Andhra Pradesh gets AMCA fighter test centre, drone city
New Delhi: 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 …
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India opens ballistic missile manufacturing for private sector
Defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh at CII Annual Business Summit 2026 in Delhi (Photo: CII)New Delhi: India is moving to allow private companies to manufacture ballistic missiles, a d…
'AI, drones and factories will decide India’s future wars'
Mumbai: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, the chief of integrated defence staff, has said that India's ability to prevail in future conflicts will depend not only on the sophistication of its…
Explained: CDS ‘advisor to who?’ and ‘first among equals’ debate
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani will assume the post of India’s 3rd CDS on May 31, 2026. (File photo) New Delhi: When the post of chief of defence staff was created in late 2019, it was welcom…
Government picks Lt Gen Raja Subramani as new CDS
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani meets soldiers (File photo)New Delhi: The government has appointed Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani as the next chief of defence staff (CDS), filling the co…
India, Australia deepen defence ties at 10th policy talks in New Delhi
India, Australia hold bilateral defence policy talks in Delhi: (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: India and Australia on Friday concluded the 10th edition of their bilateral defence-policy talks in…
India moves to build layered air-defence architecture after Op Sindoor
Lt Gen Zubin A Minwalla.Jaipur: A year after Operation Sindoor reshaped India’s military thinking, the country’s armed forces are accelerating a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s …
Op Sindoor anniversary: Military warns Pakistan against terror misadventure
From left: Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, AM AK Bharti, and VAdm AN Pramod. (File photo)Jaipur/New Delhi: Top military commanders in the country issued pointed warnings to Pakistan on Wednesday whi…
Zorawar Singh: The general who conquered Ladakh
General Zorawar Singh Kahluria was one of the greatest military commanders in 19th-century India. Born in 1786 in the small hill kingdom of Kahlur in present-day Himachal Pradesh, he ca…
Ran Samwad 2026: CDS says theatre command plan ready for Cabinet
The top brass of Indian military during Ran Samwad – 2026. (Photo: Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff)Bengaluru/New Delhi: The chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, announced…
India arms exports cross ₹38,000 crore for first time
New Delhi: India's defence exports have touched an all-time high of ₹38,424 crore in FY 2025–26, surpassing last year's figure of ₹23,622 crore by a record margin of ₹14,802 crore -- a …
MoD hits 100% capital budget utilization for FY 2025-26
New Delhi: In a major financial milestone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fully utilized its ₹1.86 lakh crore capital outlay for the country’s armed forces in the financial year 2025…