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Defence Minister to be Chief Guest at ‘Def-Connect’ on November 11

Admin - November 10, 2019

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry, which is organising ‘Def-Connect’ in New Delhi on November 11, to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative and construct a strong outreach towards the...

Let Them Take Flight

Admiral Retd Arun Prakash - November 9, 2019

All major aerospace powers have possessed the capability to design airframes as well as power-plants and till such time that India can design and produce its own aero-engines, the performance and capabilities of any...

IIT Roorkee Working with ISRO, DRDO to Develop Cutting edge Tech for Defence, Space Projects

Admin - November 8, 2019

Noida. As part of a move to have links with academic institutions for research and development in space and defence sector, IIT Roorkee is working with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research...

India Plans to Test Fire 3,500 km Strike Range K-4 Missile

Admin - November 7, 2019

New Delhi: As part of its exercise to strengthen fighting capability of the armed forces, plans are on the anvil to test fire 3,500 kilometre strike-range K-4 nuclear missile from an underwater platform off...

The ‘P’ for Physics

Abhishek Jain, Gauranshi Chopra - November 2, 2019

Let’s start with that customary famous quote “Physics is Science, everything else is stamp collecting” – Rutherford Since all the engineering/technology is finally a subset of Physics, I believe the father of Nuclear Physics has me...

Finance Commission to Look Into the Problem of Defence Funding

Amit Cowshish - November 2, 2019

Taking note of the persistent underfunding of defence, the union cabinet decided to tread a new path in a bid to resolve the problem. In July this year, it asked the Fifteenth Finance Commission...

With Largest Ever Industry Delegation, Defence Minister to Visit Moscow

Admin - October 31, 2019

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who will be visiting Moscow next week will be accompanied by one of the largest industry delegations after attending the two-day meeting from November 1 of the Council...

Indian Army to soon get best rifle of the world – Sig Sauer

Admin - October 28, 2019

New Delhi. In a move to provide better equipment to the Indian Army, exercise is on to get the infantry one of the world's best rifles, manufactured by firearm major Sig Sauer, by the...

Indigenous Defence Industry Gets Boost as DAC Approves over Rs 3,300 crore for it

Admin - October 21, 2019

New Delhi. Indigenous defence industry received a major boost October 21 in keeping with the Make in India of Modi 2.0 government, with the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...

Defence Ministry to Consider Army Proposal for Akash Missile

Admin - October 21, 2019

New Delhi. With the country having mountainous borders with Pakistan and China, the Defence Ministry is slated to consider the Army’s proposal for Akash missiles worth Rs 10,000 crore for two regiments as these...

DRDO Begins Work on Hypersonic Weapon

Admin - October 21, 2019

New Delhi. As part of Make in India in the defence sector, the Defence Research and Development (DRDO) has begun work on hypersonic weapon – missiles that travel at five times speed of sound,...

Army Wants More Personnel Deputed to DRDO

Admin - October 20, 2019

New Delhi. With a view to enhancing the technical expertise of its personnel, the Army has asked the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to take more of its personnel on deputation and give...

Army Vice Chief says Forces Open to Locally Produced Arms

Admin - October 20, 2019

New Delhi. Taking a pragmatic view, the Vice Chief of Army Lt General M.M. Naravane said forces are now open to inducting locally produced arms even if they don’t meet the `best’ parameters as...