The agreement was reached in intensive negotiations between contact groups that Obama and Modi had set up in September.

By removing Avinash Chander last week, the government has chosen to sacrifice the organisation's most potent symbol of success

India must present its demands of America confidently, instead of fearing that its pocket will somehow be picked, says Ajai Shukla.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has voiced his concern at Dassault's reported reluctance to meet the terms of the IAF tender, which required the French company to guarantee the 108 fighters that HAL would build in India, after the first 18 were supplied fully-built in France.

With the spectre of nuclear terrorism growing, the international community is concerned about the security of India's nuclear facilities. The worry has grown since 2010, when radioactive Cobalt-60 surfaced in a New Delhi scrapyard, killing one person and hospitalising eight others.

Instead of the Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40, which Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd could build, export, overhaul, upgrade and even modify into a light-attack aircraft, powerful lobbies have promoted a Swiss trainer -- the Pilatus PC-7 Mark II.

Saraswat played a key role in developing a series of missiles at a time when India faced tight international technology sanctions.

The defence ministry needs to focus keenly on "Made in India" projects without being distracted by "Make in India" slogans, says Ajai Shukla

Days after the Indian Coast Guard intercepted a 'terror boat' from Pakistan, there are still some doubts over the claims.

India must watch for signs after Peshawar that Pakistan is waking up to the dangers of Islamism, muses Ajai Shukla

This is the first time an Indian shipyard has been commissioned to design and build a warship to specifications formulated by a buyer country. This marks an important first landmark in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government's drive to increase defence exports.

Hard men with guns cannot manage the state forever.

The Indian Air Force argued that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's HTT-40 trainer jet would be costlier than the Swiss Pilatus trainer over its 30-year service life. When HAL challenged this contention, the IAF was not able to back it with figures.

Young soldiers blame commanders of for the debacle at the Uri army camp. Ajai Shukla reports

With India's political wheel turning full circle this year, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will negotiate from an expanding diplomatic space, writes Ajai Shukla

Without advanced towed array sonar systems, all warships the navy has built and bought since the 1990s would be sitting ducks in war.

An ill-informed public narrative centres on expensive weapons platforms instead of the little things that would improve capability.

That Australia is ready for a substantive engagement is evident from its 2013 Defence White Paper, which emphasised the need to build stronger defence relations with India, says Ajai Shukla

Building relations in the Indian Ocean, New Delhi has gifted naval vessels to Mauritius, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, even as China eyes the same locales.