Ajit Kumar Thakur

Pioneering Amphibious Air Travel

  Talk of seaplanes, and for a majority of Indians, it’s like visualizing scenes from Western movies, particularly the iconic James Bond films. Yet, the mention of seaplane services in India often leads to blank...

HAPS: India’s Stratospheric Foray

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has teamed up with a next generation missions and technologies (NGM&T) start-up NewSpace Research & Technologies Pvt Ltd (NRT) to begin work on a massive solar powered unmanned aircraft designed...

Atmanirbharta in Defence: Overcoming Its Inner Contradictions is Imperative to Achieve Success

The term Atmanirbhar Bharat sounds musical to ears and enhances the nationalistic spirit at the outset. A step forward and deeper to understand it in realistic terms portrays a different impression – a concept...

Achieving Self-Reliance Through Robust National Security Policy

    Aspiring India is under tremendous pressure for sure. And so is the state of decision making by the Indian military planners, policy makers and strategists. It seems that while planning, their abundance knowledge being...

Project 75 (I): An Opportunity to Create a National Strategic Asset

For two decades, the struggle of the Indian Navy to create a second line of submarine production in the country is well known. With Project 75 (I) under the Strategic Partnership (SP) route now on...

Overcoming the FICV Jinx: A Simplistic Solution

It is hard to fathom the ongoing delay in FICV (Future Infantry Combat Vehicle) project. Despite having spent almost a decade on planning the blueprint, the project has not taken off yet and deliberations...

IAF’s 114 Jets Procurement Set For a Thrilling Finish

  With elections entering its final lap and the stage set for the new government to take charge by month end/early next month, momentum has started building up for IAF’s procurement of 114 jets.The initial...

INDIA-ISRAEL: Broadening Defence Ties

INDIA AND Israel have an extensive economic, military, and strategic relationship. Relations between the two countries have widened remarkably since India recognised Israel diplomatically in 1950. Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to New Delhi in January 2018...
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