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HAL, Safran sign agreement to create JV to build helicopter engines

HAL and Safran's existing partnerships include the Shakti engine that can propel helicopters to altitudes above 20,000 ft where the Indian Army is deployed.

Boeing delivers 150th Poseidon maritime recce aircraft after first in 2013

In the 450,000 mishap-free hours the Poseidon has flown, it has been acknowledged as the world's most fearsome submarine hunter

French aircraft engine maker Safran Group to set up MRO facility in India

Defence minister welcomes Safran to be a part of joint development production projects

Indigenous stealth drone makes maiden flight from test range in Karnataka

The stealth drone, also referred to as an Unmanned Combat Airborne Vehicle (UCAV), has been designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru

One recruit, one salary

Agnipath pits batchmates against one another, creating incentives for each other's failure rather than success

DRDO, Navy successfully test short-range, anti-air missile to protect ships

The defence system uses a fibre-optic, gyroscope-based, inertial guidance mechanism

Tata Aerospace is Boeing 'Supplier of the Year', picked out of 11,000 firms

Nine companies feted for 'proactively managing supply chain quality, advancing global sustainability'

Saving money to skilling soldiers: Agnipath's bold battle plan for military

A key element of Agnipath service model is that only 25 per cent of each batch, which has been chosen to remain in service, goes on to eventually draw a pension

Military says Agnipath scheme here to stay; recruitment begins in August

Asserts that concessions made by MoD in the Agnipath scheme were not forced by protests and arson, but because they were already in the works

Agnipath intake 'to grow' from 46K annually in first 4 yrs, to 125K per yr

Scheme's objective is not about cutting costs but to make the military younger and dynamic: Senior Army officer

New MoD short-service model recruits 'Agniveers' for four-year tenures

As many as 46,000 Agniveers are to be recruited this year, with presumably a similar number in each following year

Defence Ministry's tech development fund cap raised five-fold to Rs 50 cr

The TDF scheme supports indigenous development of components, products, systems and technologies by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and start-ups

Govt notifies eligibility for appointment of Chief of Defence Staff

India's military has had just one CDS, or tri-service chief: General Bipin Rawat

Rajnath-headed DAC clears projects worth Rs 76,390 crore for armed forces

"The focus (will be) on enhancing indigenisation, particularly on indigenising aero-engine material," said the DAC

7 more military airports to increase assistance to civil airlines

Decision could add to friction between the Air Force's military requirements, and the AAI's need to provide infrastructure to airlines

Evaluating the arsenal

The army faces a shortage of the modern battlefield's most lethal killer

Bharat Dynamics to supply Astra Mark-1 missiles worth Rs 2,971 crore

With air-to-air missiles costing about Rs 15 crore each, the Astra will provide major business opportunities to Indian firms

An all-weather road to Tawang; BRO conducts final blast on Nechiphu Tunnel

In the two years since the PLA's intrusions into Eastern Ladakh, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is sparing no effort to build and upgrade road highways from Tezpur to the McMahon Line

Ukraine invasion triggers NATO expansion as Finland, Sweden seek membership

If, as seems likely, NATO accepts their request, this will be the Atlantic Alliance's biggest and most far-reaching expansion in two decades

Rajnath Singh to launch two India-made warships in Mumbai on Tuesday

The navy's internal design house, the DND, has designed the four destroyers being built under Project 15B and seven frigates under Project 17A