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CDS General Bipin Rawat reveals shape of India's 'joint theatre commands'

The CDS said the military was also looking at creating a single theatre command for managing the threat from China

Defence Ministry delegates enhanced financial powers to armed forces

Rajnath Singh approved the expansion of financial powers to the armed forces to cut delays in making purchases for operational preparedness and quickly meet requirements of the field formations

Indian Army to participate in multi-nation military exercise in Russia

The Indian Army will participate in a two-week multi-nation military exercise at Nizhny in Russia beginning Friday that is aimed at boosting anti-terror cooperation.

India, China to hold 12th round of Corps Commander-level talks today

Aimed at discussing disengagement from the remaining friction points in the Eastern Ladakh sector

Over 81K paramilitary personnel took voluntary retirement since 2011: MHA

More than 81,000 personnel of the paramilitary forces such as the CRPF and the BSF have taken voluntary retirement in the last decade, the maximum of over 11,000 in 2017 alone.

Point of vulnerability

Rafale controversy reflects a systemic weakness in defence deals

Best of BS Opinion: Some stability returns, view from the edge & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Military should fund its own modernisation

Boosting its capital expenditure does not require a great deal of money

Ministry of Defence allocates Rs 500 cr for designing innovative products

The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018, with the aim of fostering innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace

The mirage of self-reliance

In the absence of robust technological and project management structures, MoD's indigenisation drive will remain questionable

India was world's 3rd-biggest military spender in 2020, behind US and China

The five biggest spenders in 2020 were the United States, China, India, Russia and the United Kingdom, which together accounted for 62 per cent of world military spending

Integration among 3 services key to face future security challenges: CDS

General Rawat dispelled apprehensions on Wednesday that the creation of theatre commands to increase the synergy among the Army, Navy and Air Force would lead to one service usurping the other two

Best of BS Opinion: Changing a monolith, bare necessities for India & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Zeus Numerix: This MSME is working to make warships invisible to radar

Pune-based Zeus Numerix's software simulation earlier helped integrate BrahMos missile with Sukhoi-30MKI

Changing a monolith

The plans currently afoot to restructure the military raise several questions about the command structure and accretion of power

India has world's fourth strongest armed forces: Military Direct's study

China has the strongest military force in the world while India stands at number four, according to a study released on Sunday by defence website Military Direct

First tri-service missile gets underway with roll-out of MRSAM components

The MRSAM has been developed for the army, navy and air force by DRDO, in close partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries

Defence Budget: Military gets 28% less budget than it projected

Money requested for equipment modernisation slashed by 38 per cent

Need to develop military into a future force: PM at top commanders' meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a holistic approach focused on breaking down civil-military silos and on expediting decision-making

DRDO conducts successful flight test of SFDR technology

The Defence Research and Development Organisation on Friday successfully conducted a flight test of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology in Odisha, official sources said. The test was carried out at around 10.30 am from the integrated test range (ITR) launch platform at Chandipur, they said. The successful demonstration of the SFDR technology will enable DRDO to develop long-range air to air missiles, the sources said. During the test, all subsystems including the ground booster motor have performed as expected, they added.