Army starts process to procure 120 loitering munitions, 10 aerial targeting systemThe Indian Army has been ramping up its overall combat capabilities in view of the lingering border row with China in eastern Ladakh.It has...
03 Nov, 2022, 10.25 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
Gujarat CM flags of Larsen & Toubro-made 91st K9 Vajra-T Gun"The 'K9 VAJRA-T' Howitzer Program involves the delivery of 100 systems with associated Engineering Support Package (ESP) covering Spares, ...
11 Jan, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
Different ammunition to be major area in banned list of defence imports: ArmyTo promote indigenous defence manufacturing and reduce imports, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, last week, had announced that a list o...
22 May, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
Toast of 'Make in India' but production line for Vajra artillery guns to run dry this yearL&T said the order for 100 guns — valued at Rs 4,500 crore — would be completed within six months and its manufacturing facility at Hazira,...
07 Feb, 2020, 09.01 AM IST
China's PLA begins major military exercises in TibetThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command started its New Year exercises in which it has deployed helicopters, armoured veh...
06 Jan, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
For better operations, army developing real-time equipment databaseThe program codenamed ‘Project Beehive’ will be a centralised and automated system based in Delhi under the army’s Electronics and Mechanic...
14 Oct, 2019, 09.43 AM IST
Elusive $15 billion arms deal frustrates Boeing to LockheedWhile India does want to upgrade its fleet, there’s one big road block: New Delhi’s famed red tape.
20 Feb, 2019, 10.21 AM IST
Indian Army gets new teeth, K9 Vajra, M777 howitzers inductedThe artillery modernisation plan has been moving at a slow pace since the last couple of decades but it picked up pace when the Indian Army...
09 Nov, 2018, 05.19 PM IST
Make in India: Adani Group may foray into defence manufacturing at MundraA clutch of Adani execs has been meeting representatives of large overseas defence cos to explore tieups for manufacturing a range of defen...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.36 PM IST
L&T bags its biggest defence order worth Rs 4,500 crore to supply self-propelled guns to Indian ArmyL&T will supply 100 units of 155mm/52 calibre Tracked Self-Propelled Gun systems to the Indian army over 42 months. The order will give L&T...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.02 PM IST
Faulty ammunition reason behind M777 gun explosion: ProbeThe field trials of the 155 mm, 39-calibre guns manufactured by BAE systems were being carried out at Pokhran in Rajasthan with an aim to c...
14 Jul, 2018, 02.34 PM IST
Pakistan violated ceasefire along LoC 268 times in last 1 year: GovernmentAs per details provided by the government, the maximum of 88 violations were witnessed in November followed by 78 in October and 22 last mo...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.54 PM IST
Slumbering tiger, roaring dragon: How India's defence stacks up against its biggest regional competitor ChinaChina's military modernization, capacity-building, infrastructure development in Tibet, and moves into the Indian Ocean pose serious challe...
12 Jul, 2018, 07.11 PM IST
CAG slams poor construction of strategic roads for China frontIndia in the later-1990s did junk its defensive mindset prevalent since the 1962 war that held development of any infrastructure along the ...
11 Jul, 2018, 04.33 PM IST
- Army places orders for 100 howitzers
Indian Army has placed orders for 100 artillery guns with the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) after having failed to acquire even a single how...
29 Feb, 2012, 09.11 PM IST
- After fighter jet slight, India to buy more US aircraft
The government is moving swiftly to mollify the American establishment that is deeply upset over rejection of both their fighter aircraft f...
18 May, 2011, 09.21 AM IST