US Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter heads out on a search and rescue mission from the USS Kearsarge. Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters India is finally concluding a procurement deal for mul... Read more
India to Host Next Edition of ‘No Money For Terror’ Conference in 2020
India will host the next edition of the ‘No Money For Terror’ conference to be held in 2020, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday. The conference is organised by Financial Intellig... Read more
France’s Dassault Systemes is planning to set up a centre of excellence (CoE) in Gujarat which is aimed at providing high end training to engineers.The proposed centre will come up at Gujara... Read more
40 Tejas Mk1 and 83 Tejas Mk1A will be powered by American developed F404-GE-IN20 after-burning engines to be followed up with F414-GE-INS6 after-burning engines which will be sourced for 20... Read more
United States Space Command: Tasks and Wherewithal
Editor’s Note Assets in space were initially developed as combat support mechanisms for operations conducted on land, sea and air. However, at some stage, these systems in space transgressed... Read more