Articles for Armed Forces

India Confirms The Return Of Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman By Tomorrow; One F-16 of PAF Was Shot Down By An IAF MiG-21 Bison And IAF Lost One MiG-21

In the aerial combat that ensued one F-16 of PAF was shot down by an IAF MiG-21 Bison. The F-16 crashed and fell across the LOC in POJ&K.The IAF lost one MiG-21 in the aerial engagement and though the Pilot ejected safely his parachute drifted into POJ&K where he was taken into custody by Pakistan Army.

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Aero India 2019: India's Home Grown LCA Tejas Finally Gets The Final Operational Clearance (FOC) For The Enhanced Combat Capabilities

A great day for India's home grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas MK I and Indian Air Force (IAF), when the formal declaration of Final Operational Clearance (FOC) of the aircraft was made at Aero India 2019. IAF is ready to order 83 Tejas MK-1A that would give it more firepower.

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Aero India 2019: World's leading defence entity Lockheed Martin broadens its manufacturing capabilities in India; Ties up with Indian public sector BEML

While India is pressed hard for building advance defence equipment, the significant technology gap and the transfer of technology are two major impediments. Lockheed's agreement with BEML is a much needed boost for the growing Indian entity to scale up the advance platforms and technology.

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Indian Armed forces Gets 72,400 Assault Rifles From US Firm Sig Sauer

Army gets 72,400 Assault Rifles from US firm Sig Sauer. A contract for the procurement of 72,400 Assault Rifles through the Fast Track Procurement (FTP) from Sig Sauer, US was signed and will be delivered over the next 12 months to Indian Armed Forces.

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Indian Navy Gets The Breakthrough As Defence Ministry Issues Expression of Interest For The Procurement of 111 Naval Utility Helicopters

Indian Navy's modernization gets the biggest boost as MoD has finally issued Expression of Interest for the 111 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH), mandating the bulk of manufacturing in India.

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Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa reviewing a Guard of Honour at Dhaka during his four-day visit to Bangladesh today.

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa reviewing a Guard of Honour at Dhaka during his four-day visit to Bangladesh today.

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Defence: A Heavy Load

Surely, a country with a 15,106-km-long border with testy neighbours needs to spend more than a mere 1.58% of its GDP on defence?

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Requested Lifting Of Ban On Tatra: PM Of Czech Republic Andrej Babiš

Babiš, who was on a two-day visit to India, said the lifting of the ban will open the road for further defence cooperation with India

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