India’s defence exports hit all-time high: Here’s what Indian arms companies are shipping to US, France and moreDefence exports have surged to an all-time high of Rs 38,424 crore in FY 2025-26, a 62.7% increase driven by both public and private sector...
03 Apr, 2026, 11.06 AM IST
Teenager brings loaded gun to restaurant, arrested; faces 50 charges linked to intimate partner violence case; details insideA teenager, Connor James Tobin, is facing more than 50 charges. He allegedly brought a loaded gun to an Eastern Passage restaurant. Police ...
03 Apr, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
American gunmakers help Ukrainians fight back against PutinCocoa-based KelTec's donation is a high-profile example of Americans collecting guns, ammunition, body armour, helmets and other tactical g...
19 Mar, 2022, 12.05 PM IST
Body armour for security personnel on China borderProtective body armour used against stone pelting in the Kashmir Valley will now be used by troops.
11 Jul, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
Foreign firms keen to set up plants in India to supply raw materials for bulletproof jacketsThe Prime Minster's Office had asked the Niti Aayog to prepare a road map for "incentivising" domestic manufacturing of lightweight body ar...
23 Jun, 2019, 12.47 PM IST
NITI Aayog prepares draft note on light weight body armoursThe Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had asked the NITI Aayog to prepare a roadmap on the possibility of encouraging production of home-made l...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.47 PM IST
Army lacks adequate body armour despite Indian firms being leading exporters of bulletproof vestsIndian cops and soldiers put their lives on the line without adequate body armour. Yet it is Indian firms that export bulletproof vests tha...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.41 PM IST
Proposal cleared for modernisation of Army's armoured vehiclesThe decision to give a go-ahead to the project was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the ministry's highest deci...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.08 PM IST
Government wants to incentivise home-made light weight body armourNITI Aayog has consulted stakeholders like industries which are engaged in research as well as para military forces and armed forces, the o...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.35 PM IST
Military equipment manufacturer MKU to unveil NICS, Electro Optic devices at Defexpo 2016 in GoaMilitary and armed forces equipment manufacturer MKU Private Ltd will unveil its sophisticated Network-centric Integrated Combat System for...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.44 PM IST
Niti to prepare roadmap for making lightweight body armoursThe official said Niti Aayog will drive implementation of recommendation of its draft note on "incentivising" domestic manufacturing of lig...
14 Jul, 2018, 02.33 PM IST
ET Defence Bulletin: Parrikar leaves behind unfinished businessThis is a list of the top defence stories of today.
12 Jul, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
- Jurassic fossil shows missing link in crocodile family tree
London, May 13 (IANS) Researchers have found a "missing link" from a 180 million-year-old fossil that sheds light on how some ancient croco...
13 May, 2018, 08.22 PM IST
NITI submits draft Cabinet note on zero-emission vehiclesMinister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said that, in order to promote electric vehicles, NITI Aayog has proposed the formation o...
04 Apr, 2018, 06.35 PM IST
Testing infra, R&D will spur domestic manufacturing of body armours: MinisterThe PMO has accepted the recommendations, Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Lo...
03 Jan, 2018, 08.38 PM IST
Gujarat FSL to tie-up with US-based firm DuPont for ballistic testingGujarat FSL is likely to soon tie-up with US-based firm DuPont to share best practices in the field of ballistic testing.
08 Sep, 2014, 11.31 AM IST
- Sotheby's not to auction Guru Gobind Singh's armour
Just two days ahead of the proposed auction of armour believed to be of Guru Gobind Singh, world-renowned auction house Sotheby's on Monday...
07 Apr, 2008, 04.16 PM IST