Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Indian conglomerate Tata Group signed an agreement on Tuesday to cooperate on the development, manufacturing, marketing and support of defence products in India...Read More
India's showpiece supersonic cruise missile, the BrahMos, has now been successfully tested in a hypersonic version, though under laboratory conditions, according to BrahMos Aerospace chief execu..Read More
A top defence scientist today made a strong pitch for decentralisation of the working of the defence research establishment to give scientists freedom to move to private sector to hone their skills.Th..Read More
Several Indian companies are likely to be involved in building American aerospace giant Boeing's long-range anti-submarine warfare Aircraft for which the Indian Navy has issued a request for prop..Read More
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to induct two squadrons of the indigenous Akash Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM). The all-weather, multi-target missile was accepted by the IAF recently after nine s..Read More
The Indian Navy plans to acquire an additional six submarines over and above the Scorpene submarines it has already ordered. The Navy also hopes to equip itself with nuclear-powered submarines in the ..Read More
The race for a $10 billion Indian order for 126 fighters just got hotter with the US Navy enthusiastically batting for the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, saying it was best suited for an Indian Air Force..Read More
India may be looking at further purchases of the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System, which is mounted on the carrier USS Trenton that was sold to the Indian navy. Since renamed INS Jalashva, the Trenton a..Read More
India successfully test-fired Wednesday a nuclear-capable missile that can hit targets from Beijing to Baghdad, the Defense Ministry said.It was the third test of the Agni III missile. The first attem..Read More
American space and airborne systems company, Raytheon, has said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) will get access to cutting-edge radar technology in the form of the AESA radar, up to the level permitte..Read More
Army today proposed a substantial hike ranging from 100 to 200 per cent in the newly created military service pay (MSP) for personnel below officer rank (PBOR) and its extension to the higher ranks. A..Read More
Guarding the borders, battling militants and training for blitzkrieg battles is just not enough now. Facing mounting attacks in the virtual world, the Indian Army is now gearing up for battles in the ..Read More
India is invited to join the Eurofighter programme as a new partner. This invitation was highlighted by Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of Military Air Systems, an integrated activity of EADS Defence & Security..Read More
As part of steps to keep the country's air power capability at optimal level, India has signed a billion-Euro deal to upgrade its 51 Mirage Multi-Role Fighters. Dassault, the French original equi..Read More
India's largest ever global military tender to acquire 126 fighters for an estimated $10 billion took off on Monday with six aviation companies submitting their technical bids to the Defence Mini..Read More
US civil and defence aerospace major Boeing has decided to outsource two critical components of the F-18 Super Hornet combat aircraft to India and the order for one of them could go to the Tatas.Lt Ge..Read More
India's Defense Ministry plans to raise the 26 percent cap on foreign direct investment in the country's defense industry, a move aimed at attracting global military and aerospace companies ..Read More
The Boeing Company Thursday delivered a detailed 7,000-page proposal offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Indian Air Force as part of India's medium multi-role combat aircraft (MM..Read More
At a time when the strength of Indian Air Force's (IAF) fighting squadrons has hit an all-time low, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday said all measures would be taken to ensure that the force&#..Read More
Engineering and construction company Punj Lloyd Ltd is eyeing a big push in picking up defence contracts, including two orders from the Indian Army having a total value of around $1 billion (Rs4,000 c..Read More
India will test indigenously built Agni III+ ballistic missile with a strike range of more than 5000 km in 2009. The long-range missile is currently in the design stage, VK Saraswat, Chief Controller ..Read More
An indigenous main battle tank (MBT) that has been in the development for nearly 36 years has failed to deliver at the just-concluded winter trials, the Indian Army has told a key parliamentary panel...Read More
Mooted eight years ago, the Indian National Defence University (INDU) is finally set to get off the ground with the Haryana government promising land for the institution in the Gurgaon suburb of the n..Read More
A fresh Request For Proposal (RFP) is to be issued for procurement of deep-submergence rescue vessels for Indian Navy. The Indian Navy operates Indian Naval Ship (INS) Nireekshak (Diving Support Vesse..Read More
India is to invite global bids worth two billion dollars for 384 light helicopters in the second biggest military deal this year, defence ministry officials told AFP on Friday.A source from the India..Read More
As India prepares to receive the first of its Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) Phalcon, Indian Air Force has cleared proposals to acquire three more such platforms. The proposals have..Read More
In about two weeks time, India is expected to issue tenders for the supply of 384 helicopters from global suppliers in a deal that is now expected to be worth about $2 billion. Bids would once again b..Read More
India is in the advanced stage of inviting bids for 312 light helicopters for the army and the air force. The soon to be floated bids come about three months after the Indian Army tender for 197 Euroc..Read More
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will manufacture 187 of the 384 light helicopters the Indian military requires. But the Indian Army has "put its foot down" against the move, saying the state-owned com..Read More
India's state-owned military-plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) said that a joint venture to develop a multi-role transport aircraft is near completion. HAL is partnering with Russia�..Read More
After the successful firing of Agni-1 missile on Sunday, the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on March 5 and the K-15 (Sagarika) missile from a submerged pontoon on February 26, the Defence Research ..Read More
A high-powered committee appointed by the government to overhaul the working of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has called for major administrative changes that would give DRD..Read More
WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has been awarded a $596 million Air Force contract for work on six C-130J aircraft destined for India, the Defe..Read More
Secretary of the US Navy, Donald Winter, is likely to meet top Indian defence officials to discuss maritime security. Winter was formally received by Chief of the Indian Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh M..Read More
SIMBEX is an acronym that stands for 'Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercises' and is an institutionalized and regular series of annual exercises conducted between the Indian Navy and t..Read More
The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] today announced that Aviall, Inc., a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary, plans to open a business office in India during the second half of 2008. Aviall is one of the largest ..Read More
Agni-1, India's workhorse missile with a range of 700 km, has attained full operational capability following a successful test-fire from the Wheeler Island, off Orissa coast on Sunday.At 10.15 a...Read More
The Government has signed a Letter of Offer & Acceptance with the US Government for the procurement of six C-130J-30 aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The estimated value of the aircraft along with a..Read More
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a MoU with Boeing to source sub-system for fighter aircraft and helicopters. An MoU has been signed by HAL with Boeing in December 2007 which envisag..Read More
The Irkut Corporation based in Irkutsk in eastern Siberia, has decided to stop financing the Indo-Russian joint production of Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA).(Sources: UNI, Wikipedia, FlightGlobal)..Read More
Russia will begin delivery in May of fighter jets to India for a long-delayed aircraft carrier it is refitting for sale to New Delhi, India's navy chief was quoted by Russian news agencies as say..Read More
BAE Systems and Singapore Technologies (ST) Kinetics are to submit bids by 7 April to supply the Indian Army with 140 ultra-light 155 mm/39 cal howitzers. However, the two systems are not scheduled to..Read More
Contracts and supplementary agreements comprising of repair and re-equipping, logistics supports, shore infrastructure, training of ships' crew, repair and technical documents etc. were signed wi..Read More
Government promulgated Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2006 with effect from 1st September, 2006 to ensure expeditious procurement of the approved requirements of the Armed Forces in terms of capa..Read More
Defence Research and Development Organisation is pursuing development of Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) at a cost of Rs. 1,800 cr with a probable date of completion in the year 2011..Read More
India signed a $960 million contract with Russia to upgrade the Mig-29 fighter jets inducted into the Indian Air Force in the mid-1980s, the Times of India reported, citing an unidentified defense mi..Read More
A ship-to-shore version of the supersonic Brahmos missile was successfully test fired in the Andamans today. Defence Ministry announced that the missile with a range of more than 290 kms was launched ..Read More
Flight test programme of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas is progressing as per the schedule. So far, 829 flight tests have been completed. Efforts are being made to accelerate the flight tests. Reg..Read More
The Indian Navy is facing shortage of Sea Harrier aircraft. The ongoing upgrade of Sea Harrier programme has also temporarily affected the availability of the aircraft.Contract for the limited upgrade..Read More
India has extended a 3 March 2008 deadline for contending aerospace firms to submit their tenders for 126 Indian Air force medium range multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), worth nearly $12 billion, t..Read More
India on Friday jacked up defence spending by 10 percent to $26.4 billion, the steepest hike since partition of the subcontinent to fund a mammoth modernisation programme. Finance Minister P.Chidambar..Read More
After prolonged and untiring efforts, the indigenously developed Pinaka multiple barrel rocket launcher developed by the DRDO, was formally handed over to the Indian Army today. The Vice-Chief of Army..Read More
India has agreed to pay Russia a higher price for a delayed aircraft carrier, but analysts said problems with the deal underlined growing unease between one of the world's biggest arms buyers and..Read More
With a landmark nuclear energy pact between the United States and India stalled, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Wednesday that the nations would nonetheless strengthen their security ties as I..Read More
Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that the development of Trishul missile system has been completed completed."Development of Trishul missile system has been completed as t..Read More
Israeli armament major Rafael announced that the company has joined hands with the Tata power to offer maintenance work of Air Defense Systems (ADS). The company will supply this ADS system to the Ind..Read More
Boeing, world's largest maker of commercial jetliners, has said it is "actively pursuing" the sale of multi-role combat aircraft to India, which is to spend a huge 30 billion dollars on defence p..Read More
Russia's ambassador to India said Tuesday that the Defexpo 2008 exhibition is a good opportunity for Russia to broaden its military and technical cooperation with India and Asia Pacific countries..Read More
India is planning to spend $100 billion over the next decade on new equipment and parts for its growing military. Much of it will be purchased overseas to supplement India's own modest defense i..Read More
Lockheed Martin LMT.M believes that India could be the largest defense market in Asia with $20 billion in possible air force, navy and communications contracts over the next decade, an executive said ..Read More
BEML Limited, a Defence PSU has declared an interim dividend of 55% for the current financial year. Announcing this in New Delhi today, the CMD Shri VRS Natarajan said that this is a new record by the..Read More
India will soon conduct its first test of a submarine-based ballistic missile which can be tipped with a nuclear warhead, an official announced on Monday. The experimental missile will be fired from a..Read More
The Indian Army intends to double its fleet of attack and other types of helicopters to 500 by 2020, a spokesman for the country's Ground Forces said on Monday. An Indian Army colonel told a semi..Read More
The first of six Scorpene submarines, being manufactured by a French company at Mazagaon docks, will be delivered by 2012 and one thereafter every year for the next five years.Scorpene submarines, to ..Read More
The Tata Group today unveiled plans to form a partnership with European defence and aerospace consortium EADS to bid for the Indian Army's $1 billion advanced tactical communication system projec..Read More
India will enunciate by April its revised procedures for purchasing military hardware after bringing these in line with the best international practices, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Saturday.�..Read More
US defence major Raytheon Company intends to foster a long-term relationship with India's defence establishment by highlighting its commitment to mission support, mission assurance and customer f..Read More
With 20 companies participating, Britain will have a major presence at the DEFEXPO-2008 international defence exposition here Feb 16-19 to demonstrate its industrial capabilities and technology to pot..Read More
Russia will use the Defexpo India 2008 to be held from February 16 to19 to showcase many of its air defence and radar intelligence systems."Specialists and visitors will see the S-300PMU2 Favorit mobi..Read More
Boeing Co., the Pentagon's second- largest supplier, said it plans to bid for as much as $15 billion of military orders in India over the next 10 years to shore up sales at its defense unit.The ..Read More
British defence group BAE Systems and India's Mahindra and Mahindra are holding talks to jointly manufacture anti-landmine vehicles, the companies said on Tuesday.The announcement came as India s..Read More
Defence Minister A K Antony will visit Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories here today. During his day-long visit, Antony will visit the Gas Turbine Research Establishment..Read More
Telecom and IT companies will be showcasing their products and services for the first time in the DEFEXPO 2008, Shri Pradeep Kumar, Secretary, Defence Production, said here today. Addressing a press c..Read More
The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, saw its first delegation arrive at New Delhi today to participate in the inaugural "IONS Seminar 2008" being conducted jointly by the Indian Navy and the National Mar..Read More
The Hawk-132 advanced jet trainers (AJTs) will be inducted into the Indian Air Force on February 23 in the presence of Defence Minister A. K. Antony.The induction of the five advanced jet trainers mar..Read More
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India hopes to get export orders for its indigenously developed all weather missile system, Akash, at an expo to be held in Delhi Feb 16.The..Read More
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to acquire 24 new attack helicopters and 12 heavy lift helicopters to replace and augment its Soviet-era fleets. Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Fali Homi Major told India St..Read More
Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's No 1 supplier, has been told India may be ready to look into possible US-Indian collaboration on ballistic missile defense, a top company official said Wednes..Read More
India, which is planning a $1.5 billion upgrade for its 30 military airports and their air traffic control systems, issued a request for bids in January, a senior Indian Defence Ministry official said..Read More
Armed helicopters can play a decisive role in future battles, the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, said Wednesday. 'Recent conflicts have shown that in the battlef..Read More
India has embarked on project BrahMos-2, which will see the design and development of hypersonic missiles, according to Dr A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BrahMos Aerospace. The ..Read More
Wipro Ltd, which is India’s third largest software services company, will build electronic warfare systems, radars and flight simulators locally for US defence contractors, such as Lockheed Martin C..Read More
A month after scrapping a 600-million-dollar deal to buy nearly 200 helicopters, India is now seeking bidders for an even bigger contract worth almost one billion dollars, officials said on Tuesday. N..Read More
India has begun talks with the United States on the purchase of P-8i long-range maritime reconnaissance patrol aircraft to replace Russian-made Tu-142M bombers, the Times of India said on Tuesday.The ..Read More
Following is the text of the inaugural address delivered by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony at National Seminar on Defence R&D and Technology Management, here today:-It gives me great pleasure to ..Read More
A variety of new equipment like an indigenously-developed Experimental Tank, the awesome T-90 Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a mobile launcher for the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile will be on display ..Read More
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today emphatically denied that it had sought any American help for the country's indigenous ballistic missile defence project.Reacting to ..Read More
Pakistan began on Tuesday the mass assembly of a JF-17 fighter at an aircraft-manufacturing plant in the northwest of the country, national television reported.The JF-17 Thunder, also known as the FC-..Read More
The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), which started with a mission to advise the armed forces, has today became the main provider of strategic defence technologies and state-of-the-art..Read More
The 14th annual meeting of the National Magnetic Resonance Society (NMRS-2008) is being organized by DRDO’s Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS) at Dr. S Bhagwantam Auditorium, Me..Read More
India and the US Monday began four days of high-level talks here focusing on expansion of defence cooperation, including in production and procurement of arms and equipment. The Indian delegation is l..Read More
After the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Indian Army too is hedging its bets on the indigenously developed Akash surface-to-air missile, saying it would test the weapon before deciding on its deployment...Read More
The Singapore Ministry of Defence and the PRC People’s Liberation Army (PLA) signed the Agreement on Defence Exchanges and Security Cooperation on 7 Jan 08. The Agreement was signed between Permanen..Read More
Market Research Analyst has announced the addition of 2008-2012 Global Counter-IED Markets and Technologies Forecast to their offering. This new report of Homeland Security Research Corporation analyz..Read More
On the heels of the deadlock over the pricing of Russian aircraft carrier Gorshkov, India has refused to take delivery of the latest submarine INS Sindhuvijay from Russia, saying its cruise missile ha..Read More
It has been reported in a section of the media today that “Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) as a Strategic Programme stands Scrapped”.It is hereby clarified that except for ..Read More
Defence Minister A K Antony has said that the criticism of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) for "time and cost over-run in many projects" is not fair because it has helped India to..Read More
By 2010 India will have an indigenous ballistic missile defence system to intercept and destroy intermediate ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), a top defence ..Read More
Israeli R&D company UTG-PRI LTD has developed concept designs of attack spacecrafts, amphibious JSF far superior to F-35, Future Jets and Future Combat Systems, submersible aircraft and missiles carri..Read More
Israel has become in 2007 the world’s 4th largest arms exporter, mainly thanks to huge military contracts with India. Israel-Times India Bombay Delhi Bangalore Israel Defence Ministry announced Isra..Read More