Defense
Before Rafale Meets Vikrant, a Ramp in Goa Must Pass the Test
At the edge of the airfield at INS Hansa in Goa, a runway ends in a ramp that points at...
IAF Charts Future of Air Power with Industry Outreach on Unmanned & Autonomous Systems
In a major step toward building next-generation operational capabilities and accelerating self-reliance in defense, the Indian Air Force (IAF) hosted...
India, Singapore Navies Kick Off 33rd Edition of Simbex at Visakhapatnam
The 33rd edition of the Singapore–India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX-2026) officially commenced today at Visakhapatnam, marking another milestone in the...
DGQA Clearance Puts Swadeshi Empresa’s Firefighting Robots in the Quality Club Defence Demands
On a Sunday afternoon in September 2025, lightning struck a storage tank at a port-side fuel facility in Visakhapatnam. The...
India-UK naval exercise Konkan-26 concludes after advanced maritime drills off Plymouth
The Indian Navy and the Royal Navy concluded Exercise Konkan-26 off Plymouth in the United Kingdom on Thursday after eight...
US Has Drawn Up Plans to Use “Mother of All Bombs” Against Iran; Doubts Over Effect on Buried Nuclear Sites
The US military has developed strike plans that include the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, the "mother of all...
Navy Commissions INS Samarthak at Karwar as Fleet Expansion Quickens; China’s Lead Still Wide
The Indian Navy on Friday commissioned INS Samarthak at Naval Base Karwar in Karnataka, adding an indigenously built multi-purpose vessel...
IAF gets its own communication satellite, Navy gets Varunastra anti-submarine torpedoes. What do these systems do?
The defence ministry on Thursday signed contracts worth about ₹4,106 crore for two indigenous systems: GSAT-7C, a dedicated communication satellite...
What Is INS Samarthak, and Why Does the Navy Want a ‘Utility’ Ship?
The Indian Navy will commission Samarthak, its first indigenously built Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV), at Naval Base, Karwar on 16 October...
India’s Light Utility Helicopter Is in the Final Stretch. Here’s What It Is and Why the Forces Need It
The indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), which the Army and Air Force need to replace their ageing Cheetah and...
Explained: What CTF 154 Does, and Why India’s Handover of Its Command Matters
The Indian Navy hands over command of Combined Task Force 154 (CTF 154) at a ceremony in Manama today, ending...
The Last Sortie: Why the Air Chief Chose the Tejas, and the Jet He Couldn’t Fly
On the final stretch of his tenure, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh climbed into a Tejas one last time....
