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Govt to procure next-generation Very Short Range Air Defence SystemThe Indian government has initiated the procurement process for next-generation Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADS NG) to enhan...- MoD sets up specialised unit with consultants to aid arms procurementsTowards this end, the MoD has already invited bids for empanelment of cost and data analysis firms as well as legal consulting firms for th...
- Army headquarters rejig: Deputy Chief for capability development, sustenance soonMooted almost three years ago, the new post will see 4 Corps Commander Lt Gen Shantanu Dayal as the first full Deputy Chief (CD&S) when he ...
- Government likely to issue draft defence production and export promotion policy soonDefence Production Secretary Raj Kumar said that in "addition to indigenisation, to give a push to 'Make in India', to seek substitute of i...
- Different ammunition to be major area in banned list of defence imports: ArmyTo promote indigenous defence manufacturing and reduce imports, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, last week, had announced that a list o...
- View: Modi's mission self-reliance can go a long way in making India a major hub for defence manufacturingThe publication of a negative list will throw much-needed light on GoI’s plans for indigenisation. It will encourage the armed forces, weap...
- Government announces technology push, boost to private sector in defenceOn promoting indigenous defence production, the minister said budgetary provisions would be made for India-made defence products. But it is...
- Raising FDI cap to 74% in defence manufacturing will be "game changer": Rajnath SinghHis reaction came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a series of long-pending reforms for the defence sector which included...
- Separate budget for Indian made defence items, negative import list: FM Nirmala SitharamanIndia would also expand the list of weapons that can not be imported, the finance minister said.
- CDS General Bipin Rawat reiterates ‘Make in India’ for armed forcesAs ET had earlier reported, the defence ministry has initiated a process to identify potential savings that can be made this year due to de...
- Forces must shun imports, go for ‘Make In India’, says General Bipin Rawat“We are not expeditionary forces that have to deploy around the globe. We have to guard and fight only along our borders and, of course, do...
- Army starts process to buy 6.5 lakh riflesThe Army has set the ball rolling for acquiring 6.5 lakh new assault rifles, with “reduced technical specifications”, under what will event...
- Should next-generation guns kill or wound? Army debatesThe conference will focus on whether the Army should go in for a 5.56mm rifle, which generally incapacitates enemy soldiers, or a 7.62mm ri...
- No end to jawans' wait for 1.86 lakh bullet-proof jacketsThe only silver lining is that the "emergency revenue procurement" of 50,000 jackets, approved as an operational urgency by defence ministe...
- Army rejects US offer of Raven mini-drones for its foot-soldiersThe Army wants a man-portable drone which can operate at least 1,000-metre above ground level to ensure it cannot be shot down by enemy rif...
- Army hunts for lethal assault rifle, junks DRDO's ExcaliburThe RFI (request for information) for the new 7.62mm assault rifles is going to be issued soon to elicit responses from around the globe.
- From assault to sniper rifles, machine guns to carbines, soldiers yet to get basic infantry weaponsIn September 2016, the Army was forced to re-launch its global hunt for new-generation 7.62 mm x 51 mm assault rifles to replace the glitch...
- Army to plug operational gaps in modernization planWith Army lagging far behind IAF and Navy, General Bikram Singh has pressed the throttle hard to usher in several systemic procurement chan...
- Soldiers yet to get bulletproof vests, ballistic helmetsAfter going around in circles for several years, the much ballyhooed project to acquire 1,86,168 bulletproof jackets for the humble soldier...
- French fighter jet out of race for biggest IAF dealFrench fighter Rafale has been knocked out of the race for the 'mother of all defence deals', the Rs 42,000 crore project to acquire 126 me...
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