The full grant of OROP would raise annual military pensions to Rs 75,000 crore, only slightly less than the salary bill of Rs 93,216 crore.
The HAL wants the IAF to buy 80 Tejas Mark I-A to keep the production line occupied from 2020 to 2023-24
Pakistan, which has propped up the new Taliban leadership, would be keen to use its influence over the group to neutralise India's presence in the region.
Defence ministry incompetence hobbles development of battle-taxis for the Indian Army.
Army, paramilitary and police forces continue going into harm's way with outdated bulletproof jackets (BPJs), and helmets designed for motorcycle riding, not for the impact of a nine-millimetre bullet.
The navy's plan to build three Russian Talwar-class frigates has a less than wholesome odour.
C Christine Fair, an acclaimed Pakistan expert who teaches at Georgetown University rebutted some of the common perceptions of Pakistan.
or the first time, the size and specifications of the Indian Navy's future aircraft carrier have been officially acknowledged.
For some inexplicable reason, the army prefers to use Russian armour; Arjun is deployed in only two of its 63 armoured regiments.
The outgoing Tejas chief said the aircraft will join the IAF fleet by 2021-22.
DRDO says it is working with the navy to fit the Rustom-1 with an Automatic Identification System that will identify Indian fishing vessels along the maritime boundary
Our large military requirements make for an enormous buyer's leverage, which the defence ministry fritters away in piecemeal purchases
The bravado of NDA ministers may have undone the gains made in cross-border security cooperation over the past several years.
Dassault Aviation chief Eric Trappier has made it clear it would take at least three years to deliver 36 Rafales to the Indian Air Force.
Last week, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said buying 90 less Rafale fighter jets than the 126 planned earlier would save him money to buy more Tejas Light Combat Aircraft for the India Air Force.
Public interest centres on whether the two leaders might make headway in resolving the Sino-Indian boundary dispute.
'In Chinese perception, India is strategically getting closer to United States and some Chinese analysts fear perhaps one day it may become a part of American arrangements against China.'
The National Democratic Alliance government has adopted half measures instead of moving decisively on defence.
Among the programmes suffering from this lack of leadership is the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft project.
A soldier cannot justifiably demand faster, easier promotions based on frequent field tenures
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