New Delhi: The Indian Army’s two of the longest-serving artillery weapon systems, the 130mm M-46 Catapult self-propelled guns and the 160mm Tampella mortars were decommissioned on March 16.
These weapon systems have been a part...
London. Following a US$42m award to Ultra in July 2020 to develop and manufacture a new surface fleet radar to replace legacy systems and deliver next generation technologies, the US Navy’s AN/SPS-73(V)18 Next Generation...
New Delhi: Marking his first major international trip after Brexit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India at the end of April as part of efforts to boost the UK’s opportunities in the...
New Delhi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reportedly set to deploy its Airbus 330 multi-role transport (MRTT) tankers this month to provide ‘mid-air refuelling’ to Rafale jets.
This deployment will help ensure the fighter...
Bangalore. BEML Limited, a ‘Schedule A’ company under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) received export orders from Cameroon and Bangladesh under Government of India-Lines of credit.
The order for Cameroon has been received from Ministry...
London. Airbus is teaming with Draken Europe to address the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) requirement for the Second Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G) service.
Airbus and Draken present a UK-based partnership demonstrating an extensive...
New Delhi: India has commissioned its secretive nuclear missile tracking vessel that had been under construction since 2014, entering a select league of nations with the capability to monitor missile launches at long distances,...
Friedrichshafen, Germany. JUICE, the European Space Agency's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has successfully passed its latest milestone: space engineers at Airbus’ satellite integration centre in Friedrichshafen (Germany) have attached the magnetometer boom (MAGBOOM)...
London. Following the recent announcements by Ultra of contract awards for the Hull Mounted Sonar (HMS) and Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) subsystems on the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program, the Ultra Group has confirmed...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that connectivity has been achieved on 59 roads with a total length 3,205 km along the India-China border.
In a written reply, Singh said 61 India-China Border...
New Delhi: The government has collected Rs 26,457 crore by decreasing its shareholding in six defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) in the last five years, Parliament was told.
Replying to questions in Rajya Sabha, Minister...
New Delhi: The Government has taken several policy initiatives and reforms to promote indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country and enable development or transfer of technologies in the country,...
New Delhi: The battalion known for its brave last stand against Chinese forces in the 1962 war is training crack troops from the Uzbekistan Army as part of India’s security outreach to Central Asia,...