Defence

News: It was felt that there was a need to make the war histories “more readable” because the official ones are “too technical and full of military jargon” and meant primarily for experts. “The idea is to educate students and future generations about contributions made by the Indian armed forces, ...

News: About 8 lakh sea-farers will benefit from the ratification of International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention on seafarers identity document (SID), Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari told. “Government has approved ratification of ILO convention no 185 on the SID. The Ministry of External Affairs has been requested to arrange for the ...

News: The defence ministry is set to clear a Rs 5,000 crore procurement of ‘Made in India’ Akash missile systems for the air force in a contract that will involve significant private sector participation, with companies like Tata Power SED and Larsen & Toubro likely to get major work portions. ...

News: The foreign minister V.K. Singh warned that “in a world of inter-dependence and globalization, there is no option but to follow international laws and norms”. at fifth East Asia Summit. India supported the “freedom of navigation in international waters, including the South China Sea, the right of passage and ...

News: The Cochin Shipyard is building fast patrol vessels and indigenous aircraft carriers worth Rs 4,357 crore for the Defence. The orders to the Cochin Shipyard include a contract worth Rs 2,848 crore for building indigenous aircraft carriers (IAC) for the Indian Navy, Radhakrishnan said. He said 14 FPVs have ...

News: NAT SAR is an enterprise that will digest information from databases like banking information, railways, telephone records and airlines and would be able to pass smart, actionable inputs to investigative agencies. NAT SAR as a complex system that will be at the heart of the national policing and intelligence ...

News: Isro has a track record of launching satellites for 19 countries including space-faring nations, but this is the first time the US would be using an Indian vehicle, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, to put one of its satellite in orbit. Having successfully launched a Mars mission, India is ...

News: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, defence exports by Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and private sector companies (based on NOCs) totalled Rs 290.51 crore in 2010-11. Parikkar, while giving statistics, also said that percentage of ‘Procurement from Indigenous sources’ out of total procurement in the ...

News: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today defended death penalty where “larger interest of the nation” is involved and deprecated those who questioned the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. Disapproving of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s remarks in the aftermath of Memon’s hanging, Doval said something ...

News: The Hindustan Aeronautics Tejas Mk. II fighter is only likely to achieve its maiden flight in 2019, and become operational in 2022., said defence minister Manohar Parrikar. The Tejas Mk. II will be powered by the General Electric F414 engine, as compared to the less powerful F404 that powers ...