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India is likely to raise the expanding transborder military capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including its stepped-up exercises in the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, when defence minister A K Antony leads a top-level delegation to China from July 4 to 7. Sources said...

Russia delayed delivery of a trouble-plagued aircraft carrier for at least a year on Friday, a blow to India's efforts to quickly build up naval strength as increasingly assertive Asian rival China expands its maritime reach. Originally built as the Admiral Gorshkov in the Soviet Union, the...

It looks as if India's plan to have three carrier battle groups, centred around INS Viraat, INS Vikramaditya and an indigenously built aircraft carrier in Cochin shipyard, has suffered a huge setback, reports RS Chauhan The Indian Navy will be without an operational aircraft carrier for over...

I think..this type of aircraft not suitable for country like India..We need big aircraft like Boeing,Airbus..

Good News... We are interested....IN may be acquired 40 to 70 Naval Rafale

As final commercial negotiations between India and France proceed on a deal for 126 Dassault Rafale fighters as part of the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) competition, a recent event has sweetened progress. Last month on June 19, the French Air Force demonstrated a nuclear deterrent...

Commercial bids for the Navy's multi-role helicopter (MRH) tender, a 16 helicopter procurement competition currently being fought over by NH Industries NH-90 and the Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk, will be opened shortly. After the Lockheed Martin MH-60R was dropped from the reckoning early last year...

EADS/Airbus will be waiting with baited breath for an impending decision on the winner of the Indian Air Force's mid-air refueler competition. The tender, a second iteration after the first was aborted in 2009, is a delicate one for EADS. It's Airbus A330 multirole tanker transport (MRTT), which...

Project 28 Kamorta at Kolkata (GRSE) After Feb - 2013

2012 excellent year of Indian Navy,IAF & DRDO But Indian Army & HAL far behind in modernization

Chief of Naval staff Admiral Nirmal Verma said the importance of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) has increased manifold in recent times. He said several new projects were coming to the ENC. The Navy Chief was addressing a gathering after presenting the President's gallantry and non-gallantry...

kitna dhire.. bahut dhire ho raha hai..

In a major step towards achieving the ability to launch nuclear payload from air, land and water, the heart of indigenous nuclear submarine – its nuclear reactor – was installed in INS Arihant and trials were conducted. The miniature 83 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuelled by highly...

A requirement for a military transport to replace 56 HS.748 twin turboprops operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF) is raising procedural problems for potential bidders. India released a Request for Information last December inviting OEMs to bid only if they could find private Indian partners...

Anatoly Isaikin, head of Rosoboronexport, Russia's state arms exporter, was once again forced to address the string of setbacks plaguing Russian arms manufacturers in India over the past 12 months. This includes the long-suffering Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35 fighter, whose future on the domestic and...

Vice Admiral D K Joshi was designated as Indian Navy Chief. He will take over from incumbent Admiral Nirmal Verma on August 31. Vice Admiral Joshi is presently heading Mumbai-based Western Naval Command. Prior to this he was heading Andaman and Nicobar tri-service command.

Good thinking, but not practical

The Indian Air Force has floated a brand new requirement to support the acquisition of nine aircraft for survey, target towing, COMJAM and Airborne SIGINT. According to the request for information sent out to global vendors, "Seven aircraft should be suitably integrated by the OEM and...

The Mil-26 helicopter is the biggest, largest and heaviest helicopter in the world. It can carry 20 tons off payload either internally or externally. This helicopter can carry 82 fully equipped assault troops. Also it can be used as flying ambulance and in this role it can carry 60 lying...