Defence Update
In order to deepen defence cooperation, Britain has offered an aircraft carrier similar to its biggest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth to India to build the copycat at any Indian shipyard. British High Commissioner to...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is going in for a change in its unmanned arsenal. Two types of armed drones with capability to carry missiles are being finalised. The IAF is looking at the...
In the coming months from now, one of India’s most ambitious fighter aircraft development programmes will land on an actual Aircraft Carrier. The government, which has already spent Rs. 3,500 crore to develop the...
With the Indian Air Force (IAF) making it clear that it is looking for a homegrown solution for its fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) requirement, the Aeronautical Development Agency’s (ADA’s) Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft...
Through its deployment of land-attack cruise missiles (LACM) and various ballistic missiles, Pakistan stated that it is maintaining “minimum credible deterrence.” However, while that might be accurate in terms of its nuclear deployment capability,...
The Defence Ministry has concluded cost negotiations with Tata and Airbus for the purchase of Airbus C-295 transport aircraft as part of the long-delayed Avro replacement programme of the Indian Air Force (IAF). “Cost...
The Government aims to take the Indian economy to $10 trillion by 2030, and it believes, the defence is one of the sectors that can help in contributing towards this. Echoing the same views,...
Faced with a depleting jet fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has suggested to the government that it needed a speedier ‘make in India’ by public sector giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Over the next...
He speaks fluent Mandarin, Russian, Hungarian, Japanese, Tamil, Hindi and English, has a Japanese wife and a legendary father, K Subrahmanyam, who formulated India’s nuclear doctrine. It’s no surprise that since his induction as...
Russia on Wednesday agreed to India’s request to constitute specific teams to ensure proper maintenance support and supply of spares for crucial weapon platforms, ranging from the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to Sukhoi-30MKI...