By N. C. Bipindra This day a year ago, on June 15, 2020, Indians woke up to one of the worst military news that they have heard in recent years from the non-delineated borders with Communist China-occupied Tibet. That day, Information trickled in from Ladakh that 20 Indian […]
India’s Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this exclusive interview that in the coming years, the force will buy locally made small arms and ammunition and will shun dependence on foreign sourcing for personal weapons of soldiers. Ques. India […]
New Delhi: India has locally developed a 9mm machine pistol through indigenous collaborative efforts by the defence scientists and infantry men, a model that could be considered apt for design and development of future weapons and military systems. The 9mm machine pistol — named ‘Asmi‘ that means ‘Pride’, […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India signing a deal for 93,895 Close Quarter Battle carbines will be a key milestone for United Arab Emirates‘ CARACAL to invest 49 per cent in a Joint Venture with a domestic manufacturer with full technology transfer, the company’s top executive has […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a bid to boost training of its infantry soldiers, the Indian Army is scouting for an Indian vendor to supply 66 all-weapon simulators that can help hone the skills in firing all standard weapons including pistols, carbines, rifles, light machine gun […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Gearing up for future threat from China and Pakistan, two belligerent adversaries in the neighbourhood, India seeks expression of interest from local industry to develop armament upgrade packages for 811 Russian-origin infantry combat vehicles in service with the army. The move comes […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army has sought vendor responses to buy 804 night sights with thermal imaging capability for 30mm automatic anti-personnel grenade launchers, to enhance their utilisation during operations. The AGS-30 — as the grenade launcher is called in the Infantry Directorate — engagements at present are […]
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 […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India is scouting for Micro Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (Micro RPAS) for its army’s infantry and plans to buy 150 of them through a tender that will be out by May 2021. The Micro RPAS (Type B) will be used by the […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: The Indian Army has initiated the procurement process for 100 loiter munition systems and has set September this year as the target for issuing a tender. The required quantity is to be delivered within 18 months of a contract. According to a […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s infantry soldiers will soon get to deploy a third generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) designed and developed by the domestic industry, as the army seeks to identify vendors to manufacture 2,330 missiles and 101 launchers, with six simulators for training purposes. […]
New Delhi: India will soon begin induction of a new assault rifle from the American firm SiG Sauer‘s stable for its soldiers posted along the Pakistan and China border, almost 15 years after it first began a search for new infantry weapons to replace the indigenous INSAS rifles. […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army has successfully fired two newly acquired Spike LR anti-tank missiles, people familiar with the matter said on Nov. 28, 2019. Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat, along with other infantry leadership, witnessed the user trial on Nov. 27, 2019 at Mhow in Madhya […]
New Delhi: Driven by budgetary constraints and the need for faster modernisation of the armed forces, India today cut down its purchase of Boeing Co. P8I aircraft by 40 per cent to just six, instead of the navy’s projected need for 10, people with knowledge of the matter […]
