The order for the second batch of the assault rifles would be coming after the first lot of 72,000 rifles, has already been delivered to th...

In December last year, the Indian Army has started inducting its newly acquired American SiG Sauer assault rifles in operations. In additio...

Though the Indian military is considered among the top 5 in the world, it has been yearning for an all-weather assault rifle for quite some...

The rifles, being used by US forces as well as several other European countries, are being bought under the fast-track procurement procedur...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved procurement of the Sig Sauer rifles which will be used by troops deployed along the nearly 3,6...

Modernization of weapons to security forces is a continuous process as per operational requirement of the concerned security force, the Min...

Despite a four year process to select a new generation rifle to replace the glitch prone Indian-made INSAS, the Army is still not close to ...

The Indian Small Arms System (INSAS), which was inducted in the army 1988, is likely to be replaced with deadlier assault rifles of higher ...

The Indian Small Arms System (INSAS), which was inducted in the army 1988, is likely to be replaced with deadlier assault rifles of higher ...

The Army had last year scrapped a four-year-old tender for purchasing 1.8 lakh multi-calibre weapons to replace INSAS, which was inducted i...

The plan now is to either get a foreign arms company to shift some of its manufacturing facilities to India or task the OFB to manufacture ...

Defence sources also ruled out that the army has shortlisted any particular gun to replace the INSAS, which had entered service in the late...

The RFPs which also looks at meeting the requirements of the other defence services have been given to about 12 vendors, said sources.

The Army has sought approximately 8 lakh 7.62x51 mm assault rifles, out of which 72,000 rifles will be immediately purchased through global...

Under the proposal, cleared at the meeting chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, 72,000 assault rifles and 93,895 carbines will b...

Army's futuristic programme to transform its infantry soldiers into high-tech, self-contained killing machines is gathering some steam, aft...

Seeking to boost the firepower of troops to undertake conventional and counter-insurgency operations, the Army has issued a tender for proc...