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Indonesia to buy Astra air-to-air missiles, BrahMos

Indonesia has decided to induct India's indigenously developed Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, becoming one of the weapon’s first overseas customers, even as the two countries close in on a larger deal covering the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile. Read More

Indonesia stations first liaison officer at India’s IFC-IOR as Modi begins Jakarta visit

Jakarta joins IFC-IOR liaison network

Days before Modi’s Jakarta visit, Indonesia has posted its first liaison officer to India's Gurugram-based maritime surveillance hub, even as talks on a second BrahMos missile battery take centre stage. Read More

Indian squash prodigy Amarya Bajaj wins Dutch Junior Open U-13 title

Twelve-year-old Amarya Bajaj has become the first Indian boy to win the Dutch Junior Open Under-13 title, beating top-seeded players from Singapore, Hungary, England, and Egypt along the way. Read More

India moves to track Chinese and Pakistani submarines with undersea sensor network in Indian Ocean

India accelerates deep ocean watch project

DRDO invites industry to build a fibre-optic and sonar network stretching across the Ninety East Ridge, the Bay of Bengal, and the waters around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as New Delhi looks to close a long-standing gap in undersea surveillance. Read More

Adani Defence to build South Asia’s largest private missile manufacturing ecosystem in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri

Adani Defence launches ₹2,500-crore missile hub in MP

Adani Defence & Aerospace has laid the foundation for a ₹2,500-crore missile manufacturing complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri, billed as south Asia’s largest private-sector missile ecosystem. Read More

Indian Army peacekeepers decorated with UN medals

651 Indian Army peacekeepers were awarded the United Nations Medal at a ceremony in Sake, eastern DR Congo, for service with Monusco amid an uncertain mandate and continuing M23-linked violence in North Kivu. Read More

What Chinese investors actually weigh when they look at Gwadar

Beijing’s official language on CPEC is one of permanence – “all-weather,” “iron-clad,” unshakeable by attack. That’s messaging for a domestic and diplomatic audience; it isn’t what moves capital. Read More

Rear Admiral Chandrasekharan Raghuram takes charge as Hindustan Shipyard CMD amid submarine construction push

Rear Admiral Raghuram takes charge as HSL CMD

New CMD takes over defence shipyard as it moves from submarine refits into construction and expands its order book. Read More

Indian Navy eyes indigenous surveillance drones as it extends spotter concept from ships to shore

Navy seeks drones to guard its bases

The Ministry of Defence has floated a request for information for tactical multi-copter surveillance drones meant to bolster security at naval bases and other sensitive installations. Read More

Explained: What’s on Modi’s six-day tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand

Explained: Modi’s Indo-Pacific diplomatic push

The prime minister, Narendra Modi, will undertake a six-day tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to 11, in a diplomatic outreach aimed at reinforcing the country’s strategic, economic and maritime engagement across the Indo-Pacific, officials said on Friday. Read More