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...

A stockpile of over 36,000 modern AK-series assault rifles have been recently provided to central paramilitary forces and select state poli...

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 ...

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...

Rifle Factory, Ishapore, one of the oldest ordnance factories in the country, has successfully designed an assault rifle on the lines of th...

Field commanders of the force deployed in the anti-Naxal operations grid said they were increasingly sending the INSAS to the weapon repair...

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...