General NS Raja Subramani took charge as India’s third chief of defence staff, tasked with converting five years of institutional groundwork – theatre commands, joint doctrine, and indigenization. Read More

General Anil Chauhan retired as the chief of defence staff after steering key military reforms, advancing triservices integration, and military modernization. Read More

The ceremony included the inspection of contingents, presentation of medals and awards, fly-pasts by military aircraft and helicopters, and the traditional “Antim Pag”. Read More

Forty-five years after joining the National Defence Academy’s Charlie Squadron as a young cadet, General Upendra Dwivedi arrived at the esteemed military institution to review the passing-out parade of the 150th Course. Read More

The chief of Integrated Defence Staff has called for urgent acceleration of the Ghatak remotely piloted strike aircraft programme, warning that India risks falling behind adversaries in the emerging domain of manned-unmanned aerial combat teaming. Read More

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, and the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu, will jointly inaugurate groundbreaking ceremonies for six projects on May 15, anchoring a renewed push to make the state a hub for military manufacturing. Read More

India is moving to allow private companies to manufacture ballistic missiles, a domain long reserved for state-owned defence public sector undertakings, as part of a broader push to reshape the country’s defence industrial base and sharply grow its weapons exports. Read More

At a Mumbai conclave marking one year of Operation Sindoor, the chief of integrated defence staff warned that AI, drones, cyber warfare and resilient supply chains will decide the outcome of modern conflicts and called on small businesses to become strategic partners in national security. Read More

When the post of chief of defence staff was created in late 2019, it was welcomed with fanfare and almost immediately, misread. That confusion has not gone away. Here’s the fact. Read More

The appointment ends months of uncertainty over the top tri-services post, with the incumbent's tenure running out on May 30. Read More