Singapore: India today agreed to allow Singapore to use its missile testing facility at Chandipur off Odisha coast, in what is seen as the first time ever a foreign country gets access to the highly secure installation. The two nations also signed a Letter of Intent to conclude […]
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has approved purchase of $260-million worth of defence equipment, including an anti-tank missile, from the Indian industry, the Parliament of India was informed today. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by the defence minister, has given approval of Capital procurement for the […]
New Delhi: India plans to roll out its first indigenous fifth-generation combat aircraft in five years of project approval, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman Dr G. Satheesh Reddy has said. The DRDO will aim to deliver the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), as the Indian fifth […]
Bangkok: India is committed to achieving $26-billion defence industry by 2025, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today said at an industry event here, exhorting global arms manufacturers to join the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Narendra Modi government. Speaking at the ‘India Rising’ event, organised by the […]
Bangkok: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh is here to attend the 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) and he used that occasion today to talk improved defence ties with Thailand, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, apart from his earlier meeting with the US defense secretary Dr Mark […]
Bangkok: India‘s vision for the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly converging with that of the United States to ensure a rules-based order and respect for territorial integrity of nations, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh said today. In his bilateral meeting with USA Secretary of Defence Dr Mark T. Esper […]
New Delhi: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today arrived in Bangkok to join his counterparts from the South East Asian nations for a crucial meeting ahead of a military exhibition. Rajnath Singh will be in Thailand’s capital on Nov. 17 and 18, when he will attend the […]
New Delhi: India today opened a new bridge over River Sisseri at Lower Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state bordering China, which claims the territory as its own and has fought a war in 1962 over the dispute. This bridge will boost mainland connectivity – both […]
Snap Shot Court corrects previous judgment that had errors regading CAG report on Rafale Court says satisfied on Rafale pricing, which was marginally lower that earlier offer Court accepts ex-Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s apology for politicising judgment New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today rejected and dismissed […]
INS Hansa (Goa): India’s locally built Light Combat Aircraft‘s (LCA) naval variant has achieved the milestone of arrested landing during the night at the Shore Based Test Facility here on Nov. 12. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tweeted from its official handle on Twitter that the […]
New Delhi: India aims to fund 250 startups in the defence sector and achieve 50 tangible innovations over the next five years and is seeking approvals for Rs 500 crore ($70 million) budget for the programme, Defence Production Secretary Subhash Chandra said today. Chandra was addressing the inauguration […]
Moscow: India’s Rajnath Singh and Russia’s General Sergei Shoigu met here today when the protocol was signed, an Indian government statement said. However, the details of the protocol were not made public. Here are the top eight takeaways from the bilateral meeting of the 19th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission […]
New Delhi: Exemptions under Customs Duty and Goods and Service Tax on defence equipment bought by Indian armed forces could save up to Rs 60,000 crore ($8.5 billion) of the military budget over a five-year period, the Economic Times reported today. This saving could be used by the […]
By Roby Thomas After spending a day at sea on board INS Vikramaditya, on Sep. 29, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conveyed the essence of sea power by referring to the aircraft carrier as the “Sikandar of Samundar” (emperor of the seas). This statement assumes significance in the context […]
New Delhi: India and the US are making last ditch efforts to revive an already dead Defence Technology and Trade Initiative between the two nations and have signed a ‘Statement of Intent’ at today’s meeting to work on seven futuristic projects, including drone swarms. A sample of the […]