Defence Ministry

New Delhi: With the government’s clearance, Visakhapatnam based Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) will manufacture five of the 45,000-tonne warships for the Indian Navy. This will be the largest ship of its class being built...

New Delhi: In a major boost to India’s defence, the Defence Ministry gave an initial nod to the plans to buy 26 Rafale fighter aircraft and three Scorpene class conventional submarines from France. The proposals...

New Delhi: In a significant milestone, the Indian Navy on June 6 successfully carried out a test to hit an underwater target. The successful engagement of an underwater target by an indigenously developed Heavy...

New Delhi: Within a week, the Ministry of Defence has sent out two request for information (RfI) – one for procuring small size surveillance drones to be deployed in the Himalayas and the second...

NEW DELHI: In a first, Indian Air Force tested the extended range variant of BRAHMOS missile on May 12.  The Indian Air Force (IAF) in a statement said that the capability, coupled with the...

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry’s decision to not go ahead with more Sig Sauer rifles adds to the list of weapons and equipment that will now be made in India and not imported. The...

Bengaluru: In a move to boost modernization and  network-centric warfare and communications programme, the Indian Navy is looking to acquire a dedicated earth imaging satellite — Geo Imaging Satellite-2 (GISAT-2) — this fiscal. Once...

New Delhi: The one-day event DefConnect 2.0, being organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence-Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) will be inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on April 22. The event will bring together start-ups,...

New Delhi: With India having one of the largest armed forces in the world, the defence industry is an area of strategic importance. Though the dependency of arms imports has considerably decreased over the...

New Delhi: Covering the entire gamut of challenges facing the nation along its Northern and Western borders, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed his satisfaction in the way Indian Armed Forces have been able to...

  New Delhi: Rear Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, NM, took over as the Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam from Rear Admiral IB Uthaiah, AVSM, VSM during a formal ceremony held on April 6, 2022. Rear Admiral Sanjay...

  Tel Aviv: The year 2021 was a good one in terms of business including all industry related aspects for the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. The company registered over 4.7 billion dollars in...

New Delhi: The procurement of 15 indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) at a cost of Rs 3,887 crore was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on March 30. The defence ministry...