In yet another sign of strengthening India-US defence relationship, the U.S. has handed over the first two MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters (MRH) to the Indian Navy to bolster its capabilities to ward off regional threats […]
India allocated $18.48 billion for weapons procurement in its 2021-2022 defense budget amid an ongoing military standoff with China and financial stress on the national economy due to the coronavirus pandemic. Excluding pensions, the new […]
An extended range version of India’s BrahMos supersonic cruise missile failed during test-firing off the coast of Odisha state in the Bay of Bengal on Monday. The missile fell shortly after takeoff, Indian news agency […]
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the Indian Ministry of Defense signed a contract worth US$1.6 billion in 2020, for the supply of an unspecified number of Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles (MRSAM) for the […]
US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on 21 April that the first of 24 MH-60R multirole naval helicopters on order for the Indian Navy (IN) conducted its maiden flight at Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and […]
Strategic priorities for the nation in the beginning of 2020 were clear: to ensure border security and to build a stronger army through increased investment in modernization. Analysts recorded an overall modernization budget of USD […]
A Chinese surveillance ship is being tracked heading towards Queensland waters ahead of upcoming Australian-hosted military exercises. The vessel is the high-tech general intelligence (AGI) ship Tianwangxing and is scheduled to arrive on Friday. It is then expected to […]
The report by SIPRI, a think tank, says India’s arms imports from both Russia and the US fell during the five-year period, though the decline was more pronounced in the case of Russian arms deals. […]
The U.S. has expressed its unsettlement with Egypt over its securing of Su-35 jets deal with Russia. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in a phone call on Tuesday. […]
At the end of May, the Air Force will have 24 Rafale fighter jets in India, with another seven kept for training purposes in France and only five more to be handed over before the […]
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