Night Vision Devices : Empowering the Soldier for Night Fighting
The Indian Army had, on 11 February 2019, issued two requests for information (RFI) for equipping thousands of assault rifles with two different types...
Combat Vehicles : Challenges in the Production of Battle Tanks
The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is the only battle tank manufacturer in the country. It is also the largest defence equipment manufacturer under the...
An Overview of Indian Air Defence Programmes
The Indian market size for missiles and air defence (AD) systems is projected to be around US$700-US$800 billion in the coming 10 years with...
Air Defence : CDS Tasked With Creating a Joint Air Defence Structure
Within days of taking over as the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Bipin Rawat sought a detailed proposal from the three...
Artillery Systems : Artillery Forecast and Market Scenario
Global Market Scenario
Global Artillery Systems Market is estimated to reach $19.13 billion by 2025; growing at a CAGR of 8.8% from 2017 to 2025....
Artillery Systems : Mediumisation And Indigenisation of Indian Artillery
The Indian Army's Field Artillery Rationalisation Programme (FARP) was approved in 1999 to equip 169 artillery regiments with over 2,800 155 mm guns by...
Aircraft Maintenance : MRO Industry – Indian Military Aviation Market
Air Chief Mshl Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, then as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command, Indian Air force (IAF), remarked in February 2019, that the...
Navy Modernisation : MDL and L&T Cleared as Strategic Partners
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), on 21 January, cleared two Indian and five foreign shipbuilders to take part in a Rs 50,000 crore project...
Navy Modernisation : Tejas Lands and Takes-off From Carrier Deck
Tejas NP-2, one of the only two prototypes of the naval variant of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA), flown by Cmde Jaideep Maolankar,...
Navy Modernisation : Navy Moving Towards Extended Range Deterrence
The Defence Research and Development Organsiation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the 3,500-km range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), K-4, on 18 January, from a submerged pontoon...














