The first plane of the upgraded version of Light Combat Aircraft — TEJAS MK-1A — is set to be delivered by the end of this month and six more will be delivered this year.83 jets were ordered by the MoD in February 2021 under a ₹48,000 crore order to HAL97 more TEJAS MK-1A fighter jets were okayed for procurement by the Defence Acquisition Council in November last year. This will be in addition to

It was reported that INS Tushil on 5 Mar 2024 started sea trails from Russia’s Baltiysk naval base. The frigate has 435 onboard pennant number (see pic).India in October, 2016 signed an Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Russia to purchase/construct four additional Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 11356M) frigates through partnership between Russian and Indian shipyards. Russia will supply

World’s longest twin-lane Sela tunnel in Arunachal inaugurated by PM. The tunnel, constructed at a cost of ₹825 crore by the Border Roads Organisation, is strategically crucial as it is close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), a BRO official said, adding that it would provide all-weather connectivity to TawangThe Sela Tunnel which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually from

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the India-Pak border, Pokhran in Rajasthan on March 12. As per reports, he will be witnessing a tri-services demonstration of made-in-India weapon systems in an exercise at Pokhran. Made-in-India weapon systems like Pinaka Multi barrel rocket launchers, Arjun tanks, Dhanush howitzers will be on display. As PM Modi is set to visit

Ukraine remains a big source of gas turbines and engines for Chinese destroyers and aircraft. Helicopters may be the last area where China struggles with its own designs but that could change, analyst saysChina nearly halved its arms imports over the past five years as it replaced foreign weapons with its own technology but Russia still accounted for the bulk of Beijing’s overseas purchases,