Indian Navy Hunts for Sea-King and Kamov Chopper Upgrades

The Indian Navy is looking to upgrade its present fleet of Sea King and Kamov helicopters and purchase new helicopters to replace them in the coming years. Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai, Flag Officer...

MBDA Offers Taurus Missile System to Indian Air Force

European consortium MBDA has offered their 300 km-range Taurus stand-off missile system to the Indian Air Force (IAF) for its fighter jets such as the Su-30MKI. "We have received a Request for Information...

214 Fifth Generation Fighters, HAL Tejas Delayed, MRCA Deliveries by 2014

Indian Air Force has the funds for the MMRCA programme. There will be a realignment in committed liabilities and MMRCA deliveries should begin around by 2014. Final operational clearance...

Russia to provide additional 42 Sukhoi fighters to India

An additional 42 Sukhoi frontline fighters will be provided to India by Russia under an agreement inked between the two sides during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit in Moscow. With this pact,...

Dassault Rafale is the winner of USD 10.4 billion Indian Air Force M-MRCA Deal

French company Dassault Aviation's Rafale has won the $10.4 billion deal to supply 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) to the Indian Air Force (IAF). According to sources, Rafale won the...

Russia to Field Air-Launched Missiles for Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA by 2014

Russia will complete development of advanced tactical air-launched missile systems for the Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter within the next two years, the head of the Tactical Missiles Corporation...

India not sign MRCA deal this financial year

Dassault Aviation's fighter jet Rafale has emerged as India's choice in the 126 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) competition. The deal is estimated to be worth USD 10.4 billion making it one of...

DRDO delivers 5 Daksh ROVs

The first batch of five remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Daksh, designed and developed by Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) [R&DE (E)], Pune, was handed over to Maj Gen Rakesh...

United States has not offered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to India: Pentagon

Press Trust of India has quoted Pentagon spokesperson Commander Leslie Hullryde confirming that, contrary to press reports, the United States has not made available Lockheed Martin's advanced, fifth...

BAE Systems to deliver 145 M777 Ultra Light Howitzers to the Indian Army

The Defence Ministry on Friday cleared a Rs 3000 crore deal to buy 145 M777 ultra light howitzers from the USA defence manufacturer BAE Systems. The M777 artillery guns are essentially used in...

India takes up AWACS programme for air superiority

India has just taken up development of the Rs 6,000 crore Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) that will have the capability to penetrate "longer distances" enemy territory by way of radars...

China mulls buying Russian submarines

State arms exporter Rosoboronexport has signed a framework agreement with China on the joint development and construction of four non-nuclear Amur-1650 conventional submarines for the Chinese...

WZ-10 armed helicopters in flight training

An army aviation brigade under the Nanjing Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organizes a helicopter flight training, in a bid to temper the tactical skills...

China's First Heavy Transporter Y-20 Takes Off

The prototype of China's first indigenously-developed heavy transport aircraft, Y-20, takes off from an unidentified airport for its first test flight Saturday afternoon, January 26, 2013. [Photo:...

Modernisation of Chinese Navy a ‘major concern’: Navy Chief

Expressing great concern at the rapid modernisation of the Chinese Navy, Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi on Monday clarified that India’s interests in the disputed South China Sea will be protected at...

Manoeuvrable version of BrahMos successfully test-fired

In a move to further sharpening the defence arsenal, India on Wednesday successfully test-fired a highly manoeuvrable version of BrahMos from a naval warship off the coast of Vishakhapatnam in Bay...

Agni V gets Chinese media talking about Indian military strength

The display of India’s military strength, specially the intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-V, has been highlighted by Chinese official media in Beijing on Saturday. The highlight of the 100-minute...

Final trials for INS Vikramaditya

New Delhi: INS Vikramditya - India's second aircraft carrier- is back on its feet. Three of the ship's eight boilers that had malfunctioned during trials in last year...