By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India is keeping a decision to cancel a deal for five warships at bay to see if the beleaguered Reliance Naval Engineering Limited (RNEL) is able to revive itself or if a take-over of the debt-ridden shipyard can happen so that the […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: Chinese Communist Party (CCP)and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) use data collected about Indians, and through mobile 5G networks, as a weapon and these technologies are clearly a spying tool for India‘s northern neighbour, according to experts and thinkers on India’s national security. […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As the world economies, shaken by COVID-19, look to relocate their manufacturing facilities from China, India today urged the member-states of a Bay of Bengal regional group to seize the opportunity to drive the industry shift to the region. “The shock of the […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence will now on issue digital No Objection Certificates (NOC) to power, oil and gas exploration projects in the nation’s territorial waters. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh launched an online platform https://ncog.gov.in/modnoc/home.html for the purpose today in the presence of junior minister Shripad […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army is scouting for multi-purpose tools to arm its infantry soldiers and an open tender will be issued soon for procuring them. Multi-purpose tools will form a part of an individual soldier’s personal equipment. The Indian Army’s Master General of Ordnance branch has on […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army‘s infantry men would be receiving a new set of ballistic helmets, as the Ministry of Defence desires to buy 100,000 of the new personal protection gear with a tender to be tentatively issued in Feb. 2021. The Indian Army’s Infantry Directorate has issued […]
New Delhi: The anti-submarine warfare capability of the Indian Navy received a major boost today with the conclusion of a contract for Advanced Torpedo Decoy System ‘Maareech‘ capable of being fired from all front line warships. Designed and Developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) and […]
New Delhi: India today approved a proposal to allow private sector participation in the Space sector, an historic reform announced by the Narendra Modi government a month ago in a bid to kick-in self-reliance and technological advancement critical industrial activities of the country. The move could invite entry […]
By N. C. Bipindra Emotions are currently running high among serving soldiers and retired veterans from the armed forces, as well as among the people of the country who are feeling hurt at the loss of 20 lives of Indian Army personnel in violent clashes with Chinese military […]
By Commander K. P. Sanjeev Kumar (Editor’s Note: A debate is raging on the suitability of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) for an Indian Navy warship. This article is from an expert naval aviator and is a very important contribution for readers to understand the technical issues […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated with a copy of order at the end.) New Delhi: India today extended the time for deliveries from domestic defence contractors by four months in view of the extraordinary nationwide lock down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreign vendors may approach the Indian Ministry of […]
New Delhi: India’s coast guard today inducted a new fast patrol vessel built at an indigenous shipyard, boosting its ability intercept and stop illegal activities in the nation’s territorial waters. One of India’s top state-run domestic shipyard, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) delivered Indian Coast Guard Ship […]
New Delhi: India has notified a new set of draft rules for operating unmanned aircraft, making it mandatory for all drones to be registered with the civil aviation authorities and proposing penalties for violations, including license cancellation. Any objections or amendments to the notification should be sent to […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) today said it has begun talks with workers unions of ordnance factories to address their concerns over corporatisation plans announced by the government last year. A high-level officials committee of the Department of Defence Production has taken the initiative to have […]
New Delhi: India today placed an indent for supply of 156 upgraded BMP Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICVs) for Rs 1,094 crore ($145 million) on state-run ordnance factories, in what is seen as a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s call for going ‘vocal for local‘ made-in-India military products. […]
