New Delhi: Two high level appointments were made in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on January 1 with Air Marshal Vibhas Pande taking over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOCM) and Air Marshal MSG Menon...
New Delhi: General Bipin Rawat on January 1 assumed office of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and he would be the Principal Military Advisor to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on all Tri-Services...
New Delhi: A clear roadmap has been drawn up for the first time for leveraging the Indo-Pacific region by the US National Defence Authorisation Act 2020 (NDAA 2020) to counter Chinese expansionist moves.
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New Delhi: General Manoj Mukund Naravane on December 31 took over as the 28th Chief of Army Staff helming the 1.3 million-strong force at a time India faces evolving security challenges such as cross-border...
New Delhi: Former Army Chief General Bipin Rawat who has been appointed India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) with the rank of a four star General was congratulated by US saying this will...
New Delhi: Barun Mitra who is currently Special Secretary, Department of Defence Production will hold additional charge as Defence Secretary and Secretary, Department of Defence Production from January 1 to 3 as the current...
New Delhi: Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria formally inducted the Flight Information System (FIS) Dornier aircraft into No 41 Squadron, the ‘Otters’, at a ceremony held at Air Force...
New Delhi: As part of its exercise to boost its naval strength and become a major maritime power, China on December 28 launched two powerful naval destroyers.
It was also building a massive pier at...
New Delhi: In a unique achievement in the field of satellite technology, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 2019 carried out successfully the country's first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test -- Mission Shakti...
New Delhi: Outgoing Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has been named the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). He will be a four star General with assuming the power of the CDS.
He will...
New Delhi: As part of the exercise to boost maritime strength, Indian Navy has plans on the anvil to a total of 24 submarines including six nuclear attack submarines, a Parliamentary Committee report said.
"Eighteen...
New Delhi: The “smart fence” project along Indo-Bangladesh riverine border in Assam is expected to be completed by July next year, the BSF chief VK Johri said in New Delhi on December 29.
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Moscow: In a major weapon development, Russia has made operational a new hypersonic weapon of intercontinental range after years of test, Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin on December 27.
Shoigu...