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Private firms seek level playing field in ammunition manufacture

A year ago, govt issued RFPs to Indian private industry for manufacturing eight types of ammunition out of the 82 types the army requires

British defence industry body ADS Group downs shutters in India

The UK government will continue its support, though, with defence products ranking amongst Britain's top three exports

Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

Indian Navy sources say that a Chinese flotilla including a destroyer and a frigate had indeed crossed into the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait

$99 mn fine for 'unaccounted payments' in Eurofighter sale to Austria

German prosecutors ordered Airbus to pay Euro 81.25 million ($99 million) to settle charges that the firm bribed Austrian politicians in 2003 to buy the Typhoon in a contract worth $2 billion

Jaitley gives Defence budget 8% hike, unlikely to even cover rise in cost

As a percentage of GDP, defence expenditure has fallen steadily from 2.33% of GDP in 2016-17 to 2.23% in the current year

Light Combat Helicopter gets cheaper with crucial indigenous AFCS

HAL carried out the first flight of LCH with its own designed and developed Automatic Flight Control System for the first time in the country

Pakistan Army chief General Bajwa backs talks, even as India hangs tough

General Bajwa has more unambiguously than any army chief since Musharraf signalled that the Pakistan Army would back a peace process with India

Naval Tejas stalled, no flights for 8 months; Mark 2's development crippled

Halt in testing jeopardises development of Naval Tejas Mark 2

US ambassador proposes Indo-American helicopters, unmanned combat vehicles

Kenneth Juster wants US-India tri-service exercises, like India has with Russia

Trump administration to push sales of American weaponry using embassy staff

The new policy could be launched as early as February, senior US officials told Reuters

US and China's 'entangling embrace'

Book review of 'The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom'

Lockheed Martin says F-16 orders flowing in

Lockheed Martin is competing to build the F-16 Block 70 in India, with its rival being the Gripen E fighter offered by Swedish company, Saab

Scorpene submarines lack torpedoes, Navy initiates secret procurement

The defence ministry's Defence Procurement Procedure of 2016 allows 114 weeks for concluding a contract - in practice, an over-ambitious target

Five years late, Scorpene submarine INS Kalvari joins navy

Kalvari is an excellent example of 'Make in India' and will boost Navy's might, says PM Modi

India-Afghanistan beyond the Durand Line

A rare account of India's complex relationship with Afghanistan suffers from an awkward theoretical framework

Navy chief admits damage to INS Chakra

The Chakra has suffered damage to her sonar dome. Two (hull) panels have been dislodged

Army, MoD look to shut down 'high-tech soldier' programme

Bleak future for one of MoD's 3 'Make' projects

Trump to press Modi on F-16 fighter contract in Manila

Trump is using his on-going 11-day Asia visit to hard-sell US weaponry to friendly Indo-Pacific nations

US Navy aircraft carrier team to check out Russian-built INS Vikramaditya

Two-day visit to Russia-made aircraft carrier expected to bring Washington's 'yes' to India's request for EMALS

First Scorpene ready, PM Modi to commission INS Kalvari next month

The navy will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to formally commission the vessel