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NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a contract with Swiss firm Pilatus for procurement of 75 Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) to train its rookie pilots and the delivery of these planes is scheduled between Feb 2013 to Aug 2012, the Lok Sabha was informed today. "A contract for...

ISLAMABAD: American missiles slammed into suspected militant hideouts close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 18 suspected militants, Pakistani officials said, just a day after the government summoned an American diplomat to protest the drone strikes in the tribal areas. The strikes...

WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan should stop pretending they are allies and amicably “divorce,” Pakistan’s former ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday, citing unrealistic expectations in both countries that include US hopes Islamabad will sever its links to extremists. “If in...

Townsville: India beat Pakistan by one wicket in a tense quarter-final match to reach the semi-final of the Under-19 World Cup on Monday. India Innings 48 overs, 137/9 Harmeet Singh scored the winnig run for India.India win and storm into the semi-final.

DHAMRA (Odhisa): A university in Kolkata is helping the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) develop a high power microwave as a futuristic weapon. The defence research unit has also tied-up with IIT, Chennai for seven projects. With Indian universities finally becoming...

Excerpts from Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma's opening address today at his final press conference. These excerpts provide a pretty comprehensive update on force modernisation: Over the past three years the Indian Navy has made very significant progress towards capability accretion...

The five low-intensity blasts at Pune on Wednesday evening are an act of terror, the Intelligence Bureau has claimed. The discovery of a sophisticated circuit at one of the blast sites has led the IB officials to believe that it is the handiwork of a professional terrorist group. However...

The air defence in the Southern peninsula is well-equipped to meet any contingency considering the strategical importance of the area, Southern Air Command's outgoing chief Air Marshal S P Singh said. "The southern peninsula of the country is strategically significant in many ways and...

Bhubaneswar: India today successfully test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. "The cruise...

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL-Avionics Division) today handed over to the Indian Navy, the indigenised first production unit of Identification of Friend or Foe (IFF-1410) transponder for the Boeing P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, which completed its...

The satellite will be launched by European space consortium, Arianespace, from the spaceport at French Guiana Thursday, July 19, 2012 BANGALORE, INDIA: The countdown to ship our communication satellite, GSAT-10, to the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana has begun. The Indian Space...

Sahyadri, India's 3rd P17 Frigate Enters Service Today source : livefist detail news awaited :)

In a move apparently aimed at mollifying states, the Union home ministry has proposed to take out the National Counter Terrorism Centre from the ambit of the Intelligence Bureau, a sticky point over which the anti-terror body has been stuck. The proposal may come up at Thursday's meeting of...

Uncertainty over what is perhaps India's most important helicopter acquisition effort is expected to end in the next two weeks. Wire reports today say the MoD has received a report submitted by a special technical oversight committee that had been set up to inquire into complaints of tender...