Indian armed forces (IAF)

  New Delhi: Indian Naval Air Squadron 316, Indian Navy's second P-8l aircraft squadron, will be commissioned on March 29, 2022 at INS Hansa, Goa in the presence of Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of...

  New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presented the prestigious President’s Colour to INS Valsura on March 25, 2022. The 'Nishan Adhikari' Lt Arun Singh Sambyal received the President’s Colour on behalf of the unit,...

  Although one of the youngest startups in Defence, Big Bang Boom Solutions (BBBS) is a deep tech defence solutions integrator, and as its CTO Dr R. Shivaraman said, “primarily our agenda was for developing...

  New Delhi: Ministry of Defence has signed a contract on March 25, with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for acquisition of Two Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPVs) for Indian Navy at an overall cost of Rs. 887...

  Marignane. Airbus Helicopters has begun trialing autonomous take-off and landing capabilities at sea for the VSR700, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) being developed in the frame of the SDAM (Système de drone aérien de la Marine) programme, conducted by the DGA (Direction...

  New Delhi: In a move to check rising expenditure on pensions in the budget which has impeded allocation for more priority items, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat suggested increasing the age...

  There is a lot of discussion and action on artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies and how they will impact warfare . The Chinese White Paper on defence at the very outset mentions that...

If one were to go by the picture given by a Parliamentary Committee headed by veteran BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi on ‘Preparedness of Armed Forces – Defence Production and Procurement,’ it is...

  New Delhi: At its first meeting this year, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, approved procurement of equipment worth over Rs 5,100 crore from indigenous sources. In a significant...

  New Delhi: With the setting up of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) under the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the Ministry of Defence has shifted administrative and revenue procurement matters to...

Kolkata: With violence coming down drastically, it has been decided to “withdraw” some troops by the Army from insurgency-affected states in the northeast and move them to barracks, Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant General Anil...

  The Trojan Horse The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defenses of Troy...

New Delhi: The coming year would see India and Russia striving towards developing military dialogue and deepening counter-terrorism cooperation bilaterally within the framework of BRICS, SCO, RIC and other relevant formats. In an effort to...