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ATF Pricing: A Case for Data Over Perception

India’s Indigenous Defence Technology Gap Is Not About Talent – It’s About Structure

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One Hangar, Two Missions : Can India Bridge Civil and Military MRO Capabilities?

Building Capability Where It Matters : Engineering for the Battlefield

Indian Space Sector 2025: Building Capacity, Capability, and Confidence

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From battlefield mobility to industrial resilience: Aluminium is redefining India’s defence edge

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11th Joint Defence Committee meeting between India & Egypt held in Cairo

Co-develop and co-produce with India in niche tech for secured national interests and global stability & resilience: Raksha Mantri to German industry captains in Munich

Bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group Co-Chairs Respond to President Trump’s Comments on NATO

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Curtis Lead Bipartisan Senate Delegation to Taiwan, South Korea and Japan

ideaForge Becomes First Global Drone Company to Train NATO Forces at the U.S. National Test Pilot School

Geopolitical Earthquake : Khamenei Killed in Joint US–Israel Strike

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Research & surprise element must to stay future-ready in today’s technology-driven era: Raksha Mantri at North Tech Symposium

President of India visits Headquarters Army Training Command

Unmatched valour of soldiers marked Op Sindoor as a golden chapter in India’s military history: Raksha Mantri at Shaurya

Raksha Mantri to inaugurate 3-day North Tech Symposium, jointly organised by Indian Army & SIDM, in Prayagraj

All eyes on India : GalaxEye Launches World’s First OptoSAR Satellite ‘Mission Drishti

Simulated LOX Module for India’s Indigenous AIP System flagged-off from INOXCVA facility for Factory Acceptance Tests

From Helicopters to Drones: Army Aviation Must Leverage India’s MRO Ecosystem

Five-Time Winner: Telangana’s Aerospace Rise Takes Centre Stage at Wings India 2026

Minister of Civil Aviation Shri K Rammohan Naidu speaks with Aviation & Defence Universe (ADU) as countdown to Wings India 2026 begins

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi. PVSM , AVSM speaks exclusively to ADU, on the occasion of Army Day 2026

Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC Chief of Naval Staff speaks exclusively to Aviation & Defence Universe (ADU)

Beneath the Waves Silent Deterrence : Submarines Decide Modern Wars

Chief Of The Naval Staff Visit To Myanmar

Delivery of Project 17A Indigenous Advanced Stealth Frigate ‘Mahendragiri’

Ammunition Production Review Meeting: A Step Forward Towards Atmanirbharata

India And Sri Lanka Deepen Maritime Cooperation Through In–SLN DIVEX 2026

Indian Ocean Ship Sagar Arrives At Changi Naval Base, Singapore

Ins Sudarshini Concludes Port Call at Las Palmas, Canary Islands

Indian AirForce Commanders’ Conference takes off

New Delhi. 11 April 2019. The first bi-annual Commanders’ Conference of IAF for the year 2019 began today at the Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan). The Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…

Army Commanders’ Conference brainstorms Indian Army in 2019

New Delhi 09 April 2019. The biannual Army Commanders’ Conference commenced yesterday in the national capital with an opening address by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. During…

AK 203 production kicks-off in India

Amethi, India. 03 March 2019. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi opened a plant for production of 200-series Kalashnikov assault rifles, in Corva, Uttar Pradesh. The…

Twin Success for DRDO’s Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missiles (QRSAM) from ITR Chandipur, Odisha on February…

Day 1 at Aero India ends with crowds unexpected

By Sangeeta Saxena Yelahanka, Bangalore. 21 February 2019. What started on a sombre note turned out to be an elbow to elbow jostling and bumper…

Aero India starts on a gloomy note

· Surya Kiran fatal crash dampens spirits By Sangeeta Saxena Yelahanka, Bangalore. 20 February 2019. In an year when expectations were high and a more well planned…

Ship launched LRSAM successfully Flight Tested

New Delhi. 27 January 2019. Ship launched Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) has been successfully test fired from INS Chennai against an incoming aerial target…

Bharat Electronics Ltd pays Rs. 64.41 Crore final Dividend

[caption id="attachment_31324" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Union Minister for Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman being presented the finaldividend cheque of Rs.64.4 crore for the financial year 2017-18 by…

Singapore hosts 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting and 5th ADMM-Plus

India more committed to terrorism, says Defence Minister By Suresh Somu Singapore. 20 October 2018. India has continued to reiterate its stand on terrorism and…

Naval Commanders’ Conference ends on a positive note

[caption id="attachment_24515" align="alignleft" width="300"] Admiral Sunil Lanba PVSM AVSM ADC Chief of the Naval Staff chairing the Naval Commander’s Conference at New Delhi .[/caption] New…

Defence Industrial Corridor to Drive Economic Development and Growth of Uttar Pradesh

[caption id="attachment_21860" align="alignright" width="300"] The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the UP Investors Summit 2018, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh . The Governor of Uttar Pradesh,…

‘Defence Industry Development Meet’- Forging New Partnership with Industry for Defence Production

New Delhi. 17 January 2018. The Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence is organising a two-day ‘Defence Industry Development Meet’ at Chennai from January…