New Delhi: India today said it has put in place simplified procedures for guarantees of foreign banks submitted by defence contractors during tenders, to speed up military acquisitions. “The Acquisition Wing of (the) Ministry of Defence (MoD) has promulgated a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to facilitate clarity in […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Dr S. Jaishankar We are all here virtually to remember Manohar Parrikar, who would have turned 65 years old today. It is natural for us to express our feelings and recall our associations. I myself had the opportunity of working with him as Foreign Secretary. Quite apart […]
New Delhi: India and the United States today signed a long-pending agreement for geospatial cooperation that will provide a deadlier edge to Indian missile systems, even as they decided to hold the inaugural Industrial Security Annex (ISA) summit later this year to further cement the two nation’s defence […]
By Lieutenant General S. L. Narasimhan Starting from 2013, India-China boundary has had a few incidents. Prior to that, only two incidents of importance had occurred post the 1962 war between India and China. They were at Nathu La in 1967 and Sumdrong Chu in 1986. Almost 27 […]
New Delhi: India has set a target of $5 billion defence exports by 2025 and to achieve this target, the Narendra Modi government has taken several steps and carried out reforms in the policy, enabling seven-fold growth in defence export authorisation in the last two years. The measures […]
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 […]
