The defence ministry gave its green signal to the armed forces to purchase 31 MQ-9B SeaGuardian, also known as Predator B, drones from the US. The deal is estimated to be worth $3 billion. This comes a week ahead of PM Modi’s first state visit to the country. Read More

The deputy chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, visited the National Flight Test Centre, Aeronautical Development Agency, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s Tejas Division in Bengaluru to take stock of the progress of the indigenous combat aircraft projects. Read More

In a first, the Indian Navy’s both battle carrier groups led by aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant have carried out one of the biggest operational exercises in the Arabian Sea this week. Read More

India, France, and the United Arab Emirates have concluded their first-ever trilateral maritime partnership exercise involving their navies, on Thursday. The two-day trilateral drill started on June 7. Read More

Two Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft went on an outing over the Indian Ocean Region for eight hours, this week, the service said. This comes mid China’s expansionist strategy and increased forays in the region. Read More

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested New Generation Ballistic Missile ‘Agni Prime’ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on June 07. Read More

Germany’s defence major thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and India’s leading shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited signed an MoU to jointly bid to build the six next-generation stealth conventional submarines for the Indian Navy under the Project-75(I). Read More

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, held a bilateral meeting with Germany’s defence minister, Boris Pistorius, in New Delhi. The two ministers reviewed the ongoing bilateral defence cooperation and explored ways to enhance the collaboration. Read More

In a significant milestone for the Indian Navy and DRDO, indigenously developed heavyweight torpedo has successfully engaged a underwater target. Read More

As ethnic violence continues unabated in Manipur, officials in the state government have revealed that mobs comprising thousands of local people raided warehouses and armouries of various state security forces and looted thousands of weapons. Read More