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Thursday, 30 May 2024

India’s 5th-gen fighter, the AMCA, looks to move off the drawing board and into the air

The Tejas (above) is an essential stepping stone towards building the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (Part 4 of a four-part series on the T...

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Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Private Sector

Part 3: The Tejas Mark 2: Incremental development

A key challenge in developing the Tejas Mark 2 fighter is increasing the capacity of its mission computer and flight software (Part III of...

Ajai Shukla May 29, 2024 0

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Ordnance factories

Tejas Part 2: HAL’s Nashik assembly line boosts Tejas production capacity to 24 aircraft annually

Part 2: With 180 Tejas Mark 1A on order, HAL boosts production capacity in Nashik to 12 fighters annually Part 2 of a 4-part series: “Soari...

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Monday, 27 May 2024

MMRCA

Revamped Tejas Mark 1A fighters ready for take-off: First batch of 16 to enter IAF service this year

Part 1 of a 4-part series: “Soaring Tejas” With the order for Tejas Mark 1 fighters nearly fulfilled, attention turns to meeting the Tejas...

Ajai Shukla May 27, 2024 1

Friday, 24 May 2024

Indian Navy

Azad Engineering to build Advanced Turbo Engine for DRDO

Azad will start delivering fully integrated advanced turbo engines by early 2026 By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 24 May 24 Hyderabad b...

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Saturday, 11 May 2024

Morale

MoD notifies act for uniform, tri-service military discipline

Currently, soldiers, sailors and airmen are governed in accordance with their respective service acts – Army Act 1950, Navy Act 1957 and Air...

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Friday, 10 May 2024

strategy

Defence Secretary urges infrastructure firms to contribute towards developing border areas

Vibrant Villages Programme urges border people to remain resident in border areas (Above: Traditional bamboo bridge over the Siang River) ...

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Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Indian Navy

Anti-drone tech firm, Zen Technologies, announces leap in financial results

By Ajai Shukla and Bhaswar Kumar Business Standard, 7th May 24 Reflecting a secular upswing in the earnings and profitability of indigenous ...

Ajai Shukla May 08, 2024 0

Thursday, 2 May 2024

shipbuilding

Filling the submarine gap

Given its role as the gatekeeper to the Indian Ocean, addressing India’s submarine deficiency should be a top priority for the new governmen...

Ajai Shukla May 02, 2024 3

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Missiles

Army chief: Arms self-reliance to come from national champion companies

Pande: About 340 indigenous arms producers across the country have been awarded defence contracts worth Rs 2.6 lakh crore By Ajai Shukla B...

Ajai Shukla April 24, 2024 0

Monday, 22 April 2024

region

Rajnath Singh visits the Siachen Glacier on the 40th anniversary of India's capture of Bilafondla and Sia la

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visiting the Siachen Glacier Memorial today Addressing the troops on the 40th anniversary of the Indian milit...

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Tuesday, 16 April 2024

West Asia

Indian Navy carries out first drug interdiction as CMF member

Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) is a 42-nation naval partnership that upholds the international rules-based order on the world’s busiesmost i...

Ajai Shukla April 16, 2024 1

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Thursday, 30 May 2024

India’s 5th-gen fighter, the AMCA, looks to move off the drawing board and into the air

Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Part 3: The Tejas Mark 2: Incremental development

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Tejas Part 2: HAL’s Nashik assembly line boosts Tejas production capacity to 24 aircraft annually

Monday, 27 May 2024

Revamped Tejas Mark 1A fighters ready for take-off: First batch of 16 to enter IAF service this year

Friday, 24 May 2024

Azad Engineering to build Advanced Turbo Engine for DRDO

Saturday, 11 May 2024

MoD notifies act for uniform, tri-service military discipline

Friday, 10 May 2024

Defence Secretary urges infrastructure firms to contribute towards developing border areas

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Anti-drone tech firm, Zen Technologies, announces leap in financial results

Thursday, 2 May 2024

Filling the submarine gap

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Army chief: Arms self-reliance to come from national champion companies

Monday, 22 April 2024

Rajnath Singh visits the Siachen Glacier on the 40th anniversary of India's capture of Bilafondla and Sia la

Tuesday, 16 April 2024

Indian Navy carries out first drug interdiction as CMF member

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