Indian Defence News

The proposed acquisition would be the largest artillery procurement by the Indian Army in decades, and would take L&T's total K9 Vajra production order past 500 guns.

The Ministry of Defence plans to penalise HAL for failing to deliver any Tejas Mk1A fighter jets to the Indian Air Force despite a 2021 contract worth ₹45,696 crore. Delays in GE engine supplies have stalled deliveries beyond the original deadline.

Exercise Josh 2 brought together the Indian Air Force’s western air command and three army commands to simulate joint combat operations, with a sharp focus on technology integration and reduced response times.

As noted in the book, The Indian Defence Budget, during the Kargil campaign, AAC conducted 2,500 missions and more than 2,700 hours of flight, successfully evacuating 900 casualties in the process.

Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as the chief of the naval staff on Sunday, becoming the 27th head of the Indian navy at a moment when the service is navigating an ambitious modernization agenda and mounting strategic competition across the Indo-Pacific.

General NS Raja Subramani assumed charge on Sunday as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS), stepping into the country’s highest military office at a juncture when the armed forces are grappling with an ambitious but still-unfinished transformation of their command structure.

A total of 353 cadets, including 21 from foreign countries, graduated from the National Defence Academy's 150th course. Jawaharlal Nehru University conferred bachelor's degrees on 236 cadets across science, arts, and computer science streams. Chief guest Kiran Bedi encouraged them to become "scholar warriors."

AVNL has invited Indian companies to partner in developing advanced loitering munitions and surveillance drones for future Indian battle tanks under the indigenous FRCV programme.

MoD on Wednesday issued a landmark request for proposals seeking a private industry partner to manufacture prototypes of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), the country’s most ambitious homegrown military aviation programme.

Hyderabad-based defense firm beats competition to win AVNL contract for 81 remote control weapon stations