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MoD spends 65% of FY22 capital budget on domestic procurement

Utilises 99.5% of defence services budget

Defence equipment import to be exception: Govt in Rajya Sabha

The defence ministry said import of defence equipment from a foreign industry, irrespective of value and type of acquisition, should only be an exception

Boeing completes delivery of 12 P-8I aircraft to India

The P-8I is widely acknowledged to be the world's deadliest LRMR-ASW aircraft

Rajnath Singh reviews preparations for 12 edition DefExpo-2022 in Gujarat

DefExpo-2022 will now be held between March 10-14,2022 and will be held in a hybrid format featuring both physical and virtual stalls, said the Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence lists reform measures for sharpening the military

MoD is also organising a series of webinars to encourage defence firms to participate in larger numbers

DRDO to display two tableaux at Republic Day parade: Defence Ministry

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will display two tableaux at the forthcoming Republic Day Parade on January 26, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.

Concerned ministry to share info on chopper crash at appropriate time: Govt

Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said information about the helicopter accident in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu will be shared by the ministry concerned at an appropriate time. The entire information about the accident that has taken place will be shared by the concerned ministry at an appropriate time, Thakur told reporters when asked about the helicopter crash involving Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat. An Indian Air Force helicopter with Rawat on board crashed on Wednesday near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, the IAF said. There was no immediate information on the condition of Rawat.

Tests above 20K ft done, Ministry of Defence orders 12 choppers

Purchase of Light Utility Helicopters from HAL under Make in India

Private defence firms pitch their skills to senior military brass

Two private firms explained to the student officers, all of them of general rank, about how their companies were capable of contributing to self-reliance in the linked fields of aerospace and defence

India signs $2.5-bn contract for 56 Airbus C-295 military aircraft

Under the terms of the contract, Airbus will deliver the first 16 aircraft in 'fly-away' condition from its final assembly line in Seville, Spain. The remaining 40 planes will be manufactured in India

Ministry of Defence orders 118 Arjun tanks for over Rs 7,000 crore

'Atmanirbhar Bharat' boost, will benefit 200 Indian firms, create 8,000 jobs

BrahMos Aerospace seeks 200-acre land in Lucknow

About 500 engineers and technical people will get direct employment in the BrahMos Production Centre which will be built by investing Rs 300 crore

Pegasus scandal: Defence Ministry says 'no transaction' with NSO Group

In the midst of the Pegasus snooping controversy, the defence ministry on Monday said it did not have any transaction with the NSO Group, which sells the spyware. NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance software company, has been under increasing attack following allegations that its Pegasus software was used for surveillance of phones of people in several countries, including India. "Ministry of Defence has not had any transaction with NSO Group Technologies," Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha. He was asked whether the government had carried out any transaction with the NSO Group Technologies. The opposition parties have been targeting the central government over the snooping row and disrupting proceedings in Parliament since it met on July 19 for the Monsoon session. IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnawhad had dismissed media reports on the use of Pegasus software to snoop on Indians, saying the allegations levelled

Indian Air Force kicks off acquisition of anti-drone systems

Firms will submit proposals today to supply 10 sophisticated counter-drones

DRDO successfully test-flies indigenously developed 'man-portable ATGM'

The lightweight, fire-and-forget MPATGM, which is integrated with a thermal sight, was launched from a man-portable launcher by a two-man crew at a target that was mimicking a moving tank.

Ministry of Defence tenders for six more submarines at $1 billion each

This six-submarine acquisition, codenamed Project 75(I), will be the first programme under the MoD's 'strategic partnership' model

Military should fund its own modernisation

Boosting its capital expenditure does not require a great deal of money

Ministry of Defence allocates Rs 500 cr for designing innovative products

The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018, with the aim of fostering innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace

Rs 43,000-crore tender to build six state-of-the-art submarines cleared

This is first case processed under strategic partnership model

The mirage of self-reliance

In the absence of robust technological and project management structures, MoD's indigenisation drive will remain questionable