A French navy Rafale (M). (File photo)New Delhi: India may sign deals worth around ₹90,000 crore with France soon. The deals include 26 Rafale (Marine) or Rafale (M) warplanes and three additional Scorpene (Kalvari-class) submarines for the Ind...
Narendra Modi being greeted by Indian Americans after his arrival at New York City, on June 20, 2023. (Photo: PMO India)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, landed in New York City, on Tuesday, for his maiden state visit in the United States...
A SeaGuardian drone. (Photo: General Atomics) New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, gave its green signal to the armed forces to purchase 31 MQ-9B SeaGuardian, also known as Predator B, drone...
Rajnath Singh. (File photo)New Delhi: India will soon hold talks with the United States and Germany to enhance defence cooperation, especially for collaboration in building defence equipment in India with US and German technology. From the Indian sid...
Indian tanks in Ladakh. (Representational photo)New Delhi: The “Zorawar” lightweight tank for mountain warfare, which the defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council approved as a necessity for the Indian Army in December as ...
An ATGS during trials. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisitions Council gave the initial nod (acceptance of necessity) for the procurement of 307 advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS) for the Indian Army and 20...
C295 aircraft to be made in GujaratBengaluru: Spanish aerospace company Airbus will display scale models of the new-generation tanker A330 MRTT as well as the C295 military aircraft during the Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru to be held from Februar...
An ALH test-firing a HELINA missile. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: The government has approved the “acceptance of necessity” for three capital acquisition proposals – two for the Indian Army and one for the Indian Navy, on Tuesday, the de...
Indian tanks in Ladakh. (Representational photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has given its approval for acceptance of necessity (AoN) to acquire 24 different types of weapons, weapon syste...
An Airbus C-295 aircraft. (Photo via Twitter)For the first time a private sector company of India has taken a step forward to set up a full-fledged aircraft-manufacturing facility in the country. The foundation stone for the Airbus Defence and Space-...