In March this year, the Ministry of Defence received a proposal from the Indian Army to buy 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) for deployment along the borders with China and Pakistan.The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is likely to place an order for 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) before the end of the current financial year, the research wing’s

New Delhi: India and France have agreed to further deepen the integration between the two countries’ defence industrial sectors and to work together to identify opportunities for co-design, co-development and co-production."In a reflection of the deep mutual trust and confidence between the two countries, and drawing strength from their decades-old cooperation in advanced technologies, President

New Delhi: India, France have agreed to intensify cooperation in the Southwest Indian Ocean, building on the joint surveillance missions carried out from the French island territory of La Reunion in 2020 and 2022.The two countries also welcomed the extension of those interactions in India’s maritime neighbourhood. These interactions may contribute positively to the securitization of strategic sea

Washington: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to India and Maldives from January 26 to 31, according to the US Department of State.In India, US diplomat Lu will "lead a US delegation’s participation at the India-US Forum in New Delhi," the State Department’s release said.Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey R Pyatt will

Airbus H125 light utility helicopterNew Delhi: India and France have adopted a Roadmap for Defence Industrial Partnership during French President Emmanuel Macron’s State visit for the Republic Day celebrations.A letter of intent was also signed between India’s Defence Ministry and France’s Ministry for Armed Forces on the Defence Space Partnership.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in

Amid Maldives-India tension, Muizzu seeks Indian troop withdrawal; Navy Chief says no plans for return. However, a Chinese vessel is now en route to MaleNew Delhi: Amid the current dispute between the Maldives and India, where Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has requested the ‘complete’ withdrawal of Indian troops from the tiny island nation, India’s Navy Chief, R Hari Kumar, clarified that