A SeaGuardian drone. (Photo: General Atomics)New Delhi: An Indian Navy MQ-9B SeaGuardian drone, leased from the United States, crashed into the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Chennai, on Wednesday. According to the Navy, the drone, which had been ope...
Guwahati: Assam’s chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced that Dassault Systèmes, the technology arm of the Paris-headquartered Dassault Group, will establish a state-of-the-art aerospace and defence training hub in the state...
New Delhi: The government has decided to hold the main event for the Indian Air Force Day in Chennai this year. This marks only the third time that the celebrations are being held outside New Delhi, with previous events in Chandigarh and Prayagraj in...
Vagsheer, the 6th submarine of the Kalvari-class submarines built under Project-75, undergoing sea trials. (File photo)New Delhi: India is on the verge of a significant boost to its naval strength, with plans to add 12 new warships to its fleet over ...
The Indian Army plans to replace its ageing T-72 tanks with FRCVs. (File photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, approved 10 capital acquisition proposals amounting to ₹1.45 lakh crore f...
A Dhaksha DH-Logigator logistics drone. (Photo: Dhaksha Drones)New Delhi: The Indian Army has paused its plans to buy 200 logistics drones from Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, a company based in Chennai. This decision, which the Army took recently, comes a...
General Sundararajan Padmanabhan (December 13, 1940 – August 19, 2024)Chennai: General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the 20th chief of the Indian Army, passed away on Monday. He was 83. Gen Padmanabhan, affectionately known as “Paddy” w...
Rakesh Pal. (File Photo)New Delhi: Rakesh Pal, who was leading the Indian Coast Guard as its 25th director general, died of a heart attack in Chennai on Sunday. He was 58. Pal was earlier admitted to Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital...
India celebrated its 78th Independence Day on August 15, 2024.New Delhi: India celebrated its 78th Independence Day on Thursday with grand festivities and patriotic fervour across the nation. The theme for this year’s celebrations was &ldq...
Chennai: Boeing has announced the opening of applications for the fourth edition of its Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development (BUILD) programme for 2024-25, targeting university graduates and early-stage startup entrepreneurs in India, ...