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‘Spend more, spend fast’ — Rajnath’s direction to armed forces ahead of mid-term budget review

Snehesh Alex Philip - September 27, 2021

Over the last week, the defence ministry has inked contracts worth about Rs 30,000 crore for procurement of transport aircraft and tanks.

Rolls-Royce ready to co-develop, manufacture fighter aircraft engines in India

Snehesh Alex Philip - September 16, 2021

Rolls-Royce's India and South Asia president Kishore Jayaraman says co-development is in line with ‘atmanirbhar’ design and manufacturing initiative.

India’s first naval aviator Yaduvansh Narayan Singh remained in shadows. It can change now

Angad Singh - September 12, 2021

From being the first Indian carrier pilot to being the first to command an Indian naval air squadron, the man ticked all the boxes over half a century ago.

Army, Navy, IAF sign deals for swarm, kamikaze drones amid govt push for new tech warfare

Snehesh Alex Philip - September 4, 2021

Leading the Services on new contracts signed is the Army which has inked three separate deals for various types of drones.

NDA, military can learn from US how to tweak standards for women without sacrificing fitness

Lt General Prakash Menon - August 31, 2021

The Supreme Court of India opened gates. Now military leadership must support gender justice and Service imperatives.

25 yrs ago, an IAF Mi-17 was shot down while Army, Navy chiefs were touring Siachen

AVM Manmohan Bahadur (retd) - August 26, 2021

After we landed at Siachen Base Camp, we got to know that a helicopter was shot down by Pakistan. We had to send back a message.

Navy to scrap plans to procure guns from US, considering ‘Make in India’ route now

Snehesh Alex Philip - August 2, 2021

The Navy’s original plan was to procure the 127 mm guns from the Italian firm Oto Melara, but the deal got stuck due to the VVIP chopper scam.

Why setting up integrated theatre commands should not be rushed — former service chiefs explain

Amrita Nayak Dutta - July 17, 2021

Former Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major (Retd) and former defence secretary NN Vohra were among the experts debating the theaterisation process.

Why induction of American MH-60 Romeo choppers is good news for Indian Navy

Snehesh Alex Philip - July 17, 2021

India Friday received two of the 24 MH-60 Romeo anti-submarine helicopters it ordered. A first batch is expected to land in the country next year.

Raising theatre commands can’t be left to the military. It’s a govt’s job all over the world

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - June 24, 2021

The government made a fundamental error of judgement by making the CDS first among equals and not senior by rank/appointment to the Service Chiefs.

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