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Ministries of defence, railways among largest buyers from GeM platform

Ministries of defence and railways and central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) are among the largest buyer organisations on the public procurement portal, GeM, a senior official said.

Akash missile sale cleared, govt to approach China-wary nations

Focus will be on high-value defence platforms to achieve target of $5-billion annual exports

Israel's sales pitch to India: Our artillery gun to support 'Make in India'

Business Standard has reviewed the letter, which was signed last Tuesday by Brigadier General Yair Kulas, director of Sibat - the Israeli defence ministry agency in charge of defence exports

Sentinels of the seas: India is making offshore patrol vessels war-ready

Current generation of Coast Guard vessels, likely to be in service for several decades, remains under-armed

Push for Make in India: Rs 27,000 cr plans get Ministry of Defence nod

This will involve withdrawing the airliners from Air India, sending them to France for fitment of airborne radars

Israeli firm Elbit Systems offers to build 70% of artillery guns in India

That is significantly higher indigenisation than the 50 per cent required for "Make in India" projects

Defence equipment: To lease or not to lease, opinion divides govt

Some argue policy will tie the hands of defence ministry bureaucrats; others call it path-breaking

In pics: DRDO's anti-satellite missile model, new tech for fire detection

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari congratulated the team of DRDO for developing a unique technology which detects fire in passenger buses within 30 seconds and suppresses it in 60 seconds

Rajnath Singh to inaugurate model of anti-satellite missile system in Delhi

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a model of the anti-satellite missile system, which is seen as a symbol of national technological advancement, at the DRDO headquarters in Delhi

Rajnath Singh to address Army commanders' conference in New Delhi

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address the Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday

INS Kavaratti: Why time, cost overruns are endemic to warship projects

Indigenously built warfare corvette set to be commissioned

INS Kavaratti in pics: A combat-ready ship to take on hostile submarines

Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane commissioned the last of four indigenously built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes 'INS Kavaratti' into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam on Thursday

BrahMos supersonic cruise missile tested in a strategic signal to China

In fact, most of these tests have involved routine firing trials of weapon systems that the DRDO is developing and which are a long way from operational service

Rs 90,048 crore allocated for defence modernisation in 2020-21: Report

An amount of Rs 90,048 crores has been allocated for capital acquisition (modernisation) of the armed forces under Defence Service Estimates in 2020-21

Privatising OFB: Defence ministry pushes ahead, workers push back

MoD announces appointment of consultants for corporatising Ordnance Factory Board; workers threaten indefinite strike from October 12

Indian, Chinese defence ministers meet, no breakthrough on border face-off

Rajnath Singh says India determined to protect its sovereignty; his Chinese counterpart accuses New Delhi of 'provocations'

Tata Power wins Rs 490 cr defence order for all-weather rocket system

Contract to be executed in 31 Months after accord of Bulk Production Clearance, and once First off Production Model is validated

Rajnath Singh approves NCC expansion in 173 border, coastal districts

Strength boosted to 1.5 million with 100,000 more cadets, one-third of them women

MoD go-ahead to 'Make in India' acquisitions worth Rs 8,722 crore

The bulk of this will go towards purchasing the first fixed wing aircraft that Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has designed and developed in decades

Playing into China's hands in Ladakh

Indians expect accountability for the security lapses that the government has now acknowledged