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India, Turkmenistan Discuss Bolstering Defence Ties
Prime Minister Modi met up with President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, during his visitNEW DELHI: India and Turkmenistan today reviewed the bilateral defence ties and looked for ways to enhance...
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Make in India: Defence Procurement Policy may have a Local Production Clause,...
A worker making final touches before the "MAKE IN INDIA" weekMUMBAI: The new defence procurement policy may have mandatory local production clause with technology transfer as part of the government's...
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Pakistan to 'Soon' ask India for Allowing SIT to Visit Pathankot
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will "soon" ask India to allow its team of investigators probing the Pathankot terror attack to visit the site of the assault, the country's Interior Minister said today."We will...
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Homegrown Trainer HTT-40 Readies for Flight Trials
Uncertainty Looms Over Whether the Indian Air Force Will Use ItNEW DELHI — India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) plans to go ahead with development of the homegrown basic trainer HTT-40,...
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U.S. Seeks Congressional Nod for Financing F-16 Sale to Pakistan
Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsAfter notifying Congress of its intention to sell eight F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan, the Obama administration has quickly moved for...
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Private Sector to Make Fighter Jets for India by Year-End: Defence Minister
Defence Minister said that there may be one or two more jet fighter plants, either operational or in the process of being set up, in India in the next three years or soIndia likely to Select fighter...
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CONFIRMED: Private Firms to Help make Kamov Copters
by Ajay BanerjeeSummary:HAL to be lead integratorRussian firm Kamov and HAL will produce 200 Kamov 226-T copters at a cost of Rs 6,500 crIndian side will hold 50.50 pc stake in the venture of which...
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Prithvi-II Fails to Reach Target Due to Technical Snags
by Hemant Kumar RoutBALASORE: The nuclear capable ballistic missile Prithvi-II failed to reach the target during its user trial off the Odisha coast on Tuesday. It was developed by the Defence Research...
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Captive Flight Trials of Anti-Radiation Missile Soon
U.S. Raytheon AGM-88 HARM (High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is currently the standard U.S. anti-radiation missile. A major development goal was a high-speed missile , because this gave enemy radar...
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China Deploys Missiles in Disputed South China Sea
China Sends Surface-to-air Missiles to Contested island in Provocative moveThe Chinese military has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of its contested islands in the South China...
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Sale of F-16 Jets Should not be of Concern to India: Pentagon
"We don't think it should cause concern for India," said Peter Cook, Pentagon Press SecretaryWASHINGTON: The Obama Administration's decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistanshould not be a...
View ArticleIndia to Test-Fire Airborne BrahMos Cruise Missile From Su-30MKI
INS KOLTAKA Firing a BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise MissileBrahMos Aerospace Limited will perform the first test launch of a Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet in...
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Four Absconding SIMI Operatives Wanted by NIA Arrested
These men, led by their leader Faisal and another prisoner, had made an audacious escape from the district jail in Khandwa after scaling a 14-foot wallBHUBANESWAR: Four SIMI operatives, who had escaped...
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UK Defence Procurement Minister Philip Dunne to Visit India Tomorrow
British Minister of State for Defence Procurement Philip Dunne will travel to India tomorrow to meet Defence Minister Manohar ParrikarLONDON: British Minister of State for Defence Procurement Philip...
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Pakistan, US to Hold Strategic Dialogue on February 29
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the US will hold a strategic dialogue this month to enhance cooperation in areas like defence and counter-terrorrism, days after the Obama administration decided to sell eight...
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IDN TAKE: India Ranked World’s 4th Military Power
One of the World's most elite special forces - "THE MARCOS" of Indian Naval HeadquartersIndia is one of the largest military powers on the planet. It has the most active manpower of any country aside...
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Dear Mr Jaitley, Please Allocate 2% of GDP for the Defence Budget
by Gurmeet KanwalAs the army continues to be deployed in large numbers on border management and internal security duties, lack of progress in the replacement of its obsolete weapons and equipment is...
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China Cautions Australia over Defence Cooperation with Japan
SS Soryu Class Submarines, JapanBEIJING: China called on Australia on Wednesday to take into account the feelings of Asian countries as Sydney contemplates buying a fleet of submarines from Japan.In...
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US Flies Four F-22 Stealth Jets in South Korea
This file picture shows F-22 Raptor fighter jet, the same model of aircraft which the US deployed in South Korea on WednesdayThe US has deployed four F-22 stealth jets in South Korea, in a show of...
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Why India must Continue to Oppose the US-Pakistan F-16 Aircraft Deal
New Delhi must now lobby the US Senate, which has a 30-day period to oppose the sale, on which the US taxpayers bear 46 per cent of the costIndia must continue to oppose the proposed US sale of eight...
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