Defence News

CDS, Secretary DMA posts, formerly held by Gen Rawat, to split; CISC could get new role [details]

While the appointment of new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is still in process, the government is considering splitting Secretary, Department of Military Affairs (DMA), which was also held by the Office of CDS.

May 5, 2022

French Defence Manufacturer, Naval group pulls out of India's Project 75 [what it means]

The RFP for Project 75 was sent to five major businesses around the world, including Naval Group-DCNS in France, Rosoboronexport in Russia, Thyssenkrupp in Germany, Navantia in Spain, and Daewoo in South Korea (I).

May 1, 2022

Who is Lt. Gen. BS Raju; three-star general appointed new Vice Chief of Army Staff [details]

It's an unusual occurrence for a three-star general to take over as Vice Chief first, before serving as an Army Commander. Vice Chiefs have traditionally been people who had previously served as Army commanders.

Apr 29, 2022

American family brings unexploded shell as keepsake; Results in chaos at Israeli airport

Many netizens questioned whether things would be the same if it were an Israeli family doing the same thing at a US airport

Apr 29, 2022

Push for greater indigenisation: MoD announces drastic changes in defence procurement

The Central government has been taking a series of measures to cut the dependencies on imports for defence equipment.

Apr 26, 2022

Who is Lt Gen. Manoj Pande; India's new Army chief succeeding COAS Gen Naravane [details]

With this appointment, Lt Gen. Pande will be the senior-most army officer. Notably, he is the first engineer to be appointed as Army Chief.

Apr 18, 2022

India to launch Vagsheer, sixth submarine under Scorpene project on April 20 [details]

The P75 Scorpene project's final submarine is Vagsheer. The INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj, and INS Vela have all been commissioned, while the Vagir is currently undergoing sea trials.

Apr 16, 2022

Ek Tha Black Tiger: Remembering Ravindra Kaushik; one of India's best spies who went onto join the Pak Army

His exceptional talent in mimicry and theatre was spotted by RAW. He was all of 23 when he first went undercover as a student pursuing LLB from Karachi University

Apr 12, 2022

Valour Day celebrated at 28 Bn CRPF in Srinagar; felicitation, painting competition and more [details]

The 28 Bn CRPF in Srinagar celebrated Valour Day with fervour and fond remembrance 1965 event.

Apr 10, 2022

Vice chief Lt Gen Manoj Pande all set to become Army chief [details]

Lt Gen Pande became the senior-most after a few top officers retired in the last three months. The incumbent Lt Gen Raj Shukla who was commanding Army's training command (ARTRAC) retired on March 31.

Apr 3, 2022

Make in India: Cabinet Committee on Security clears purchase of 15 light combat helicopters

LCH is on the government's negative import list, which aims to ban the import of certain weapons, systems, and ammunition over the next five years in order to increase defence self-reliance

Mar 31, 2022

Ayurveda clinics in 37 cantonment hospitals soon; MoD promotes benefits of traditional medicine

It was decided to establish the clinics at a recent high-level meeting between Defense Secretary Ajay Kumar and Secretary Ministry of AYUSH Vaidya Rakesh Kotecha.

Mar 31, 2022

What is Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft? India's 5th Gen fighter and successor to Sukhoi Su-30MKI [Details]

India has been working on the ambitious AMCA project, which aims to produce a fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet with sophisticated stealth qualities in order to greatly improve its air power capacity.

Mar 15, 2022

Defence Ministry expresses 'regret' over accidentally fired missile that entered Pakistan [Details]

Pakistan alleged on Thursday that an unarmed Indian supersonic missile took out from Sirsa on Wednesday evening and landed 124 kilometres within Pakistani territory.

Mar 11, 2022

Bioweapons in Ukraine war? Amid allegations by US and Russia, how real is the threat of biological warfare

Media intelligence service Zignal detected a worrying uptick from just one mention of 'bioweapon' on social media sites to 3658 mentions within than a week, pointing towards an agenda based narrative being pushed

Mar 11, 2022