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The PMO is in an hurry to finalise the Rafale deal before French President Hollande’s scheduled visit to New Delhi as the chief guest for the next year’s Republic Day Parade.After Pakistan’s recent nuclear posturing and attempts at escalating boder tensions, Modi has his eyes set on revamping...

The Rustom-2 medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed by India’sDefense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will make its first flight by early next month. Delayed by around two years, Rustom-2 “is at an advanced state of readiness,” according to Ashok...

Published March 16, 2013 | By admin SOURCE: DAILY MAIL India’s blood and guts army chief General Bikram Singh on Friday delivered a strong message to Pakistan on its double game, saying it could not continue to bleed India and shake hands at the same time. Two days after a terror strike on...

Published January 22, 2013 | By admin SOURCE: PTI India’s second lunar mission will be undertaken with Russian participation though it has got delayed, a top official of an ISRO lab said today amidst reports that ‘Chandrayaan 2′ will be a solo mission. Chandrayaan 2, an Indo-Russian...

Published January 16, 2013 | By admin SOURCE: PTI Terming Sino-India ties as one of the most important bilateral relationships for China, the People’s Liberation Army today said that it wants to build “new type” of military relations with Indian defence forces to promote peace and stability...

Published January 6, 2013 | By admin SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MK-II variant of Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun has entered into the user trial phase and DRDO is looking at the Futuristic Main Battle Tank (FMBT) project aimed at reducing the weight of the battle tanks, said DRDO chief V K...

Published January 5, 2013 | By admin SOURCE: Business-standard.com A six-year-old Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) case against Israeli defence company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd for alleged graft in the Rs1,150-crore Barak missile deal has torpedoed Mahindra & Mahindra’s...

Published January 5, 2013 | By admin SOURCE: TNN Better border management as well as “capacity-building” of the Myanmarese armed forces will figure high on the agenda when defence minister A K Antony heads for Naypyitaw later this month to boost bilateral military cooperation. Defence...

Published December 31, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: IANS The full compliment of manpower has been posted and the initial 10 helicopters that will be deployed will arrive by Thursday. A squadron’s strength is 16-18 helicopters. “These choppers fall in the armed helicopter category, with...

Published December 29, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: TNN Foreign minister Salman Khurshid held his first conversation with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi only last week.National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon will once again host the outgoing state councillor Dai Bingguo in early...

Published December 24, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: DEFENCE SRI LANLA Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) at the garrison town of Diyatalawa, which has hitherto produced a fine assortment of quality officers of high-standards as the country’s premier seat of Army learning for Officer Cadets since...

Published December 24, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: PTI Six months after the 1962 Chinese aggression on India, the US had contemplated using nuclear weapons in the event of another attack from Beijing as it was determined to prevent an Indian defeat at the hands of the Communists. The then...

Published December 22, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: IANS India and the 10-nation ASEAN grouping Thursday robustly backed freedom of navigation, but New Delhi treaded cautiously on the South China Sea dispute, saying the issue of sovereignty should be resolved by the countries which claim disputes...

Published December 20, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: IANS The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) received its first indigenously designed and constructed high-speed interceptor boat capable of speeds of 40 knots, an official said here Thursday.Designed and constructed by the engineering giant Larsen &...

Published December 18, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE India has to wait for a couple of months more to witness the much-awaited first-ever sea trial of indigenously built nuclear powered submarine INS Arihant fitted with ballistic missile K-15. Earlier scheduled to be...

Published December 17, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: IANS Defence Minister A.K. Antony stated this in the Lok Sabha Monday in response to a question from a member who wanted to know if the government had decided to beef up air defence. Antony said the long-term integrated perspective plan of...

Published December 13, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: IANS China was “forced into a counterattack” in the 1962 war with India, said a state-run Chinese daily, blaming New Delhi for initiating “a forward policy of sending troops and border patrols into disputed areas”. An opinion piece on...

Published December 9, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: THE HINDU The new Chief of Naval Staff Admiral D. K. Joshi takes command at a time of extraordinary expansion for the Indian Navy. He has also gone on to say that the Indian Navy — the fifth largest in the world — is ready to protect the...

Published December 7, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: IANS Unfazed by China’s fresh assertion in South China Sea and its stern warning to Vietnam to stop unilateral oil exploration in the disputed waters, India on Thursday underlined its support for freedom of navigation and access to resources...

Published December 4, 2012 | By admin SOURCE: AJAY SHKLA / Business-standard.com The Indo-Russian project to jointly design a transport aircraft for militaries of both nations kicked off in Moscow on Monday, where 30 engineers from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) began working with their...