India-US advance talks on joint production of Stryker armoured combat vehiclesIndia and the US are in advanced negotiations to co-produce the latest generation of Stryker armoured infantry combat vehicles (ICVs). This...
17 Jun, 2024, 02.40 PM IST
Indian Army sets up one of world's highest tank repair facilities near China borderThe Indian Army has established two of the world's highest tank repair facilities in Eastern Ladakh, near the China border, at altitudes ov...
15 May, 2024, 08.17 PM IST
Infantry combat vehicle upgrades: Govt inks deal with AVNLThe AVNL has developed an "indigenised solution for providing existing BMP 2/2K with night fighting capabilities and FCS based on the integ...
13 Mar, 2024, 09.38 PM IST
Tanzanian military chief visits Ahmednagar's Mechanised Infantry Centre and SchoolGeneral Jacob John Mkunda, Chief of Defence Staff of the Tanzania People's Defence Forces, visited the Mechanised Infantry Centre and Schoo...
28 Dec, 2023, 04.35 PM IST
Made-in-India combat vehicles inducted in forward areas in LadakhNorthern Army Commander Lt General Upendra Dwivedi personally drove the new vehicle and said that with these combat vehicles one can easily...
24 Jun, 2022, 11.42 PM IST
Indian Army plans to buy 1,750 Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles, 350 light tanksThe FICV project has been in plans for a long time and the need for a modern troops carrier equipped with tank-busting capabilities was fel...
24 Jun, 2021, 12.28 PM IST
Aero India: Not a fighter jet but infantry combat vehicle is showstopperThe force stated that dust, smoke, fog, camouflage and even darkness used to hamper the vision of BMP-II Sarath on battlefields. Therefore,...
05 Feb, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
China in mind, Indian Army asks for infantry combat vehicles with night visionThe ageing Russian-origin BMP vehicles, which have anti-tank missiles, cannons and machine guns but suffer from night-blindness, have also ...
08 Sep, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Smart bombs, futuristic combat vehicle in pipeline: OFB headThe first-ever conference of employees of 41 ordnance factories in the country is being held at the National Academy for Defence Production...
11 Jan, 2020, 07.38 PM IST
Indian Army's Rs 60,000-crore FICV project stuck in procedural delays: Official sourcesMilitary sources said while China has enhanced strength of armoured resources by seven to eight times in the Tibet Autonomous Region border...
02 Jan, 2019, 04.11 PM IST
Government fast-tracks Rs 60,000-crore ‘Make in India’ project for infantry combat vehicleDefence ministry is finally fast-tracking the long-pending mega ‘Make in India’ project to produce at least 2,610 future infantry combat ve...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.32 PM IST
Tatas, M&M may participate in Rs 12,700-crore Army fleet upgrade projectThe Army is all set to reverse its decision to hand over the mega upgrade project of its fleet of infantry combat vehicles to the public se...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.25 PM IST
Defence Production Board yet to take call on Rs 60,000-crore combat vehicle projectThe board deliberated on the project following the submission of a report earlier last month by a panel of Independent Expert Monitors appo...
13 Mar, 2018, 07.14 AM IST
Production of infantry combat vehicle will start six years from now: VS Nornoha, Head Defence, Tata MotorsWhen defence opened up to the private sector in 2005-2006, Tata Motors took a strategic decision to move from logistics to combat support v...
09 Mar, 2016, 02.15 PM IST
Army to get night vision devices worth over Rs 2,800 crore for its tanks and infantry combat vehiclesThe Defence Ministry today approved a Rs 2,820 crore proposal to provide night-vision devices to the Army to enable its tanks and infantry ...
02 Apr, 2013, 10.42 PM IST
Army to upgrade entire fleet of infantry combat vehiclesWhile infantry combat vehicles may be the poorer tanks, they perform the critical task of carrying soldiers into the battle zone with fire ...
31 Mar, 2013, 10.43 AM IST
- Heard on the street: Talk of $2-b defence deal lifts M&M Stock
The market is abuzz with speculation that the defence ministry has shortlisted M&M for the contract for providing the FICV to the Indian ar...
28 Mar, 2012, 05.53 AM IST