Gandhinagar: Indian Army today signed agreements with two key security- and space-related academic institutions to promote military research and innovation in key technologies and for training. India’s Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane joined the online event for signing of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with […]
New Delhi: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, announced today that its business Godrej Aerospace handed over the 200th set of the stealth universal supersonic cruise missile airframe assemblies to BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) for use in its missile systems. “The delivery will […]
New Delhi: Pankaj Kumar Singh, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer with qualifications in law and management, today took over as the 29th director general of the world’s largest border-guarding force. Pankaj Singh, a 1988 batch IPS officer from the Rajasthan cadre, has a degree in law and […]
Chennai: India today commissioned a new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) into the coast guard, enhancing the maritime force’s ability to protect national interest in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and showcasing the maturing of its private shipyard owned by Larsen & Toubro into a reliable defence shipbuilder. Minister […]
New Delhi: Providing a boost to indigenous manufacturing in the aerospace and defence sector, India’s coast guard today inducted the domestic industry-made Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), enhancing its air operations capabilities. The ALH inducted into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), the fourth of the Indian armed forces, by […]
New Delhi: India today took a few key decisions that will speed up the way its defence acquisitions are done, including reducing the timelines by half. India’s Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar tweeted the decisions, saying the acquisition wing of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Indian […]
New Delhi/Kolkata/Port Blair: Lieutenant General Manoj Pande, a combat engineer, today took over as the Eastern Army Commander at Kolkata’s Fort William, while Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, a naval combat aviator, assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff at the naval headquarters in New Delhi. There were […]
New Delhi: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a GMR-led consortium, today announced that Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has once again emerged as the ‘Best Airport by Size and Region’ in Asia-Pacific for 2020. The airport’s efforts have been recognised by Airports Council International (ACI) for Airport […]
By N. C. Bipindra Bengaluru: Another good news awaits the local aerospace and defence industry in the form of a $6.5-billion contract signing for 83 Tejas aircraft on day one of the biennial AeroIndia 2021 show tomorrow. This was announced by the Ministry of Defence today, a day […]
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Rakesh Asthana tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that country’s adversaries and anti-national elements within the country are using rapidly changing technologies, equipment, and strategies to destabilise the overall security situation in the country. Ques. The Border Security Force (BSF) observed […]
Indian Coast Guard Director General K. Natarajan, in this exclusive interview ahead of Coast Guard Day 2021, tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that due to increased responsibilities since 2002, the ICG is reviewing manpower, assets, infrastructure, maintenance and repair facilities requirement to meet emerging challenges. Ques. As […]
New Delhi: European military systems firm Thales and India’s missile-maker Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) have signed a teaming agreement to partner on the STARStreak air defence system for the South Asian nation, with support for this tie-up from India and the United Kingdom governments. The teaming agreement was […]
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s state-run defence technology developer, today entered into an arrangement with the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO) to adopt and install the former’s indigenous eco-friendly biodigester units at the latter’s facilities, as a means to conserve water and […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch Tunnels have been recently in Indian news on two counts. An article mentioned Indian Army had dug into Chinese […]
New Delhi: India today successfully fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in an anti-ship mode, hitting bullseye on the intended target, in a test conducted live by the navy from a destroyer. This was part of a series of tri-service BrahMos tests conducted in the last one week, […]
