BHEL on Friday said it has entered into a pact with Bharat Electronics Ltd to develop and market products, systems and sensors for defence and non-defence applications
On the second day of 11th Defence Expo 2020, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a seminar organized by UPEIDA and FICCI at DefExpo-2020 on Thursday.
In a landmark decision this year, the government created the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in the rank of a four-star General. The CDS will also head the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), to be created within the Ministry of Defence and function as its Secretary.
China's defense budget has grown 850 percent in the last 20 years from USD 20 billion to USD 170 billion in 2018, a top Pentagon official told lawmakers on Thursday.
Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Minister of Defence Taro Kono, who are paying a visit to India to attend inaugural meeting of India-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2), called on PM Narendra Modi on Saturday.
Even as Lucknow remains among the ten most polluted cities in the country, the state government is preparing to cut down 63,799 trees along the Gomti river for the Defence Expo, scheduled to be held in February next year.
A top US military official said the United States and South Korea have postponed a combined flying training event, according to the US Department of Defence.
General Rawat, who was speaking at a conclave of foreign defence attaches at the Constitution Club, further said that India is committed to the ethos of indigenisation of defence production. The conclave was also attended by Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh.
From France, the prime minister will proceed for bilateral visits to the UAE and Bahrain, and will return to the French city of Biarritz on August 25 to attend the G7 Summit where India has been invited as a partner country.
Over 56,000 acres of land in Jammu and Kashmir is with different defence departments, wings and organisations, and the total rent paid for it to land owners or the state government in the last three years is more than Rs 134 crore, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
On the 20th anniversary of the Kargil conflict, several defence experts told IANS that they were looking up to the Narendra Modi-led government to implement the national security plan proposed by the Kargil Review Committee which was reviewed again in 2011.
Funding will not come in the way of the country's defence preparedness and there will be no compromise on it, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assured the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
French Ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler said his country is looking forward to further exchanges with the new government in India to deepen the industrial relations in defence as well as civilian aerospace sectors.
Appreciating the commitment and dedication of the DRDO scientists, Singh directed them to focus their energies on the flagship programs of national importance, a Defence Ministry statement said.
The decision will lead to exclusion of most of the SUVs that cost more than Rs 12 lakh or with an engine capacity of more than 2,500 CC. Defence personnel can buy vehicles from military canteens comparatively at a cheaper price than what is available in the market as they get GST exemption.
In the same backdrop, India TV's Defence Correspondent Manish Prasad has come out with an exclusive ground report from Bhisiana Air Force station on the great strength and capability of the Indian AirForce. The Squadron is also known as 'Golden Arrows' squadron.
The US considers Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as one of the greatest threats to it and allied forces in war-torn Afghanistan, where at least 300 fighters from the terror group are active, a Pentagon report has said.
It was hearing the pleas of two defence contractors -- Singapore-based S T Kinetics (STK) and Swiss armament manufacturer Rheinmetall Air Defence (RAD) -- against their blacklisting by the Centre in connection with a 2009 Ordnance Factory Board bribery scandal.
The decision was taken at talks between Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the visiting Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe.
The decision to implement the policy was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council.
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