Vishal Thapar

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Group Editorial Head for BW’s Defence, Security & Police

Latest Articles By Vishal Thapar

Delayed DefExpo 2022 gets new dates at Gandhinagar ahead of election season in Gujarat

India’s biggest Defence exhibition to provide a platform for a big Make in India pitch but dates clash with premier global exhibition Euronaval in Paris

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Indian Navy’s plan to acquire 6 more Boeing P8I reconnaissance aircraft stalls after expiry of American price offer

US declines to extend offer beyond July 31 deadline for Government-to-Government deal, programme pushed back to Square One

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HAL signs $100 Mn contract with Honeywell for aero engines to power HTT-40

American company mulls partnership in promoting export of the Indian Stage-1 trainer

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India kickstarts armed drone swarming programme

Defence Acquisition Council approves procurement programmes worth $3.6 Billion

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Fire on board the Indian Navy aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya

No casualties, fire put out by crew while the warship was on a post-refit trial sortie in the Arabian Sea off Karwar

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Indian stealth warship shows presence in Djibouti en route to Brazil

Continuous Chinese naval presence enabled by its support base in Djibouti sharpens strategic competition in the Indian Ocean Region

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UK eyes the Ukrainian gap, offers marine engines for Indian warships

India-UK military logistics agreement set to be signed during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s forthcoming visit to Britain

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US revives offer to co-develop fighter jet engine with India following strong bids by France, UK

American turnaround overrides “export control” concerns which aborted an earlier bid for collaboration on jet engine technology through DTTI in 2019

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Public and private sector shipyards collaborate to lay keels for three warships

GRSE outsources work on four anti-submarine warships and three survey vessels to L&T’s Kattupalli shipyard to speed up delivery to Indian Navy

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Agniveers to form a distinct rank in the military; Army, IAF issue commence roll-out of new recruitment scheme

Notifications spell out differences in the terms of engagement of the short-service troops versus regular cadre soldiers

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