India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has given the go-ahead for a fifth-generation fighter development project under the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) initiative. The estimated cost of this state-of-the-art project looms around $1.8 billion, as reported by Janes.This strategic decision entrusts the fabrication of aircraft prototypes to Hindustan Aeronautics, the nation’s leading

India is actively pursuing the Northern Sea Route (NSR) with Russia for steady supply of oilRussian oil sales to India have been consistent over the past year, and the trend is expected to remain the same even during the year ahead. India imports as much as 88 percent of its oil needs, according to a report by Sputnik.India receives from 1 to 1.4 million barrels of Russian oil per day out of its

New Delhi: The integrated tri-services exercise Bharat Shakti displayed the indigenous defence capability of the armed forces along with the integration and jointness that are being achieved in various aspects like communications, training, inter-operability and logistics by the three defence forces.Exercise Bharat Shakti, a tri-service fire and manoeuvre exercise, was organised under the aegis

Bangalore headquartered Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed two contracts worth ₹3,102 crores with the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD and BEL-Bangalore concluded a contract for supply of the Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite for fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The overall cost of the contract is estimated to be ₹1,993 Crores. The MoD also signed a

While Commander Tiwari was allowed to return to his house in Doha, he had to stay back due to a travel ban, which is said to be for an additional issue that needs clearance from Qatar courtsNEW DELHI: Uncertainty shrouds the return of the 8th naval veteran, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, though he was released along with seven others by Qatar court on February 12.One month has passed since the seven

Washington: There is a paradigm change and incredible momentum in the US-India defence relationship which is now defined more by the overall trajectory rather than by differences on key issues, a senior Pentagon official has said. The remarks by Siddharth Iyer, Director for South Asia, Office of the Secretary of Defence (Policy), Department of Defence, came at a roundtable on the future of the