UK to spend $1.35 billion on new howitzers for the British ArmyBritain will spend one billion pounds on seventy-two remote-controlled howitzers. This purchase modernizes the army and fills a war-fightin...
14 May, 2026, 06.54 AM IST
If US leaves NATO, can Europe protect itself? Here's what an ex-commander saysA former NATO commander considers a world without American leadership in the alliance. Europe's collective defence budget is substantial. E...
29 Jan, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
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...
31 Mar, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
Application in SC seeks early hearing of plea against Delhi HC verdict in Bofors caseAn application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing of a petition challenging the Delhi High Court's 2005 verdict i...
09 Mar, 2024, 03.14 PM IST
More nations pledge weapons for UkraineThe packages announced in a joint statement include 600 Brimstone missiles (the UK); 19 French-made Caesar self-propelled howitzers (Denmar...
20 Jan, 2023, 09.56 PM IST
Home-grown howitzer gun to be used for ceremonial 21-gun salute on I-dayThe Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) has been developed under the government's 'Make in India' initiative by the Defence Researc...
10 Aug, 2022, 04.40 PM IST
Cracks begin to appear in Western bloc against Russia as economies face heat“Some Western European nations are losing appetite for sustaining a war they think is unwinnable and has reached a bloody stalemate that is...
07 Jun, 2022, 06.54 AM IST
View: Double-engine BJP govt best to tackle smuggling head on, build defence ecosystemPunjabis have played important roles in defending our borders and securing our nation through their historic involvement in India's armed f...
09 Feb, 2022, 11.36 PM IST
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...
20 Feb, 2018, 10.47 AM IST
Thrilled to see PM Modi revitalise defence procurement: BAE’s Roger CarrThe company is also in active negotiations with the Indian government to deliver the enhanced Tech Demonstrator Advanced Hawk jet trainer a...
31 Jan, 2018, 12.03 AM IST
Here's how to fix India's defence Budget: More allocation, fewer soldiersIn the last year's Budget, defence spending received the smallest chunk of 12.22 per cent out of total budget outlay in the last two decade...
22 Jan, 2018, 04.01 PM IST
India ninth biggest military buyer in worldIndia is the world's 9th biggest military spender, sandwiched between Germany-Japan on one side and South Korea-Italy on the other, in a re...
15 Apr, 2014, 01.13 PM IST
India promises military helicopters to Hamid KarzaiIndia only supplies non-lethal equipment such as transport aircraft and helicopters to other countries.
14 Dec, 2013, 12.37 AM IST
Why government has failed to encourage private sector in defence productionAK Antony has for years said he wants to encourage the private sector in defence production. Everything on ground does the exact opposite.
19 Mar, 2013, 07.10 AM IST
- Indian Army held artillery demonstration in Nashik
The pilots manoeuvred the helicopters at low-altitude negotiating with trees to conceal their movement under "Nape of the Earth" in the ope...
09 Jan, 2013, 05.50 PM IST
DefExpo-2012: Firms flock to Delhi to woo world's top arms importerThere are going to be 232 foreign firms and 60 official delegations in town this week for the four-day 'DefExpo-2012' that begins on Thursd...
27 Mar, 2012, 10.52 AM IST
- India remains world's largest arms importer
The message is embarrassing but clear: with India failing to get its act together to build a strong defence-industrial base (DIB) unlike Ch...
26 Mar, 2012, 09.43 AM IST