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President Murmu speech to give report card on defence and security

A year after then President Ram Nath Kovind's January 31, 2022 speech, Murmu's speech will reveal the extent to which the government has implemented the pledges he made

Indian Army has advantage over PLA on border: General M M Naravane

'We should negotiate the border from that position of advantage'

GRSE partners Rolls Royce Solutions for building marine engines in India

GRSE and Rolls Royce Solutions will cooperate to manufacture under licence the technologically advanced MTU S4000 marine engines

Washington mulls F-16 aircraft production boost for Ukraine

Lockheed Martin has announced intention to transfer F-16 line to India, if the company were declared winner of IAF tender

Scorpene subs to get advanced air-independent propulsion for endurance

With no foreign submarine acquisitions in sight, India to upgrade existing fleet

Tata Boeing Aerospace JV delivers first fuselage for Indian Army

The Apache will provide the Indian Army with a significant boost in capability just as the AH-64 did for the Indian Air Force," says Salil Gupte, who heads Boeing India

Pratt & Whitney opens India Engineering Center facility in Karnataka

The new IEC facility is co-located with Pratt & Whitney's India Capabilities Centre (ICC), which opened in 2022 to provide integrated global supply chain support.

China publishes 1% more of most-cited scientific papers on AI than others

In 2022, Chinese papers outnumbered US papers by a 2:1 ratio in the top 1% most-cited AI research

Saab scraps agreement with Adani to build fighter aircraft in India

Saab and the Adani Group had announced their partnership on August 31, 2017

A spook reminisces

In a country full of self-styled Kashmir and Pakistan experts, former R&AW chief A S Dulat's memoir can genuinely claim to be an authoritative account of Indian politics, security, and intelligence

Rs 4,276-crore indigenous weapons get a green signal from MoD

The accord of Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) by the DAC is the first step of the acquisition process and establishes that the military has an urgent need for the equipment that is being cleared

Aero show: Rajnath Singh rolls out red carpet to defence attaches

Says 'Make in India neither isolationist nor meant for us alone'

Time to take stock

India's military is unique in facing a multiple-front threat without a long-term security strategy

Rajnath Singh dedicates Rs 724-crore infra projects to the nation

The dedication function on the Along-Yinkiong road in Arunachal Pradesh included the physical inauguration of the strategically-important Siyom Bridge

Indigenously built INS Arnala touches the waters of Bay of Bengal

The Arnala-class is designed to undertake anti-submarine operations in coastal waters and low-intensity maritime operations, including subsurface surveillance in littoral waters

Defence, aerospace exports treble to Rs 12,815 cr in 5 years: Govt

Foreign procurement in defence rises to Rs 50,061 cr

Six years after entering water, navy's latest destroyer to join the fleet

India building 1-2 capital warships yearly; China builds 6-9

Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems rolls out 100th surface-to-air missile kit

KRAS is a joint venture set up by Israeli company, Rafael, in partnership with Kalyani Strategic Systems

UK, Italy, Japan team up to build sixth-generation fighter by 2035

Reports indicate the UK held talks with India on joining the coalition

Controversy in high places

"Flying Lies" dives into practically every dimension of the Rafale deal, producing an invaluable treatise on defence procurement in the process