New Delhi: India’s highest defence procurement decision-making panel will take up for approval a navy proposal to buy 10 Boeing P8I surveillance aircraft for a whopping $3 billion, people with knowledge of the meeting agenda said today. The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, […]
New Delhi: India’s Narendra Modi government has approved procurement proposals worth Rs 4,09,244 crore ($57 billion) since taking office for the first time in May 2014 till September this year. “The government, in the last five years, that is, from 2014-15 to 2018-19 and in the current year […]
New Delhi: The Indian Navy is planning to buy 50 Electronic Charts and Planning Systems (ECPS) for operational planning centres ashore and on board its warships. The navy has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to the global vendors so as to prepare for a tender to buy […]
Washington: The United States today approved a $1-billion sale of big naval guns for India’s navy. The Trump administration’s State Department “made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale” to Indian Navy of up to 13 MK 45 5-inch/62-calibre (MOD 4) naval guns and related equipment worth […]
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: India has signed a cumulative $5.67-billion defence offset from 21 contracts with foreign companies in the last three years. This would mean the Narendra Modi government clinched overseas deals worth at least $20 billion during the period, bringing benefits to the local industry India’s defence offset […]
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 has established a joint venture between two state-run enterprises to produce 60,000 tonnes-a-year of high end aluminium alloy used in the strategically important aerospace, aviation and defence sectors. India’s defence ministry-run Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) and mining ministry-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) have […]
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 […]
INS Hansa (Goa): An Indian Navy combat jet today crashed following its engines going up in flames after a bird hit soon after take-off from the air base here. The two pilots ejected to safety after directing the aircraft away from populated areas of Goa. The accident occurred […]
New Delhi: The Indian Navy is planning to set up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) lab for its Combat Management System (CMS) projects. The Indian Navy has invited a limited tender for setting up of the AI and ML lab for the CMS projects including […]
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 […]
Mumbai: India’s government-owned Cochin Shipyard Limited has signed the Phase-3 contract for the construction of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier. The announced led to the company (BSE: COCHINSHIP) witnessing a spike in prices of 5.28 per cent, closing at Rs. 409.5 on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday than […]
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’s efforts to locally develop an Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system for its futuristic indigenous diesel-electric submarine got a boost, with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) operationalising a land-based prototype at Ambernath in Maharashtra today. Air Independent Propulsion has a force multiplier effect on […]
