The Adani Group plans to bolster its defence business with the purchase of a Bengaluru-based company that has a strong order book and partnerships with key manufacturers in Russia and Israel that are India's top suppliers of weapons.

India is now stepping-up efforts for a concrete military outreach to Africa after a diplomatic one to counter the deep strategic inroads made by China in the world's second largest continent, even as the two Asian rivals continue with their shadow-bo...

The Indian Navy has selected the US General Atomics EMALS for its second aircraft carrier, IAC II, which should be operational in about 10 years.

The massive and ongoing modernisation plan of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will entail induction of more and sophisticated fighter planes over the next few years, till the IAF reaches its sanctioned strength of 42 fighter squadrons.

As India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (INS Vikrant, IAC-1) reaches its third and final phase of construction at the Kochi Shipyard in South India, with sea trials to start in mid-2020, Chief of Naval Staff Sunil Lanba confirmed to AIN that the...

India and Russia have been having regularly holding intense dialogues on all global issues as part of their strategic partnership The situation in Afghanistan, in the context of developments in the region, came in for discussion when visiting Secreta...

A Hawsea Hawk fighter taking off from INS Vikrant aircraft carrier in the 1971 war CHANDIGARH: Recounting the sequence of events which led to the 1971 war and developments after Operation Dwarka of the Pakistan Navy in 1965, former chief of naval sta...

India inks Ascension Agreement to the Trans Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN) with Italy. The multilateral construct comprises of 30 countries and is steered by Italy. The Indian Navy is also in the process of setting-up an Information Fusion Centre ...

India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved INR30 billion (USD427 million) worth of procurements of locally made equipment for the Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Army (IA) on 1 December.

During the trials, the DSRV also dived successfully up to 666 metres, which is a record for deepest submergence by a 'Manned Vessel' in Indian waters The Indian Navy Wednesday inducted the 'Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle' into service at the Western...

INS Tarangini India's indigenously manufacturing training ship underway to Doha Port Indian sail training ship, INS Tarangini, has provided training for six Qatari naval officers on its course of voyage from Muscat to Doha "This is a ship for sailing...

India Monday signed an ascension pact to the 30-member Trans Regional Maritime Network that will give it an access to the information on ships passing through the Indian Ocean Region.

Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet said that the re-induction of the two Sindhu class submarines would further strengthen operational capability of Indian Navy Two Sindhughosh-class submarines, Sindhukesari and Sindhuraj, which are currently under...

The proposal for a logistic support agreement was made by Russia in July this year. As the defense ties between the two countries are deep and intense, it took less than five months for them to complete the draft agreement in comparison to the 2016 a...

The expansion of the Indian Navy and its process of modernisation has been part of regular discussion. The Chief of the Naval Staff's recent statement regarding induction of 56 new warships and eight new submarines has drawn attention of many on the ...

The first of the four Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 11356) guided missile stealth frigates is likely to be inducted into the Indian Navy in the next three years.

India maintains one of its newest and best-equipped military bases on the remote and restricted Andaman Islands, from where it surveils and looks to counter China in nearby waters by Bertil Lintner India's Andaman Islands are where stone-age warfare ...

How does Agni-5 compare with other missiles globally? In April 2012, India entered into the Intercontinental ballistic Missile (ICBM) club when it had successfully test launched its homemade Agni-5 missile which can cover a range of 5,500-5,800 Kms w...

In an effort to emerge as a centre of regional excellence for Submarine Rescue Services, the chief of the Indian Navy Admiral Sunil Lanba will be commissioning Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) in the Navy tomorrow.

Partners hope to keep tabs on China and Advance Lunar Exploration Bilateral discussions will help Japan and India coordinate efforts to improve security by tracking satellites and ships TOKYO -- Japan and India are moving to share satellite data and ...

Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has made a strong case for a 2nd indigenous aircraft carrier. While govt considers it too expensive, the Chinese expansion in the Indian Ocean Region cannot be overlooked.

A GSLV Mk-II rocket will launch India's new Military Satellite for the IAF into orbit Once ISRO places GSAT-7A in the Geo stationary orbit, the communication satellite will enable the IAF to interlink different ground radar stations, airbases and AWA...

Undertaken 113 port calls this year, says officer In the backdrop of increasing responsibilities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and increased Chinese presence increasing the tempo of overseas deployments and exercises to an all-time high, Indian Na...

Admiral Panteleyev destroyer of the Russian Navy VIZAG: Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) ships Varyag, Admiral Panteleyev and Boris Butoma arrived in Visakhapatnam Sunday to participate in INDRA NAVY-18, the bilateral maritime exercise between the Indi...

Moving ahead towards modernisation and expansion of our maritime forces, the Government has approved induction of 56 new ships and six submarines. As per the vision policy in respect of ensuring that the teeth of our Navy were adequately sharp and ov...