By N. C. Bipindra In the ‘blow hot-blow cold’ relations between India and Pakistan, unpredictability leaves one gasping for breath. Very often, when it seemed that the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours were finally getting all set to normalise their relations, something goes wrong and returns the ties […]
Sriharikota: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellites today from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. This was the first dedicated launch by state-run NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) under the Department of Space. PSLV-C51 lifted off from the First […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Fulfilling a 12-year-old commitment and a two-year rigorous testing, American aerospace and defence major Boeing Co. today said it has “proved” its F/A-18 combat jet can operate off a ski-jump ramp, giving a boost to its pitch for a possible 57-aircraft Indian […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: The need for artificial intelligence and unmanned systems in maritime surveillance is being increasingly felt because of the regularity with which the indigenous ship-building industry is delivering platforms to the Indian Navy. The increase in the inventory of platforms with the navy comes […]
(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 […]
(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-based think-tank) By Colonel (Dr) N. K. Chhibber The Great Game conceptualised a policy of “buffer zones between the expansionist forces”, in the instant case Russia and British India. Russian southward expansion was intended to be halted somewhere […]
(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-headquartered think-tank.. The views expressed are that of the author’s.) By Commander (Dr) Jayakrishnan N. Nair “Brutality and injustice made us raise our hands towards the sky for years, God didn’t respond to us, but drones came to […]
New Delhi: India and Nepal are two nations with one people and for this reason alone, both sides should work on resolving their differences, including the border row, through talks, and work towards a positive transformation in ties, leading experts from both the nations have said. They were […]
New Delhi: Indian private sector technology company, Dynamatic Technologies Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government’s Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO) to jointly design, develop and manufacture futuristic solutions for defence and aerospace, healthcare and agriculture industries. “Our partnership with CSIO is aligned to Government […]
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 […]
New Delhi: India and the United States today said they will sign a geospatial cooperation agreement tomomrrow that enables sharing of critical satellite communications and data to improve their military interoperability. A statement released by India’s Ministry of Defence after a delegation meeting between Minister of Defence Rajnath […]
New Delhi: India is ready to sign a key geospatial cooperation agreement with the United States later this month that will firmly set their strategic relationship in the Indo-Pacific region, where both are threatened by a common rival in China. India is likely to put a seal of […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated with Australian government’s reaction to the Exercise MALABAR invitation from paragraphs 10 to 14.) New Delhi: The first thought that comes to mind when one hears Australia is joining the trilateral India–United States–Japan maritime exercise later this year: Is QUAD, conceived as a purely diplomatic […]
New Delhi/Washington: The Donald Trump administration has approved a key follow-up support by American defence major Lockheed Martin Corp to India’s C-130J Super Hercules special operations aircraft fleet, in a boost to their bilateral military trade and diplomatic ties, against the backdrop of the flare up with China […]
New Delhi: India today approved the procurement of 72,000 American-origin assault rifles at a cost of $100 million for arming its infantry soldiers, amidst a raging military conflict in northern border with China. This SIG SAUER‘s SIG716 7.62-mm assault rifles purchase is the second tranche of acquisition of […]