New Delhi: The north-eastern sea border got a big boost with the Indian Coast Guard ship Varad joining the fleet at Paradip in Odisha on March 18.
It has joined as the third Offshore Patrol...
New Delhi: The reforms and various steps taken by the government has boosted defence exports with the authorisation for defence exports in the country growing seven folds in the last two years, Lok Sabha...
New Delhi: Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar on March 19 laid the foundation stone for construction of the building of Pay Accounts Office (Other Ranks), Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre (RRRC) at Delhi Cantonment in...
New Delhi: Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) said it has exported two 52 calibre barrels to Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors AB from which it had imported 155 mm howitzer guns in the mid-1980s.
In the last...
New Delhi: Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) observed its 219th foundation day on March 18 with the first one known as the ‘Gun and Shell Factory’ at Cossipore in Kolkata being established on this date...
New Delhi: First meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, since separation of duties between Department of Defence (DoD) and Department of Military Affairs (DMA), cleared the proposal...
New Delhi: As part of its effort to augment nation’s fight against the spread of Covid-19, Indian Navy has set up a Quarantine Camp at INS Vishwakarma in Eastern Naval Command (ENC) Vishakhapatnam for...
New Delhi: In yet another boost to women empowerment, Supreme Court on March 17 ruled that objecting to a permanent commission for women in the Indian Navy is gender stereotyping and that there...
New Delhi: In a major development for the indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on March 17 conducted first flight for final operational clearance (FOC) standard (SP-21) variant of the...
New Delhi: The Indian Army with a strength of about 1.4 million personnel has overtaken China, which has cut down its strength by half, making India having the world’s largest ground force.
China has now...
Washington: One of world’s leading defence company Lockheed Martin will have a new top executive from June as it announced on March 16 that James Taiclet, 59, has been selected as President and CEO...
Washington: Pentagon, the world’s largest office building, is shutting down to most visitors and allowing its staff to work remotely as part of enhanced precautionary measures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, according...
New Delhi: There has been considerable rise in the contracts given to indigenous vendors in defence sector touching 75.03 per cent in 2019-20 from 39.06 per cent in 2015-16, Rajya Sabha was told on...