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Booming guns, hovering drones: Army's Regiment of Artillery puts up spectacular show of firepowerThe Indian Army's Regiment of Artillery demonstrated its firepower during the annual drill 'Exercise TOPCHI' in Nashik. Advanced artillery ...- Technology absorption to be army's focus area: Lt Gen A K SinghThe Southern Command, which celebrates its 130th Raising Day on April 1, is the oldest and the largest command of the Indian Army, covering...
- Army's artillery wing displays firepower, array of gunsThe artillery wing of Indian Army today conducted exercise 'Sarvatra Prahar', displaying its prowess, deadly firepower and a wide range of ...
- Shot in the arm for Indian Army soon with delivery of Dhanush 155mm artillery gunThe Indian Army is set to soon be handed over the indigenously-developed howitzer 'Dhanush', also known as 'desi bofors'.
- Gun Carriage Factory hands over three 'Dhanush' guns to armyThe trials saw some 2,000 rounds being successfully fired from the gun in different climatic conditions like in snowy, desert and hostile a...
- ED starts probe into Embraer aircraft deal, suspected payoffs of $5 millionThe agencies are trailing transactions of more than $5 million suspected to be alleged payoffs in the purchase of three aircraft by the DRD...
- OFB eyes to bag Army order to upgrade imported field gunsAccording to defence experts, the 130-mm field guns have almost become obsolete the world over as they have been replaced by 155-mm howitze...
- Dhanush artillery gun clears final test, ready for induction: OfficialBetween June 2-6, fifty rounds of shells each were fired from six Dhanush guns, Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) Senior General Manager SK Singh ...
- Israeli, Italian, British, South African arms firms in defence ministry's graft listGlobal arms majors Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK) and Israel Military Industries (IMI) fall in the first category of blacklisted fir...
- Enforcement Directorate issues notices to firms linked to arms dealer Sudhir ChoudhrieOne of the notices issued by the ED relates to a case in which a Delhi Court in 2011 had directed the agency to probe the "receipt of commi...
- Desi Bofors howitzer to be tested again, Army keeps fingers crossedThe Army has not inducted a single modern 155mm gun for the last three decades since the infamous Bofors scandal.
- Defence Ministry allows private sector to participate in howitzer upgradeThe Defence Ministry has allowed private sector companies to take part in a tender to upgrade 300 M-46 artillery guns of the Army.
- Desi Bofors to plug gap in Army’s long-range firepowerTwo prototypes of the 155mm\45-calibre guns have been developed, one with 68% indigenous parts and the other with 46%, and have been "satis...
- CBI hasn’t cracked any defence scandal in last 30 yearsOver the last 30-yrs, CBI has registered and probed several defence scandals. But the agency has failed to crack almost all of these cases.
- Rs 20k cr deals may end Army’s artillery droughtIndia is now going to float a mega global tender for acquiring 814 motorised howitzers in a fresh attempt to kickstart the Army’s long-dela...
- Punj Lloyd plans bidding for combat weapon howitzerEngineering and construction firm Punj Lloyd announced its entry into the country's lucrative defence market saying it would jointly bid fo...
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