Defence

Indian requirement for light choppers is in excess of 800 with the older Cheetah/Chetak fleet moving towards the end of its service life. To meet the massive, urgent requirements of the armed forces, India is set to have three different lines of light military choppers, under Make in India initiative. ...

Acceding to a long-pending demand of the armed forces, the government has approved a Rs 500- crore project for building a National War Memorial and a National War Museum near India Gate in memory of over 22,500 soldiers who laid down their lives post-Independence. Post-Independence, more than 22,500 soldiers have ...

INS Astradharini will be used to carry out technical trials of underwater weapons and systems developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a Naval Systems laboratory of DRDO. Astradharini is a replacement vessel of the erstwhile Astravahini. Source: DefenceNews

India is the first country in the world to ever possess a super-sonic missile system. Super-sonic missile travels about three times faster than the speed of sound and flies on low altitude trajectories, making it a formidable asset to the nation’s defence tech and it eliminates the enemy assets effectively. ...

The focal point of negotiations between Japan and India was how to prevent the spread of nuclear technologies and expected to agree on tight management of nuclear technologies on a par with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to visit India around the end of ...

The IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System) is an independent regional navigation satellite system run by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and will provide encrypted service. a satellite-based information gathering system, aided by “network centric” operations — interlinking of all ground bases, radars, planes and sensors — will soon ...

India and Turkey share deep historical connections and the bilateral relations have been strengthened by exchange of visits by leaders of both countries in recent times. INS Trikand, commanded by Captain Vinay Kalia, is a sophisticated warship equipped with a versatile range of weapons and sensors capable of addressing threats ...

Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a deal with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the extension of its programmes integrating all civil and defence radars across the country. The aim to integrate defence and civilian radars is to ensure any intrusion by a hostile aircraft, helicopter, drone or microlight can ...

In keeping with the Prime Minister’s call to ‘Make in India’, 14 of the ISVs were built indigenously by M/s SHM Shipcare, Thane while four were built by M/s ADSB and five by M/s Rodman Polyships. They are the last three of 23 Immediate Support Vessels and were commissioned into ...

Destroyer warships are the second-most powerful vessels after aircraft carriers. The 7500 tonne ship was been built at the Mazagaon Dock Limited(MDL), Mumbai and is the largest warship to be built in India. INS Kochi, packed with weapons and sensors as well as advanced stealth features. INS Kochi is the ...