Rajat Pandit
Indiatimes
New Delhi, DL, India
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India remains world's largest arms importer, with Russia, France & US as the biggest suppliers
India News: NEW DELHI: India continues to languish in the strategically-vulnerable as well as embarrassing position of being the world’s largest arms importer, ac. → Read More
Defence ministry finalising ₹15,000 crore+ deal for 200 more BrahMos for Navy
India News: The procurement proposal for the missiles and associated equipment will soon be taken up for consideration by the Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisitio → Read More
CCS clears Rs 10,000 crore procurements of trainer aircraft & ships
India News: Two major indigenous defence projects, the acquisition of 70 basic trainer aircraft for the IAF and three cadet training ships for the Navy, worth alm → Read More
Indonesia: In a 1st, Indian submarine docks in Indonesia amid South China Sea conflict
India News: NEW DELHI: An Indian submarine has, for the first time ever, docked in Indonesia, which is among the countries locked in a maritime dispute with China. → Read More
‘Archaic’ MES not performing, needs reforms: Top commander
India News: NEW DELHI: Slamming the “non-performance” of the predominantly-civilian Military Engineer Services (MES), a top Army commander has called for the orga. → Read More
Malabar: Malabar drill to be held off Australia for the first time
India News: India will be dispatching frontline warships as well as P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft for the forthcoming 27th edition of the Malabar exerc → Read More
Japan: India & Japan now set to kick off army exercise after air combat drills
India News: India and Japan on Friday will kick off an exercise between their armies to hone their warfare skills and boost interoperability, which comes soon aft → Read More
Half of DRDO's mission mode projects running behind schedule, Lok Sabha informed
India News: These range from the Tejas Mark-2 light combat aircraft (LCA), the naval LCA and unmanned aerial vehicles to air independent propulsion (AIP) for grea → Read More
Bit-by-bit, Army adding lethal firepower to boost capability
India News: The Army is slowly but steadily boosting its firepower with longer-range weapons with enhanced lethality, swarm drones and loiter munitions, night-fig → Read More
Desi advanced surveillance drone to come out next week
India News: India’s first indigenous advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for strategic reconnaissance and surveillance will make its public debut next week, wh → Read More
Eye on China: Nyoma in Ladakh to handle fighter jets soon
India News: India is now all set to kick off the upgrade of the critical Nyoma advance landing ground (ALG) in eastern Ladakh to ensure it can also handle fighter → Read More
LCA & MiG-29K fighters begin flight trials from aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
India News: NEW DELHI: India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant took a major step towards becoming fully operational when two fighters, the home-grow. → Read More
Army now wants 850 nano drones for special operations
India News: The Army now also wants to buy 850 indigenous nano drones for surveillance in special missions along the northern borders with China as well as in cou → Read More
IAF launches hunt for new medium transport aircraft to replace old AN-32s
India News: The C-295, in turn, can carry up to 9-tonne of payload or 71 soldiers, and will replace the old Avro fleet in the IAF. While the first 16 C-295s are t → Read More
India spent $24 billion in foreign arms procurements in last 5 years
India News: India procured military hardware worth Rs 1.93 lakh crore (almost $24 billion) from abroad in the last five years, which included helicopters, aircraf → Read More
Modest hike in defence budget despite ongoing military confrontation with China
Budget News: The defence budget registered a modest hike despite the continuing 33-month long troop confrontation along the frontier with China. Moreover, the all → Read More
Day ahead of IAF exercise, Army drill in eastern sector
India News: The Army conducted a major joint combat exercise over the last 10 days with the Indian Air Force and central armed police forces (CAPFs) in North Beng → Read More
Army conducts major integrated exercise in eastern sector
India News: The Army conducted a major joint combat exercise over the last 10 days with the Indian Air Force and central armed police forces (CAPFs) in north Beng → Read More
India conducts another test in a bid to develop hypersonic weapons
India News: India on Friday tested its own hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle (HSTDV) powered by a scramjet engine, amid the ongoing race among China, Rus → Read More
India kicks off massive naval exercise in backdrop of China-Pakistan collusiveness
India News: India on Tuesday kicked off a massive naval combat exercise with warships, submarines, fighter jets, maritime patrol aircraft and helicopters to test → Read More