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Lawmaker Nirmala Sitharaman Appointed as India’s Defence Minister

September 3, 2017 @ 04:30 PM

Lawmaker Nirmala Sitharaman was today sworn in as as Indias defence minister. Sitharaman is India's first full-time woman defence minister and takes from Arun Jaitley who held the two positions of finance and defence minister
Former Indian Air Force Chief Formally Charged in AgustaWestland Chopper Bribery Case

September 2, 2017 @ 08:37 AM

Indias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed charges against former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi and nine others in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter bribery case. He was earlier arrested in connection with this case last year and granted bail
Indian Govt Finalizing Cyber Security Standards For Mobile Companies

September 1, 2017 @ 02:55 PM

Indian government is finalising cyber security standards to counter rising cyber attacks and breach of financial and personal data from mobile-phone companies. “The products of all mobile manufacturing units must be security-compliant
Saab, Adani Announce Collaboration To Manufacture Gripen Fighter Jets In India

September 1, 2017 @ 11:55 AM

Saab and Indias Adani Group today announced a collaboration plan for the design, development and production of Gripen fighter jet for India and also the creation of joint ventures in India in line with and in support of the Make In India policy. The intended collaboration would include Gripen for India
ISRO IRNSS Navigation Replacement Satellite Launch Fails

September 1, 2017 @ 07:49 AM

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying a replacement satellite for Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) failed after reaching sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit Thursday. The IRNSS-1H constellation or NavIC, program was launched on schedule from the Second Launch Pad late evening Thursday
Japan Seeks US Spy-6 Radar To Boost Capabilities of Aegis Missile Defense...

August 31, 2017 @ 02:54 PM

Japan is seeking new powerful radar, known as Spy-6 from the United States to boost the range of its interceptor missiles to add a new layer of defense to help counter North Koreas missile advances. Reuters quotes government sources as saying that Spy-6 radar is capable of detecting threats faster at better range than their existing technologies
Mahindra Defence Initiates Lockheed Martin C-130J Training Centre In India

August 31, 2017 @ 12:05 PM

Indias Mahindra Defence Systems has started a C-130J Super Hercules simulator training centre at the Air Force (IAF) station in Hindon outside Delhi. The facility offers training with a full motion simulator to the crew that operate the C-130J special operations aircraft acquired from Lockheed Martin in 2011
Guam Residents Oppose US Military’s $78 Million New Firing Range

August 31, 2017 @ 07:56 AM

Dozens of Guam residents reached governors office to protest against US militarys plan to construct a new live-firing range in the territory. The protesters held signs saying, “not your target practice” and “death by firing range” during a protest march held against setting up a new firing range on land that the community says is one of the last pristine places on the US territory,
Indian Defence Ministry Accepts Shekatkar Panel Recommendations To Redeploy 57,000 Soldiers

August 30, 2017 @ 03:05 PM

Indian government has accepted 65 out of 99 reforms recommended by the Shekatkar committee that includes redeployment and restructuring of approximately 57,000 posts of officers/JCOs/ORs and civilians. Indias Defence Ministry Wednesday has informed the Union Cabinet that the government has accepted 65 out of 99 recommendations of the Lt General DB Shekatkar (retd) committee
Did North Korean Missile Outsmart Japan’s Defence Systems?

August 30, 2017 @ 02:03 PM

The North Korean ballistic missile which overflew Japanese territory and landed in the Pacific Ocean yesterday appears to have got the better of Japans sophisticated defence systems including the land-based PAC-3 and ship-mounted Standard Missile-3. These anti-missile systems had been on alert in view of Pyongyangs threat to launch missiles at the US military base in Guam

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