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
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
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
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
November 29, 2007 - Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) today announced that it has signed an agreement to work with BAE systems on commercial aerospace pr..Read More
Five weeks after the Indian Air Force (IAF) brought curtains down on its platinum jubilee celebrations on October 8, landmarks in IAF continue to be reached.Two Hawk Mk 132 advanced jet trainer (AJT) ..Read More
Britain's Chief of Army Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, is here to interact with senior military and civilian defence hierarchy of Indian establishment. He will discuss defence related issues..Read More
The first 160 Royal Marine Commandoes from 40 Commando are deploying to Afghanistan today, 26 September 2007, 'raring to go and with morale sky high,' said their Commanding Officer. The rest..Read More
British aerospace major, BAE Systems, announced Tuesday that it has started work on building the Taranis airframe - a 124 million pounds (Rs.10 billion) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstra..Read More
In a unique opportunity to share best practices between the elite soldiers of the Indian and British Armed Forces, Himalayan Warrior a joint Indo-UK exercise comprising specialist high altitude traini..Read More
Elite soldiers of the Indian and British armed forces Monday began a month-long joint training drill in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir aimed at honing their survival and basic infantry skills ..Read More
Himalayan Warrior, a joint UK-India exercise comprising specialist high altitude training, will be held in the Ladakh region 17 September-11 October including a period of acclimatisation. This is a un..Read More
India is developing a military appetite to match its growing economic power, and defense contractors are scrambling to profit. As the country overhauls its largely Soviet-era military arsenal, it coul..Read More
The text below is an official release by the Ministry of Defence, India.Even as the Su-30 MKIs, F3 Tornadoes and Eurofighter Typhoons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF), battl..Read More
Not without reason it is acclaimed the biggest military air show in the world. With 320 aircraft from 24 countries representing 34 international air arms, and with nearly 2,600 aircrew and ground crew..Read More
Winning ways come easily to the young 'Rhinos' of No. 30 Squadron. It was not just friends they were winning over from air arms around the world at the 'Royal International Air Tattoo&#..Read More
Curtains were finally drawn on the second bilateral Indo-UK air exercise - Indradhanush 2007, which concluded on a high note here at Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddington on Thursday.The exercise that bega..Read More
When the Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguars flew to Alaska during their first overseas joint air exercise "Cope Thunder" in July '04, the newly inducted Ilyushin-78 MKI 'air-to-air' refuell..Read More
The ongoing bilateral Indo-UK air exercise - 'Indradhanush 2007', at Waddington involves primarily - flying activities. On terra firma overseas, a great deal however involved meticulous logi..Read More
Experts have succeeded in decoding "secret information" stored in the hard disk of a computer seized from the home of Kafeel Ahmed, a suspect in the terror attack on Glasgow airport, official sources..Read More
The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, left here Sunday on a weeklong visit to Britain during which he will witness a joint air drill being conducted by the two air force..Read More
Much was at stake of its reputation, when for the first-time-ever, the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon, developed by a consortium of European manufacturers and recently inducted into ..Read More
The second bilateral Indo-UK air exercise - 'Indradhanush-2007', involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF), got underway here at the Royal Air Force (RAF) base, Wadd..Read More
The two-day Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddington International Air Show 2007, that began over the weekend on Saturday, June 30, had an eclectic mix of flying machines – military and civil, both vintage ..Read More
Much as the myriad pattern of VIBGYOR colours blend to form a rainbow after the rains recede, none emerged as the dark and looming clouds beseeched the sky in and around Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddingt..Read More
A 200-member Indian Air Force (IAF) team and six Sukhoi-30 combat jets are set to travel to the UK this month to participate in the first joint air exercise in British airspace aimed at enhancing bila..Read More
The Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Army Chief, General JJ Singh is undertaking an official visit to France and UK from 24 Jun to 02 Jul 2007.This visit to France and UK by Gen JJ Singh comes a..Read More
Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of the Naval Staff is undertaking a visit of UK from 18 to 23 Jun 2007. The visit is aimed at enhancing IN – RN relations and to further areas of cooperation, further th..Read More
Samtel Display Systems today inked a pact with European defence electronics major Thales to set up a joint venture to develop sophisticated cockpit displays for military aircraft for the Indian and ex..Read More
The Indian Air Force's frontline Sukhoi-30MKI air superiority aircraft will cross swords with next generation fighters during the upcoming Indo-UK joint fighter exercises to be held in England ea..Read More
HAL, Accessories Division, Lucknow and APPH, UK, have signed MoU for the joint development of Flight Control Actuator System (FCAS) for Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) programme. APPH, part of the BBA A..Read More
BAE SYSTEMS, the British defence giant, is in discussions with Indian partners to produce a new generation of armoured vehicles for the Indian army.The plans for a joint venture are part of its push t..Read More
Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth has concluded a four-day goodwill visit to the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) during which the vessel's officers and sailors interacted with their counterparts..Read More
As the strains of a Bhangra reverberate through the operations room of this British airbase, Wing Commander Gary Kelly displays a video that features Indian Air Force pilots showing their skills on Ha..Read More
The first of the 66 Hawk advanced jet trainers for the Indian Air Force today took to the sky at a British Aerospace (BAE) Systems' facility in the UK.The Hawk trainer, designated HT001 and speci..Read More
India and Britain are to step up cooperation in the field of counter terrorism, particularly in protecting mass transit systems and infrastructure, the foreign ministers of the two countries said Thur..Read More
Britain has backed India's candidature for the permanent seat in the expanded United Nations Security Council, expected to be taken up in the UN reforms process.Supporting India's bid for a ..Read More
There were no winners or losers in the first joint exercise, between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF), United Kingdom in 43 years.Expressing satisfaction over the results of th..Read More
The Indian Navy has declined to buy eight British Sea Harrier FA.2 fighter jets that were phased out of the Royal Navy in March 2006.According to a report in the October issue of the defence magazine ..Read More
A leaked British document accuses Pakistan's intelligence agency of indirectly supporting terrorist groups including al-Qaeda, and it calls on Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to disban..Read More
The skies above this Taj city will reverberate with the sounds of fighter jets, including Tornados and Jaguars, as India and Britain hold joint air exercises in Agra and at Gwalior from October 13.The..Read More
Newspaper reports reveal that Pakistan has allowed the American FBI and the British intelligence agency, M15, to question Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Sayyed, currently under house arrest in La..Read More
The Indian Navy is considering purchasing 18 Hawk 100-series advanced jet trainers (AJT) from the British defence corp. BAE Systems according to aerospace journal Flight International.Furthermore the ..Read More
A six-member team of British counter-terrorism officers has arrived in Islamabad to seek custody of Rashid Rauf, a key suspect of the abortive London terror plot, media reports suggested thursday.The ..Read More
Kingfisher Airlines India's fastest growing airline and the first Indian carrier to offer Full Service at True Value today in a contract valued at over $24 million signed Thales UK for the supply..Read More
Glasgow: British defence majors are expressing readiness to export frontline weapons technology to India and 'Thales UK' has even offered to sell some critical sub-systems for New Del..Read More
Moscow: A Ukrainian firm supplied China and Iran with six long-range cruise missile in 2000-2001, Russia's defense minister said Friday.Sergei Ivanov, who is also a deputy prime minister, ..Read More
Panaji: The Indo-UK naval exercise 'Konkan 06' concluded on Monday in Panaji. It was the first such exercise ever. Now, the navies are planning to make the interaction an annual affai..Read More
Washington: The United States has agreed to step up Britain's access to sensitive technology in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being built by Lockheed Martin Corp, President George W Bush a..Read More
Washington: The US and Britain plan to widen intelligence sharing in the fight against terrorism and to deepen military cooperation. US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony ..Read More
New Delhi: The second edition of "KONKAN", which is the name given to the generic series of exercises between the Indian Navy and the Royal (British) Navy gets underway on our west coast off Go..Read More
Moscow: The chief of Russia's General Staff said Monday he could neither confirm nor deny reports that Ukraine had sold 250 nuclear warheads to Iran."Russia's General Staff has no inf..Read More
Kolkotta: Indian armed forces will conduct a number of joint exercises with the British, Australian, Malaysian and the American forces in the coming months to improve its defence preparations."..Read More
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has come out with a White Paper on British international strategic priorities for the next ten years. British Foreign Secretary, Jack St..Read More
Kabul US forces say they have detained 11 suspected militants in Afghanistan's Kunar province following an attack in which four US marines were killed.The US military said troops backed by..Read More
Baghdad: The U.S. military in Iraq said on Sunday media reports that America and Britain planned to pull all troops out of Iraq by spring 2007 were "completely false," reiterating that there wa..Read More
New Delhi: Britain on Wednesday said it had offered eight Sea Harrier aircraft to enable Indian Navy to maintain its naval fighter strength.The offer was unveiled by visiting British Minister f..Read More
New Delhi: Britain Wednesday sought Indian investment in its defence industry and said it was engaged in negotiations for transferring up to eight second-hand Sea Harrier jets to the Indian Nav..Read More
New Delhi: CII and the Defence Manufacturers Association of UK are jointly organising the 3rd India UK Defence Industry Seminar on 30th January at 10 pm at Ball Room, Hotel Oberoi, New Delhi.K ..Read More
Kiev: Ukraine urged Russia Thursday not to move military hardware from its Ukrainian naval base without consulting the country's authorities, in another sign that Kiev is increasingly relu..Read More
With hours left before the current bilateral agreement on natural gas deliveries and transit to Europe end, Russia and Ukraine face a crisis that could have serious international implications. Energy ..Read More
Moscow: Russia has warned Ukraine that any attempt by Kiev to change the terms of Moscow's lease of a key naval base on the Black Sea would also threaten agreements on recognition of each ..Read More
London: Ayman al-Zawahiri, number two in Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda global terror network, named Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as "one of the severest enemies of Islam" in a video seen..Read More
Fighting across Afghanistan ahead of the announcement of the final results of landmark legislative elections killed 23 people, including a US paratrooper, a British soldier and two worshippers dragged..Read More
India is working closely with Russia, China and the EU-3 (Germany, France and Britain) to thrash out a mutually acceptable-solution to the Iran nuclear imbroglio before the next month's voting at..Read More
Tony Blair delivered his strongest warning to Iran last night, saying Teheran would not be allowed to become a "threat to our world security".He hinted that the West might have to resort to force. The..Read More
In a significant move, elite Special Forces of US, India, Russia and United Kingdom are to hold for the first time multi-lateral land and air exercises on the Russian soil early next year."Russia hope..Read More
The Nuclear Suppliers' Group is divided on giving Pakistan special atomic status like India, with Britain willing to consider this after fifteen years of Pakistani good conduct as a non-prolifera..Read More
Two RAF Harrier jets have been damaged in a rocket attack by Taliban guerrillas on an airfield in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for U.S. led foreign forces said on Sunday.There was no casualties i..Read More
At least five Pakistani terror outfits active in Jammu and Kashmir and one Bangladeshi extremist organization are among the 15 organisations banned in the UK this week, official sources said today.The..Read More
The determination of countries across the Middle East and Asia to develop nuclear arsenals and other weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)is laid bare by a secret British intelligence documentMore than 3..Read More
Acting swiftly, the United Kingdom and the European Union today offered emergency aid to help victims of the earthquake which hit India, Pakistan and Afghanistan killing thousands of people. Britain a..Read More
Rt Hon Dr John Reid, MP
Secretary of State for Defence, UK
I am delighted to be able to address you on my first visit to India since becoming Secretary of State for Defence, especially as..Read More
Tony Blair and and John Reid, the UK defence secretary, have been holding secret talks with Saudi Arabia in pursuit of a huge arms deal worth up to GBP 40bn, according to diplomatic sources.Blair went..Read More
The Indian Navy is believed to have opened negotiations with British Aerospace (BaE) for 18 to 22 Hawk advanced jet trainers (AJTs) after the Indian Air Force (IAF) refused to "share" with it the 66 H..Read More
One of the four London suicide bombers made numerous calls to astolen mobile phone in Pakistan up to three days before the July 7 attacks.Pakistani officials say they have traced the stolen phone afte..Read More
On the second leg of his visit to China and India, two of the world's fastest growing economies and emerging political powerhouses, British Prime Minister and President of the European Council..Read More
India has agreed in principle to a British proposal for a multi-national anti-terrorist intelligence centre to be set up very likely in this country, whose core members will be, aside from India, the ..Read More
The European Union (EU) on Friday said "positive" developments were in the offing on the critical issue of cooperation with India on civilian nuclear energy, just a day after Britain agreed to work wi..Read More
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his British counterpart Tony Blair today held extensive talks on a wide range of issues covering terrorism, environment and UN affairs. The two leaders, who held one-..Read More
Britain has warned Pakistan that it would downgrade relations if assaults on and threats to its diplomats do not cease, and since the 7 July London bombings, two of its high commission officials in Is..Read More
Giving a significant thrust to their strategic partnership, India and the 25-member European Union today agreed to establish a security dialogue and intensify joint fight against terrorism by blocking..Read More
12 August 2005: Following the London bombings, India, the US and the UK have agreed to a fast track mechanism to contain terrorist funding, and to this end, America will set up two offices, one each i..Read More
London, Aug 11 (PTI) Symbolising the growing bilateral ties, Britain has decided to ease sanctions against India relating to civilian nuclear energy ahead of Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to ..Read More
The Indian Air Force will be conducting joint air exercises with its US and British counterparts in November and early next year, Air Chief Marshall S P Tyagi, said today. The United States Air Force ..Read More
Islamabad, Aug 8 (DPA) Pakistan and Britain will soon sign a treaty providing for the extradition of criminals wanted by the two governments, officials said Monday. "The extradition treaty will be rea..Read More
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Aug. 7 (AP): A Russian mini-submarine that was trapped for nearly three days under the Pacific Ocean surfaced on Sunday with all seven people aboard alive after a British rem..Read More
Al-Qaeda's No. 2 embraced the London suicide bombings on Thursday, warned Britain that more destruction lies ahead and promised tens of thousands of U.S. casualties in Iraq in a brazen assertion ..Read More
London, Aug 5 (IANS) British investigators hunting for the mastermind of the July 7 suicide attacks are looking at the role of two Pakistan-based terrorist groups - Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashker-e-Taib..Read More
Tehran, Aug 2 (IANS) An explosion occurred Tuesday near the offices of British Airways and British Petroleum in this Iranian capital but caused no casualties, reports Xinhua. The blast occurred at 9.1..Read More
LAHORE: President Pervez Musharraf has said that Britain is regarded as a safe haven by Islamic extremists because it has failed to crack down on them despite urging other countries to do so, The Sund..Read More
28 July 2005: After a silence of ten to twelve days following the London bombings, both the US and Britain have monitored terrorist calls from several of their cities to Pakistan to fake companies, ba..Read More
It is almost a truism to say that when a terrorist attack takes place in a Third World country, Western powers and the Western media dismiss it as an example of the internal tensions that beset that c..Read More
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Britain has welcomed the India-US pact on civil nuclear collaboration and said it was ready to discuss further cooperation in civil nuclear matters with India. Referring to P..Read More
Representatives from the Sukhoi Design Bureau say they are ready to launch a production line for a stealthy fighter jet similar to the F/A-22 Raptor. The Sukhoi company makes the Flanker line of aircr..Read More
25 July 2005: Britain and Pakistan have got into a stand-off situation in respect of three imams linked to the London bombings who have gone into hiding in the Binori madrasa in Karachi, the training ..Read More
More than ever, the heat's on Pakistan from the US and Britain to stamp on militants. President General Pervez Musharraf is doing his best to comply, but in the process he's putting himself ..Read More
Recently there was an informal chat among Intelligence community and experts in India about the chances of a joint US-Britain-India task force on Pakistan terror , say, after Blair and Bush recognize ..Read More
BEIJING: The Chinese government on Friday denied a news report that Chinese-made military explosives were used in the London subway attacks on July 7. Chinese investigators looked into a claim that th..Read More
There were four more explosions in London on July 21,2005, but of a much lower intensity as compared to those of July 7,2005. The target again was the public transportation system. As on July 7,2005,..Read More