Pakistan commissioned PNS Hangor on 30 April 2026 in Sanya, China, in a ceremony attended by President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf. It was presented, as every milestone in this programme has been presented, as a moment of national achievement. Read More

The memorandum of association, signed in New Delhi, is designed to institutionalize inter-service cooperation as India pushes for more integrated military operations across domains. 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

Bengaluru-based Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace signs a deal with Portugal’s SketchPixel to manufacture the Kaal Bhairava autonomous combat aircraft in Europe, in what it calls the opening move of an ambitious plan to place Indian-origin military hardware in 77 countries across seven continents. Read More

Leading private sector firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has entered a strategic collaboration with France-based Exail to deliver an advanced unmanned mine countermeasure (MCM) suite for the Indian Navy’s mine counter measure vessels (MCMVs) programme. Read More

The two-day event in Ahmednagar district will feature a defence capability showcase, an MSME expo, and the inauguration of a bio-CNG plant – the latest signal of Maharashtra’s push to emerge as a private-sector defence hub. 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

Pune-based Bharat Forge has secured a contract to supply landing gear forgings across Embraer's commercial and defence aircraft programmes – a first for any Indian forging company, and a significant step in Brazil's broadening of its aerospace supply chain into India. 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