Features
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March 17, 2025
Aero India 2025: Advancing India's Defence and Aerospace Industry
By Ayushee ChaudharyAero India 2025 showcased India's rising prowess in defence and aerospace, reinforcing its commitment to self-reliance and global partnerships in a rapidly evolving strategic landscape.
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March 13, 2025
Why Tax Defence MSMEs for R&D grants?
By Manish Kumar JhaThe issuance of Goods and Services Tax (GST) notices to the defence MSMEs have highlighted a growing concern among these MSMES, related to their R&D activities. The imposition of GST on R&D efforts has sparked a wave of confusion with many dubbings it as a "tax on R&D grant".
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March 12, 2025
Embraer Positions C-390 Millennium as Ideal Fit for India's Defence Needs
By Ayushee ChaudharyThe Brazilian manufacturer revealed plans to open a subsidiary in New Delhi in the second quarter of 2025.
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March 11, 2025
Europe looks to India for defence cooperation
By Ranjit Kumar, Strategic Affairs AnalystThe visit by a delegation from the European Commission comprising all 27 commissioners, and by the Belgian Princess along with their defence minister, underscores the high priority placed by European countries on strengthening strategic ties with India
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March 11, 2025
Rogue supplier behind Navy's warship blast; severe punishment to counter such malpractices
By Manish Kumar JhaThe fatal explosion aboard the Indian Navy's INS Ranvir in January 2022 was caused by an incorrect refrigerant. The serious violations by such rogue suppliers in critical military hardware, calls for such strict measures, including the banning and penalty to avoid future malpractices.
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February 24, 2025
Breaking Boundaries with Autonomous Systems
By Manish Kumar JhaA leading transformation in drone technology has broken into Algorithmic warfare-based UAVs, making the latest and most disruptive technology in defence. AI-powered and based on ML, Anduril's innovation is already seen as the new frontier in unmanned systems. Why does such advancement matter to India?
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February 17, 2025
Safran Strengthens Aerospace Partnerships
By Manish Kumar JhaSafran consolidates its presence in India, extends an R&D Centre in Bengaluru; LEAP engine tie-up with TEAL India
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February 15, 2025
Trump's Offer of F-35 Fighter Jets to India: A Strategic Military Move & Cooperation in Indo-Pacific
By Manish Kumar JhaIn a significant development in US-India defence relations, President Donald Trump proposed the sale of advanced stealth 5-gen F-35 fighter jets to India.
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February 12, 2025
Defence Secretary puts thrust on Aero-engine and Advanced Electric propulsion with UK
By Manish Kumar JhaIn a crucial development, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh puts his policy thrust towards achieving this. In a bilateral meeting with Minister for the House of Lords, UK Lord Vernon Coaker on the sidelines of Aero India in Bengaluru, he laid out the key cooperation areas in Electric Propulsion.
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February 10, 2025
Aero India 2025: The Mahakumbh of Defence
By Dr B.K. Das, Vipin Kumar Kaushik, Amit Sharma / DRDOAero India represents India's ascent as a modern defence power—a nation that embraces cutting-edge technology, innovation, and international collaboration to safeguard its future
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February 8, 2025
Defence Budget, Capability and Perspective Planning for the Indian Armed Forces
By Manish Kumar JhaA sizeable budget which stands at $78 billion, with 26.43 per cent of total allocation spent on capital outlay on Defence Services. The new dimension is the approach towards joint perspective planning of services for the military budget and a clear thrust on R&D allocation matters. How are we going about it?
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January 15, 2025
Indian Navy Inaugurates Three Warships — A Strategic Leap Forward
By Manish Kumar JhaIndia to emerge as a major maritime power, says Prime Minister Modi as Indian Navy commissioned 3 Warships - Surat, Nilgiri, and Vaghsheer. This marks a major step towards enhancing India's maritime defence capabilities and reinforcing a leading maritime power in the region.
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January 14, 2025
Army Day 2025: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi puts thrust on artillery modernisation, impending FRCV takes off
By Manish Kumar JhaThe Army Chief made a concerted announcement for the range of military equipment, especially focusing on its artillery modernisation plan and capability like the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) and K9 Vajra self-propelled artillery systems. Crucially, the Army also finally moves ahead with its impending FRCV programme.
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January 11, 2025
Directed Energy Systems to Counter Drone Threats
By Manish Kumar JhaThe advancement in designing and developing laser-based systems is breaking new ground in the area of laser weapon systems. Based on microwave and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) technologies to disable drones, these systems can target the electronics of UAVs, effectively jamming or frying their circuits, rendering them inoperable.
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December 18, 2024
Opportunity for Indian defence to collaborate in hi-tech manufacturing with Estonia: Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur
By Manish Kumar Jha from Tallinn, EstoniaDuring the visit to Estonia, Manish Kumar Jha met Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence, Estonia in Tallinn. The defence minister talks about the ongoing breakthroughs in military tech especially, developing proven unmanned systems, sensors, communication and surveillance technologies, electronics, and equipment in Estonia.
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December 18, 2024
Building NATO's Next-Gen Cyber Security
By Manish Kumar Jha from Tallinn, EstoniaA comprehensive Cyber Defence Policy, which outlines the principles for integrating cyber defence into NATO's overall security framework. In a special interaction at the NATO Centre in Tallinn, Manish Kumar Jha meets NATO Director, Mart Noorma on this policy which emphasises the need for collective defence...
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December 9, 2024
Italian shipbuilding companies are keen on collaborating with India for both commercial and military projects: Italian Minister Adolfo UrsoOn board, Amerigo Vespucci, a historic sailing ship and training ship of the Italian Navy, which was docked in Mumbai, Consulting & Contributing Editor, Manish Kumar Jha speaks with Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy...
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December 5, 2024
Italy's legendary warship in India, reaffirms Strategic Security partnership with India, says Italian Ambassador BartoliA historic moment for Indo-Italian relations, on board the legendary, nearly a century-old Amerigo Vespucci --called the most beautiful ship in the world, and Villaggio Italia docked in Mumbai, Manish Kumar Jha speaks with Antonio Bartoli, Ambassador of Italy on the strategic relations and the great significance the Italian warship in India attaches to.
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December 4, 2024
Nuclear attack submarine for the Navy, AIP-powered submarines soon under P-75(I): Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi
By Manish Kumar JhaBriefing the media ahead of the Navy Day in the national capital, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi outlined India's naval ambitions with two mega nuclear submarines and the forthcoming submarine Project-75(I) under the strategic partnership model.
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December 3, 2024
Navy Chief's Blueprint for Future Readiness
By Neetu DhuliaIndia's Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi held the annual press conference on the eve of Navy Day 2024. Responding to the insightful question by Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief of SP Guide Publications...
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November 26, 2024
“We should put all our efforts into being self-reliant on an Aero-engine” – Air Marshal Tejinder Singh, DCAS
By Manish Kumar JhaThe quest for an indigenous aero-engine remains a challenge despite the initial success of the Kaveri engine. Can it be a national mission? What is needed to achieve a higher thrust of engine for Tejas Mk2 and AMCA? The possibilities are discussed at the TDF DRDO Conference among the leaders and outstanding aerospace scientists at the Conference.
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November 12, 2024
BARC to build Submarine Nuclear Reactor in India
By Manish Kumar JhaThe Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is set to build a new 190-MW submarine nuclear reactor, marking a pivotal advancement in the country's nuclear and maritime capabilities. The reactor will power P77 nuclear attack submarine-- SSN and S-5 ballistic missiles nuclear submarines --SSBN. This critical tech for national security comes at a time when China has succeeded in building a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship.
