Brand New: Russia's Advanced Mi-38 Helicopter to Hit Production in 2016
The multirole Mi-38 can carry cargo and passengers, including VIPs, and can also be used as a search-and-rescue helicopter and flying hospital, as well as for offshore missions. The Mi-38 can operate...
View ArticleNo Land Acquisition in Goa for Defexpo India: Manohar Parrikar
PANAJI: Eight states had approached Defence ministry showing their willingness to host Defexpo India, which was eventually shifted to Goa from Delhi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today while...
View ArticleWe See a Bright Future for Defense Ship Construction
With the government placing increased attention on India’s maritime interests, there is a growing requirement of warships for the Indian Navy. Under these circumstances, defence shipbuilders like...
View ArticleIntellectual Property, Experience Made Rostec Select HAL For India’s Ka-226T...
Fear of intellectual property loss combined with inexperience in helicopter manufacture led Russia's Rostec Corp to select Hindustan Aeronautics Limited over a private firm in the 'Make in India'...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: The Mystifying History of India's Light Combat Aircraft Program
AnalysisIndia is a democratic country which has a long tradition of being an open society right from the days of the South Indian Kingdom of Cholas in Tamil Nadu which had an electoral system about...
View ArticleOperation Pathankot: All Five Terrorists Killed after a Fierce Gunfight of...
Police sources said that at least 3 IAF security personnel were killed and four others were injured in the terror attack that started around 3.30 a.m. The counter offensive lasted nearly 15...
View ArticlePathankot Terror Attack: Pre-Positioned Crack Counter Militant Troops, NSG...
A formal account of the attack is still to come but it is believed that all of the Indian casualties occurred at the entry point used by the militants. In Pic: Security forces personnel during an...
View ArticlePakistan Condemns Pathankot Attack
"Pakistan condemns the terrorist incident in Pathankot, India, today, in which many precious lives have been lost," a Pakistan Foreign Office statement saidISLAMABAD: Pakistan today condemned the...
View ArticleBarak 8 Test Fire: Many Embedded Lessons For South Block
by C Uday BhaskarIndia joined a select group of countries on December 30 when it successfully completed a series of tests on a long-range surface to air missile (LR SAM). The test was carried on the...
View ArticleEndangering the Russia Connection
by Bharat KarnadOn the eve of his trip to Moscow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did well to remind the country that in time of desperate need Russia helped with military hardware and technical...
View ArticlePinaka II Trial Successful: DRDO
A Pinaka II Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system in actionJodhpur: Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory...
View ArticleDRDO to Put Up Pavillion at Indian Science Congress
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) putting up a Pavillion and actively participate in the 103rd annual session of Indian Science Congress being held in Mysuru fromJanauary 3 to...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi to Lay Foundation of HAL's Helicopter Facility Sunday in...
HAL's Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)BANGALORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) new helicopter facility on Sunday at Karnataka's...
View ArticleAerial Surveillance Detected Militants Entering Pathankot Air Base: Defence...
SWAT team during an encounter between the security forces and terrorists at the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot on SaturdayNew Delhi: Following the terror attack on the Indian Air Force station in...
View ArticleGovernment Planning to Export Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, to take part in...
NEW DELHI: India's Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will take part in Bahrain International Airshow this month to explore export potential in what will be the first time the indigenously developed plane...
View ArticleIndia Lacks Guts on Brahmos to Vietnam
by Bharat KarnadSince around early 2000s I have been advocating the sale of nuclear-warheaded Brahmos supersonic anti-ship missile to Vietnam as a payback to China for its nuclear missile-arming...
View ArticleChina Launches Three New Military Units in a Bid to Modernize, form ‘Strong...
Chinese President Xi Jinping giving military flags to the leaders of the three new military unitsChina has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernize its military — the world’s...
View ArticleIndia's Military Response At Pathankot Included Rockets: 10 Points
Casspir Mine Resistant Vehicles and BMP-2 Armoured Personnel Carriers were also usedby Vishnu SomPATHANKOT: Four terrorists were killed while at least three casualties were reported among security...
View ArticleUK Unveils New Set of Documents on Nethaji's Death, Here's What it Says
LONDON: A UK-based website set up to chart the last days of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has released a new set of documents to dismiss claims that he may have been spotted in China years after his death...
View ArticlePathankot Strike Plotted by Pakistan Army Headquarters?
NEW DELHI: The Pathankot attack may have been masterminded by the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, as per an assessment by a section of the top Indian security...
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