With the first successful landing of an AN-32 at Nyoma airstrip in eastern Ladakh, the IAF is all set to convert the Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) into a full-fledged airbase for fixed wing transport ..Read More
Preparing to deal with Mumbai attacks-like terror sieges, the Indian Army has started training its units deployed at various places considered as potential terrorist targets, according to DD India."We..Read More
India on Monday inducted four Sukhoi fighter aircraft in Tezpur, which will soon be the base for a full squadron of the IAF's frontline combat jets. An induction ceremony was organised "in the ha..Read More
Estonian lawmakers have decided to send an additional contingent of peacekeepers to Afghanistan to improve security ahead of the war-torn country's August 20 presidential election, RIA Novosti qu..Read More
In tune with its ambitions of being a blue water force, four warships of the Navy will for the first time sail to the Atlantic, where they would hold war games with the French, British, Russian and Ge..Read More
The German Armed Forces will be equipped with a new kind of ground surveillance radar (BÜR - Bodenüberwachungsradar) for detecting movements on the ground and at low altitudes with a precision unmatch..Read More
French Dassault Aviation SA (AM.FR) is likely to rejoin the race with five other global firms competing for the deal, AFP quoted MoD officials. According to several News Agencies, Dassault which is of..Read More
Heralding a new chapter, the first Indian Air Force AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) platform that altogether sets to alter the dimension of the see-through capability of the IAF beyond con..Read More
The government has approved a Rs 360 crore plan for Border Security Force to raise 29 new battalions comprising nearly 30,000 personnel within the next five years raising its strength to nearly two la..Read More
Visakhapatnam, India | Admiral Sureesh Mehta, AVSM, PVSM, ADC, Chief of the Indian Naval Staff arrived at Visakhapatnam, on a two day visit to Eastern Naval Command. During his stay here, he will be t..Read More
One Indian Air Force pilot was killed and another seriously injured in the first-ever Su-30 MKI fighter jet crash on Thursday near Jaisalmer in Rajasathan.The deceased pilot has been identified as Win..Read More
India will get its first 'eye in the sky', the Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control Systems aircraft on May 18, which will provide the Indian Air Force means to track incoming missiles and l..Read More
The first six Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopters have been delivered to Russia's North Caucasus military district, a military source yesterday to the national news agency."The first six Mi-2..Read More
The U.S. Navy will establish the newest warfare center of excellence during a ceremony commissioning the Navy Air and Missile Defense Command (NAMDC) at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Va., April 30t..Read More
The U.S. Navy has awarded a Lockheed Martin-led industry team a fixed price incentive fee contract to construct the Navy's third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Marinette Marine Corporation in Marine..Read More
The Iraqi army continued on its path toward a more professional and capable Army when IA armor students fired their first main gun shots while training on the U.S. Army’s main battle tank, the M1A1 Ab..Read More
Aiming to attain interoperability and train personnel in manoeuvres during war, Indian and Singaporean navies launched their annual bilateral exercise SIMBEX-2009 in the Andaman Sea.Being the 16th in ..Read More
The MiG-23BN ground attack aircraft, which never saw action during its 26 years with the Indian Air Force, will bid adieu to the service on Friday.The MiG-23BN, currently operated only by the 221 Squa..Read More
Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve a presidential proposal to close a U.S. airbase used to support NATO operations in nearby Afghanistan since 2001.The move to cl..Read More
Defence Minister A K Antony today said that by the end of the 13th Plan period, Indian Air Force's combat fleet would be of 42 squadrons, which is more than the strength sanctioned by the Governm..Read More
Today the Indian Navy will commission two ships, INS Carnicobar and INS Chetlat. These would be the first two in a series of ten Water Jet fast attack ships being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders an..Read More
The Indian Air Force is set to carry out the second edition of Exercise DAKSHIN PRAHAR to validate the concept of flexi-use of airspace. Starting from February 18th under the aegis of the Southern Air..Read More
Press Trust of India reports that India and Russia have concluded a major military, counter piracy naval exercise off the Somali coast in the Arabian Sea. Indian and Russian navies hold biennial naval..Read More
Russia's Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser has left the port of Mormugao in the Indian state of Goa and headed for African waters.The Pyotr Veliky arrived in Mormugao on an unofficial visit January 29..Read More
The Indian Navy will be commissioning its first helicopter base, INS Shikra, today (22 Jan 09). An impressive commissioning ceremony is planned at Mumbai to usher in the first helicopter base. The Air..Read More
India pledged Tuesday to assist Nigeria to raise its defence capabilities, while also seeking an accelerated implementation of the three Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two countri..Read More
Western military supplies to Afghanistan were suspended through Pakistan's Khyber Pass on Monday after militants attacked an army camp, killing a paramilitary soldier and wounding 10, an official..Read More
Lieutenant General SPS Dhillon, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (IS&T) addressed the contingent of 2 DOGRA INFANTRY BATTALION GROUP today here. The unit has been earmarked to represent the country in the U..Read More
In order to combat growing terrorist activities and insurgency problems, the armies of India and Bangladesh will jointly conduct a counter terrorism exercise in the northeastern state of Assam this ye..Read More
Facing a shortage of about 11,300 officers, the Indian Army is planning to start a second Officers Training Academy (OTA) on the lines of its Chennai-based institution, to increase the intake, Army ch..Read More
Noting that Pakistan has moved troops towards border with India, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor today said New Delhi has kept all options open, including the "fighting option" as a last resort.Kapoo..Read More
China is said to be trying to gain strong influence over Nepal's army, which traditionally had strong ties with India, by taking advantage of the Maoist led government there, reported the news ag..Read More
India and Russia are set to deepen their military ties with wargames planed in the Arabian Sea that will include nuclear-powered warships later this month, a top defence official said on Sunday. Six R..Read More
Two Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30MKI combat jets have been sent to Russia for a retrofit that would enable them launch the aerial version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile that India and Rus..Read More
Less than two months after a series of terrorist attacks on the people of India, senior officials from the U.S. Army, Pacific, joined by the Marine Forces Pacific and Special Operations Command, Pacif..Read More
The defence ministry will establish a huge Air Force base close to the international border in Rajasthan, moving aggressively to secure the country's western frontiers. The 300-km range supersoni..Read More
Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Naval forces Rear Admiral Ahmed Mohammed Al Sabab will be in India on a three-day visit beginning tomorrow. During the visit, the Rear Admiral is expected t..Read More
Facing an acute shortage of officers, the Indian Army is now considering increasing intake from the National Cadets Corps (NCC) into the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun, a senior official said Mon..Read More
A Russian destroyer will be sent to the Horn of Africa in December to take over from a missile frigate currently protecting civilian ships from Somali pirate attacks in the region, a Navy official sai..Read More
The Secretary General of the 26-member NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, condemned here Thursday in the strongest terms "the mindless and indiscriminate terrorist attacks in Mumbai.""Attacking innocent pe..Read More
The army will soon introduce an entry-level personality test for aspiring personnel to eliminate candidates with negative traits in a measure aimed at cutting down the number of suicides and fratricid..Read More
With the armed forces insisting on a pay hike, the government has said it is "very difficult" to maintain a balance in salaries of government servants doing varied jobs. "It is a very difficult exerci..Read More
India today dispatched a guided-missile destroyer to the Gulf of Aden to join the fight against piracy, even as it explores the possibility of sending up to four warships to strengthen its operations ..Read More
In a move to provide teeth to its Air Force fleet along the Indo-Pak border, India will deploy two of its air superiority Sukhoi fighter squadrons in Halwara air base in Punjab by 2011. The Indian Air..Read More
Italian Army chief Lt. Gen. Fabrizio Castagnetti will begin a five-day visit of India Monday to further cement the India-Italy defence ties with focus on cooperation in training troops of the two armi..Read More
After Daulat Beg Oldi and Fuk Che airfields in Ladakh, India is aggressively pursuing plans to re-open the Nyama Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) for IAF operations close to the Line of Actual Control (L..Read More
To help its fighter pilots hone their skills ahead of more aircraft carriers joining the fleet, the Navy is setting up a shore-based training facility (SBTF) in Goa for MiG-29K and Naval LCA aircraft...Read More
Indian Air Force (IAF) has mooted a proposal to set up a National Aeronautical Commission (NAC) for developing indigenous capabilities
in the field of aviation.
"IAF has proposed setting up of..Read More
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major today embarked on a week-long visit to China to explore possibilities of expanding the bilateral defence ties with the neighbouring country.During his visit..Read More
Pakistan's army has halted construction of an expensive new headquarters in the capital, Islamabad, because of the dire economic woes facing the country.Pakistan is grappling with a balance-of-pa..Read More
Less than a fortnight after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing, its troops today shelled Indian posts, again violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu an..Read More
The Indian and the US navies are all set to engage each other in war games in the Arabian Sea. The exercises, which will be undertaken under the recurrent Malabar series of exercises that commenced in..Read More
After the Royal Marines, the US marines will also be holding a joint military exercise with the Indian Army in Ladakh. US Army Chief General George Casey along with his Indian counterpart Deepak Kapoo..Read More
In the wake of several pirate attacks on merchant vessels being reported along the African coast recently, India today decided to send its warships "immediately" to the Gulf of Aden for patrolling and..Read More
India and Singapore have concluded a two-day defence dialogue to take stock of their growing military ties, assess threats to stability in the region and share security concerns.Indian defence secreta..Read More
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has embarked on a plan to modernise its major air bases, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Homi Major said here on Friday. The IAF had also installed surveillance dev..Read More
President Asif Ali Zardari today named Vice Admiral Noman Bashir as the new chief of the Pakistan Navy, the first appointment made by him in the armed forces since he was elected to the top constituti..Read More
In a major step to improve career mobility in the Armed Forces, the Union Cabinet today created 1,896 posts in the higher ranks of the three services — Army, Navy and Air Force. The measures would ena..Read More
Air Marshal S Radhakrishnan has taken over as the Air Officer Commanding–in-Chief, Southern Air Command of IAF. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he has flown over 4000 hours on a variety of..Read More
Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has urged the Defence Accounts Department to render prompt and efficient pensionary services to over 2 million ex-servicemen and their dependents. Addressing the Annual..Read More
The country's defence forces have convinced the Government they deserve a better deal in their salaries. The Government on Wednesday announced it would soon issue a notification on revised pay sc..Read More
Iran has completed a three-day series of Air Force and missile defense exercises throughout the country, the Air Force commander said Thursday. "The exercise, named Defenders of Velayat, is successfu..Read More
India has deployed its top fighter jets in its part of disputed Kashmir bordering Pakistan, officials and a report said Wednesday. At least six Soviet-built Sukhoi-30MKI jets, capable of carrying nucl..Read More
The police and army will be provided light-weight bullet proof jackets, head-gear and sniper suits ahead of the elections in Jammu and Kashmir."Army's northern command headquarter looking after ..Read More
OC Ground Forces Command Maj.-Gen. Avi Mizrahi paid an unscheduled visit to the disputed state of Kashmir last week to get an up-close look at the challenges the Indian military faces in its fight aga..Read More
Multi-role strike fighter squadrons of Sukhoi 30MKI, which had moved out of Lohegaon Air Force station have now returned in style — after a successful Red Flag excercise in the US - 'Times of Ind..Read More
Two Canadian naval warships arrived in the city on Wednesday on a three -day stop-over, before they return to Canada following a four-month counter-terrorism deployment in the Arabian Sea as part of a..Read More
Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta released the "Joint Doctrine for Amphibious Operations" in New Delhi today.The doctrine is meant to serve as a guideli..Read More
Israel's army chief Major General Avi Mizrahi is on a three-day visit to India beginning today to enhance the rapidly-growing defence ties between the two countries.General Mizrahi, the Ground Fo..Read More
The Armed Force has carried out massive rescue and relief operations in the flood affected districts of Bihar. A large number of marooned people have been evacuated to safer places and about 20,000 to..Read More
Two Indian Air Force transport squadrons based here are actively involved in providing succor to flood-hit Bihar, having airlifted 200 tonnes of relief material in round-the-clock operations."A total ..Read More
With floods causing havoc in eastern parts of the country, the Centre today rushed 16 additional Army columns comprising about 2,000 men and 141 Navy divers to Bihar and 400 Army men to Assam to step ..Read More
The Centre today rushed one army column and three army medical teams to Bihar to assist the state government in carrying out relief measures in the flood-hit areas as the National Crisis Management C..Read More
Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor, is undertaking a four days tour to UK from 01 to 04 September 2008. India shares good bilateral and strategic relations with UK that are multifaceted and have been st..Read More
For the first time, an Indian Army General is set to take over command of the country's strategic forces and nuclear arsenal.
Lt-Gen Balraj Singh Nagal will take over command of the country&#..Read More
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar, presently the Commander in Chief of Strategic Force Command is likely to take over as Commander in Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command on 30 Sep 08. He takes over from Air Mars..Read More
India's elite fighter jocks are in Nevada to spar with the best American, South Korean and French pilots at the Red Flag exercise. But the Indian Air Force (IAF) is fighting with its hands tied. ..Read More
Despite scorching heat and average tarmac temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius during flying hours, IAF technicians ensured a very high availability of aircraft for all exercise related requirements,..Read More
The United States navy will field its most-powerful warships led by the latest nuclear-powered super-carrier USS Ronald Reagan and nuclear submarine USS Springfield in a new range of war games in the ..Read More
With swollen rivers continuing to cause devastation in 11 districts of Bihar, an army helicopter today began airdropping relief material in the worst-hit Supaul district of the Kosi region.Nearly 700,..Read More
The US has approved the delivery of 20 T-37 refurbished jet trainer aircraft to Pakistan's air force. The American government is providing the used aircraft free of cost to Pakistan, which will o..Read More
The Indian Air Force does not see the reported modernization and upgrading of neighboring Pakistan's Air Force as a threat, but it is "worrisome", India's Air Chief Marshal F H Major said to..Read More
To strengthen security and strategic ties, two guided missile destroyers and one training ship of Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force will take part in an exercise with Indian Navy from August 23..Read More
To further the naval ties with countries in West Asia and Africa and to make its presence felt in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), India's warships are currently on two-month-long deployment in the..Read More
The IAF's special force commandos 'The Garuds' successfully demonstrated their mission capability during the Exercise Red Flag, when they neutralized an enemy Radar site capturing an Ai..Read More
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal FH Major, is proceeding on a three day official visit to Malaysia from 18 – 20 Aug 08. He is slated to meet the Malaysian Defence Minister and the Royal M..Read More
Continuing with its policy of constructively engaging countries in West Asia and Africa to make its presence felt in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), India has sent four of its major warships to the Red..Read More
Air Marshal PV Naik, Vice Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force visited the team IAF along with Lt. Gen Loyd Utterback, Commander 13th Air Force, USAF, Hawai, participating in Exercise Red Flag at Air ..Read More
It is not just the Indo-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Deal that has gained momentum in recent days, nor is it just the ever growing economic and business ties but the Armed Forces of the two largest democraci..Read More
Marking a new phase in its defence ties with the US and some of its allies, Indian air force today showcased the skills of its fighter pilots against US and NATO air forces in a complex and advanced ..Read More
Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Su-30MKI multi-role fighters will be positioned at the Tezpur Air Base in the Indian state of Assam, near the border with China, Kanwa Online report..Read More
India and Singapore signed a Bilateral Agreement, here today for the conduct of joint Army Training and Exercises in India. Defence Secretary Shri Vijay Singh signed the agreement on behalf of Governm..Read More
Wary of the maritime terrorism threats it faced, India will put in place a single-window federal agency to tackle security challenges faced by all ministries handling sea-based activities such as ship..Read More
With India's aspiration to operate a nuclear submarine likely to be fulfilled next year with Russian-made Akula set to join the fleet, the Indian Navy is pitching for a submarine-launched nuclear..Read More
The deadly conflict in Georgia seems to be spreading outside the South Ossetia region and into Abkhazia, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council today, warning that the..Read More
Russia's peacekeeping command said on Saturday the country's troops have driven Georgian forces from the capital of the separatist republic of South Ossetia. "Tskhinvali has been fully libe..Read More
India is just a step closer to having women as permanent commissioned officers in its armed forces, with the tri-services giving their consent to a proposal from the government in this regard."The arm..Read More
Indian and American armed forces Saturday have begun joint maneuvres on counter-terrorism in Mizoram. The three week-long 'Operation Vajraprahar' will be the fourth round of joint exercises ..Read More
A delegation of Russian Ground Forces officers will learn about training troops for mountain warfare during a two-week trip to India that started on Monday, a spokesman for the Russian military said.D..Read More
A batch of frontline IAF fighters and pilots will leave for the United States on Monday to prove their mettle during the multinational air exercise, "Ex-Red Flag 08", at the USAF's Nellis Air For..Read More
