TATA Arm is L1 Bidder for Navy’s Radar Project
Competitors question the offerNova Integrated Systems, a subsidiary of TATA Advanced Systems Ltd, has emerged the lowest bidder for the Surface Surveillance Radar (SSR) project of the Indian Navy.TASL...
View ArticleReliance Defence and Engineering Focusing on Integrated Solutions for Naval...
Mumbai: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd (RDEL), formerly Pipavav Defence and Engineering Ltd, is focusing on providing integrated solutions for naval ships.It has also diversified...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: More Ardiden Engines on New Indian Helicopters
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) is powered by the Ardiden 1H1 engine from Turbomeca. The Ardiden 1H1 will also power the new HAL - designed Light Utility Helicopter a three...
View ArticleIndigenous Fighter Aircraft to be a Reality Soon, Says Parrikar
ROORKEE: India may be able to develop its own fighter aircraft with the help of indigenous and foreign technology in the next four to five years, Defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday, while...
View ArticleBig Boost: Army to Get Ammo Worth Rs 15,000 Crore
NEW DELHI: The 1.18-million strong Army, grappling with critical operational deficiencies on several fronts, is finally going to get some much-needed missiles, thermal imagers, weapon-locating radars...
View ArticleIAF Should Stop Cribbing About LCA TEJAS
Is Indian Tejas I fighter a failure or a success? Both. If we go by the Indian Air Force's specification, Tejas fails. But if we go by the level of technology mastery India has achieved, the aircraft...
View ArticleUS Expresses Concerns Over Pakistan's Deployment of Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON: Days ahead of the crucial Nuclear Security Summit, the Obama Administration has expressed concern over the deployment of "battlefield nuclear weapons" by Pakistan, calling it "destabilising...
View ArticleJihadists Launch Rocket Attack on Algeria Gas Plant
This morning, at approximately 06:00 local time, the In Salah gas asset in Krechba was hit by explosive munitions fired from a distanceALGIERS: Jihadists launched a rocket attack today on an Algerian...
View ArticleUS, Allies target Islamic State With 20 Strikes in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies conducted 20 strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, the coalition leading the operations said.In a statement released on...
View ArticleAlleged Anti-National Kanhaiya Kumar Now Rants: Kashmir an Integral Part of...
Kashmir is an integral part of India and therefore, Indians have the right to discuss the issues pertaining to Kashmiris at any forum, JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar said today.Speaking at...
View ArticleOperational Readiness Always Top Priority in Defence: Parrikar
ROORKEE: The 'Make in India' vision is a priority for defence procurement but "operational readiness" is the military's primary task as "we don't want people to look at us with big eyes", Defence...
View ArticleChina’s Growing Surface-to-Air Missile Threat
Allegedly based on the Russian S-300V, the HQ-9 is a two-stage system. These are the surface-to-air missiles China apparently deployed into the South ChinaBeijing is further fueling the militarization...
View ArticleF-35 vs. Eurofighter Typhoon: Which Fighter Will Dominate?
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy personnel are being embedded with the U.S. Marine Corps as the United Kingdom gears up to start operating the Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter...
View ArticleIndia’s Combat Air Power – Worrisome Deficiencies
by Kapil KakAir Force Vice Chief BS ‘Tony’ Dhanoa’s assertion the other day on India’s combat air power in operational capability (numbers and quality) not being “adequate to fully execute an air...
View ArticleJapan Commissions New Stealth Attack Submarine
The new diesel-electric attack submarine was handed over to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force last week.by Franz-Stefan GadyLast week, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its...
View ArticleSyrian Troops Push Toward Palmyra, with Russian Support
Russia uses its most feared and deadly Gunships in the operation against the IS in SyriaBEIRUT: Backed by Russian aircraft, Syrian troops pushed Friday toward the historic central town of Palmyra in an...
View ArticleFive Dead, 36 Hurt in Istanbul Suicide Blast
Photo from the aftermath of suicide attack in IstanbulISTANBUL -- A suicide bomb attack near a crowded shopping area of central Istanbul has left at least five dead and 36 injured.The incident marks...
View ArticleItalian Navy Tests New Submarine
Sea Trials underway for new Italian Navy Romeo Romei is a Type U212A SubmarineROME - A new submarine for the Italian Navy has started sea trials in the Gulf of La Spezia prior to entering service later...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Test Fires Trident Missiles
WASHINGTON -- Three Trident II D5 missiles were launched by a U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine to validate their accuracy and performance.The unarmed missiles were fired over a three-day period by...
View ArticleNew Defence Procurement Norms by April
File Photo of Defence Minister addressing media personsNEW DELHI: The long-awaited new defence procurement procedure (DPP), which seeks to push the " Make in India" policy as well as speed up the...
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