Six Terrorists Involved in Pathankot Attack: Forensic Report
NEW DELHI: Putting to rest the controversy over the number of terrorists who attacked the Pathankot airbase, a forensic examination has concluded that remains of two more terrorists were found from the...
View ArticleIndia To Spend Rs. 1,259 Crore To Double LCA Production
The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is working on a proposal to double the production of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) from the current eight to 16 per annum by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).An...
View ArticlePAK SCAN: Pakistan Considering Russian, French Aircraft To Replace 190...
Pakistan Air Force F-16 in 2010WASHINGTON: Pakistan Air Force needs to retire 190 planes from its current fleet by 2020, senior officials told Dawn while commenting on a report that the country was...
View ArticleChinese Su-35 Fighter Deal Not Closed Yet, Ratification Pending
The Sukhoi Su-35 purchase agreement signed between China and Russia for 24 fighters for an undisclosed sum is yet to be ratified between the two countries."We have signed, but it hasn’t come into...
View ArticleTwo UAE Pilots Killed In F-16 Crash
Two Emirati pilots have reportedly died in a crash on Monday after the fighter aircraft went down due to “technical issues” in Yemen, Saudi state television reported.The announcement comes after the...
View Article10 Pak Terrorists Who Sneaked into Gujarat Traced, 3 Killed: Reports
Ten Pakistani terrorists who sneaked into Gujarat on March 6 have been traced and three of them have been killed by security forces, television channels quoted government sources as saying on...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: Modernization of Combat Aircraft
A Mirage 2000 Fighter of the Indian Air ForceModernization of the Armed Forces is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational challenges and technological changes to keep the Armed...
View ArticleUS Supply of F-16 Planes to Pakistan a 'Serious Threat' to India: Congress...
An F-16 "Fighting Falcon" JetNEW DELHI: Congress member Pramod Tiwari today raised in Rajya Sabha the supply of F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan by the US and asked the government to impress upon...
View ArticleBSF May be Withdrawn from LoC, Deployed to Secure Indo-Pak International Border
NEW DELHI: Government is mulling a proposal to "thin out" presence of BSF personnel on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and deploy them along the International Border (IB) in Punjab and...
View ArticleStrategic Partnership Model for Military Manufacturing Meets Resistance...
INS Ranvir Rajput Class DestroyerNEW DELHI: The report by a key panel to select private sector players that will be accorded special 'strategic partner' status for major military manufacturing projects...
View ArticleArmy Invites Indian, Global Players for Mobility and Weapons Upgrade of 1500...
BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles of the Indian ArmyNEW DELHI: The Indian army has invited Indian and global players for two major projects to improve the mobility and weapons package of 1500 of its BMP...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Planning More Investment in Hypersonic Aircraft
WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin Corp can produce a demonstrator hypersonic aircraft for less than $1 billion and will continue to invest in very high speed technology given the changing nature of global...
View ArticleManohar Parrikar to Travel to China Next Month
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will be travelling to China next month on a three-day official visit during which matters related to deepening of bilateral ties, especially in the defence...
View ArticleOldest Indian Nuclear Reactors Near Mumbai May Be Shut Down
India may shut two of its oldest reactors almost five decades after they went into operation as power tariffs aren’t keeping pace with maintenance costs, according to Sekhar Basu, secretary at the...
View ArticleArmy Goes Green, to Produce Bio-fuel for Battle Tanks
MTU MB 838 Ka-501 Diesel Engine of the Arjun MBT will use Bio-Fuels in the futureSpeaking to Express, Dr S Elumalai, head, Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, the only scientist from...
View ArticleTATA Group Clocks Rs 2,650 Crore in Revenue From Defence and Aerospace
MUMBAI: For FY 2015-16, the TATA Group's estimated revenue from the Defence and Aerospace sector is around Rs 2,650 crores, an increase of 7.5% from last year, said Mukund Rajan, member group executive...
View ArticleHAL, PHL to Establish Helicopter MRO in Delhi
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the Pawan Hans Ltd (PHL) signed an MoU to establish a joint venture in the national capital to carry out the maintenance work related to all types of...
View ArticleBrahMos Missile Test from Sukhoi Su-30 MKI in April
When the airborne version of BrahMos supersonic missile gets flight-tested from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI frontline fighter this year - in April, according to BrahMos chief Sudhir K Mishra - the BrahMos unit...
View ArticleSecure Neighborhood Will Yield Rich Dividends for SAARC: India
POKHARA: India today said it firmly believes that a peaceful and secure neighbourhood will yield "rich dividends" for SAARC countries even as it asserted that time has come to take stock of past...
View ArticleTwo Jamatul Mujahidin Bangladesh Members Arrested by NIA and Special Task Force
KOLKATA: The National Investigating Agency and Special Task Force (STF) unit of Kolkata Police arrested two persons for their alleged links to Bangladesh-based Jamatul Mujahidin Bangladesh.Enamul...
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