Defence

In yet another sign of the growing India-China military ties, the air forces of the two countries will stage their first joint war games in 2012.
"The planning has commenced. We are expecting political approval soon. In all probability, the exercise will be conducted in 2012," Air Chief ...

Close on the heels of the field trials for the American Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, IAF will now put to pace the Lockheed Martin F-16 Viper in a bid to source a winner for its MMRCA tender.
 
The MMRCA (Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft) programme pertains to a tender worth $10 billion ...

After the uproar in parliament over a pact that will enable the annual inspection of military hardware purchased from the US, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday defended the measure, saying it was the result of three years of tough efforts and that the government did not have any ...

The CISF, Central Industrial Security Force, has been recommended to adopt new principles of management as well as new technologies by the Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram
 
"CISF is being given newer responsibilities and it should adopt new technologies and new management principles ...

The defence ministers of India and Nepal will hold talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. This is the first meeting of its kind after the attempt made by King Gyanendra four years ago to rule his kingdom with the help of the army.
 
Vidya Bhandari, the new defence minister in the Communist-headed ...

Scientists are trying to develop teargas canisters and hand grenades by mixing the fiery pepper to control riots and combat separatists.


A defence spokesperson said that the scientists at various Defence Research and Development Organisation laboratories were working on the project of ...

Although the IAF planned to finish the trials by March in the world's most hotly contested aircraft deals this century yet, they could actually go on till August next year as some of the manufacturers say that they would be able to send their aircraft to India only around September. That means that ...