Bengaluru: In a big boost to indigenisation of defence industrial capability, India‘s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) today successfully test-fired a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-i aircraft off the coast of Odisha. The indigenous stand-off weapon developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a laboratory of […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a significant business opportunity for local companies in the beginning of a new year, India today approved the $6.5-billion locally-made combat jets procurement for the air force, boosting the aerospace and defence industry that has been fighting hard against COVID-induced negative […]
India’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this Part-2 of an exclusive interaction earlier this month that India’s national interests, including security interests, are intrinsically linked to the seas and extend across the vast seascape of the Indo-Pacific. Q. The […]
New Delhi: In a boost to armed forces‘ capability to fight the enemy better and to counter inimical forces, three key defence systems developed locally by India‘s defence research agency were inducted into the army, navy and the air force today. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh handed over […]
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, […]