Features
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June 3, 2019
Ajit Doval gets a second term as NSA, promoted to Cabinet rank
By Vishal ThaparElevation an acknowledgement of key role in big national security initiatives during PM Modi's first term
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June 1, 2019
Rajnath Singh takes over as Defence Minister
By Vishal ThaparDefence Secretary Mitra's term extended by 3 months
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May 30, 2019
Modi visits National War Memorial ahead of swearing in, sets the tone for new term
By Vishal ThaparAhead of his swearing in for a second term in India's top political office on May 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi...
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May 29, 2019
Outgoing Navy Chief hands over the tri-service baton to Air Chief
By Vishal ThaparForces await decision on permanent Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee by new government
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April 17, 2019
Spike gets a new lease of life: Indian Army seeks Israeli missile as an urgent requirement
By Vishal Thapar240 Spike ER missiles and 12 launchers are being purchased as an "emergency procurement"
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April 12, 2019
Amidst military tensions, Army top brass re-prioritises budgetary spending to ensure war readiness
By Vishal ThaparIndustry reps interact with military leadership on defence procurement programmes
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EXCLUSIVE
April 9, 2019
Elbit beats Nexter in epic battle to win Indian 155 mm, 52 calibre towed gun competition
By Vishal ThaparBut order for the Israeli ATHOS 2052 howitzer may be reduced from 1,580 guns to just 400 to make way for DRDO's ATAGS
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April 8, 2019
First lot of 6 indigenised Bofors guns handed over to the Army
By Vishal ThaparGo-ahead given for bulk production of 114 'Dhanush' howitzers
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April 4, 2019
Wreckage of World War-II era USAF aircraft found in Arunachal seven decades after crash
By Vishal ThaparThis was one of the war planes which went missing while flying supply missions to China in the 1940s
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April 2, 2019
Coming of age? Aero India spotlight finally shines on the Tejas fighter
By Vishal ThaparFatal crash, destruction of 300 vehicles in a car park and contradictory statistics mar the show
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April 2, 2019
UAVs scale high @ the premier Drone Olympics
By Ayushee ChaudharyThe first of its kind Olympics held for the future, eyed unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, saw the remotely controlled devices display rescue skills, visual formations and much more giving a wonderful contest to the larger than life aircraft.
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April 1, 2019
HAL AND HEARTY: HAL declares all is well with record turnover of $2.8 billion
By Vishal ThaparLargest Defence PSU distances itself from recent alarm over financial distress, to focus on Tejas fighters & indigenous systems for future business
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March 18, 2019
Manohar Parrikar: Reluctant Defence Minister who pushed Make in India agenda to the heart of military procurements
By Vishal ThaparA gentleman politician, he was one of India's most colourful and amiable Defence Ministers
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March 8, 2019
Army Chief briefs top US General on Pak support to terror
By Vishal ThaparArmy Chief General Bipin Rawat on March 8 briefed the visiting Commander of the US Special Operations Command, General Raymond Thomas about Pakistan's continued support to terrorism.
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EXCLUSIVE
March 7, 2019
Used in Balakot airstrike, Spice Bombs & Litening pods being made in India
By Vishal ThaparIn the spotlight after the path breaking Indian airstrike on the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp at Balakot in Pakistan on February 26, the Spice smart bomb fired...
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February 28, 2019
Have proof that Balakot air strike had desired effect: India
By Vishal ThaparIAF insists PAK F-16 shot down, contests Pak "disinformation" on LoC dogfight, stresses "heightened state of military readiness"
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February 28, 2019
Aero India Scripts a New Chapter with Women in Aviation
By Ayushee ChaudharyIt was last year in January that India's Raksha Mantri, Nirmala Sitharaman, adorned the olive green pilot's G-suit and soared high on a Sukhoi-30 MKI jet, to become the first full-time Indian woman Defence Minister to go supersonic in a sortie on the all-weather, long-range fighter.
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February 27, 2019
India-Pak face-off escalates, IAF MiG-21 shot down, Indian pilot in Pakistani custody
By Vishal ThaparThe India-Pakistan face-off escalated on Wednesday, with the shooting down of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 Bison near the Line of Control (LoC) and the capture of its pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
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February 26, 2019
India gets a National War Memorial in the heart of New Delhi
By Vishal ThaparSupreme Sacrifice by 25,942 troops since Independence gets a place of honour: All ceremonial wreath laying to shift from India Gate to new Memorial