What will be a landmark feat for the Indian Air Force (IAF), it is all set to climb 'Seven Summits', the highest peaks in the seven continents. By doing so the IAF is going to be the first air force in the world to achieve such feat.
 
The ‘Seven Summits’ expedition team of the ...

The land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test-fired successfully by the Indian Army on Tuesday (20th January). The land version BrahMos was tested from a firing range near Pokhran in Rajasthan. Such a move can fine-tune India’s precision-strike weapons capability ...

Kavita Barala became the first woman navigator of the Indian Air Force (IAF). Barala will be the first women navigator to salute the India's first woman president Pratibha Patil on this year's Republic Day. Kavita Barala who hails from Jaipur also aims to navigate the frontline fighter jet ...

The Indian Army celebrated the Army Day on January 15 by paying homage to martyred soldiers. The 61st Foundation Day was commemorated by paying floral tributes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate, New Delhi. Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor, Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta and Chief of Air ...

India is likely to conduct a joint counter terrorism exercise with neighbouring country Bangladesh by next month. According to official sources, the armies of both the countries will go for the joint exercise from February 22 to March 7 at Johrat in Assam. Group captain R.K. Das said that the joint ...

India has signed a US$2.1 billion deal with US aerospace giant Boeing to buy maritime surveillance aircraft for the Indian navy. The agreement to buy eight P-81 long-range reconnaissance aircraft marks India's biggest military aircraft deal with the United States, defence ministry officials ...

Lieutenant General Noble Thamburaj has been appointed as the new vice chief of the Indian Army. Thamburaj replaced Lt Gen M.L. Naidu who retired on December 31, 2008. Before being appointed as the vice chief of Indian Army, Thamburaj was serving as general officer commanding-in-chief of the ...

Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) decided to manufacture light utility and medium lift helicopters for the Indian Army, air force and navy. While informing about the plans, HAL chairman Ashok Baweja said that the preliminary work to design, develop and produce indigenous light utility ...

The central government on Monday (December 22) announced to set-up full-fledged units of the National Security Guard (NSG) in the cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai. The recent move has been exercised in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks when NSG commandos took nine ...

Defence Minister A.K. Antony has approved a new promotion policy for officers in the armed forces which, seeks to eliminate the possibility of bias or vendetta in the selection process.
 
The existing policy awarded 80 marks on the basis of the annual confidential report (ACRs) and the ...

After retaining power in November assembly polls, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh on Friday (December 19) asked PM Manmohan Singh to set one of the centres of National Security Guard (NSG) in the state. Out of the eight proposed zonal centers of the elite NSG commandos, the CM ...

The supersonic cruise missile, Brahmos produced jointly by India and Russia was test fired from a naval warship in the Bay of Bengal on December 18, 2008. Speaking on the occasion, a DRDO official said that the Brahmos Missile was launched from a mobile platform and all the objectives and targets ...

In a new milestone, the ‘Tejas’ Light Combat Aircraft is now flying test runs from a high-altitude area like Leh as part of its development programme.
 
According to the statement given by a DRDO official The LCA PV-3 (protoype vehicle) landed at Leh, situated at a height of ...

India is likely to conduct an anti-terror military exercise with China from December 6-14. The joint military exercise will take place in Belgaum district of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The exercise code-named 'Hand in Hand 2008' will be attended by a Chinese contingent of 137 soldiers ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party, incensed over the latest acts of the terrorists, said that it will not allow any official of the Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency to land in Mumbai to probe the recent terror attack. BJP general secretary Gopinath Munde on Sunday ...

India’s National Security Advisor MK Narayanan and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil told the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) that the terrorists involved in the on-going terror attack on Mumbai were members of Lashkar-e-Toyeba and originated in neighbouring ...

In order to get absorbed in the army the aspiring candidates will have to appear for the personality test at the entry level. The Indian army will soon implement this new recruitment rule. The new rule is planned out to eliminate candidates with negative traits which are responsible for the ...

In order to commemorate its golden jubilee celebrations, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) R&D activities has decided to organize a three-day conference scheduled to be held on November 24. The historic conference is likely to be attended by scientists, technocrats, ...

Joint naval exercises will be conducted by India and Russia in the Indian ocean on January next year. The India-Russia naval exercises called Indra will focus on practising cooperative engagement to enforce maritime law and counter piracy, terrorism, and drug smuggling. The fourth ...

An Indian Navy warship deployed in the Gulf of Aden has destroyed a vessel of the Somali pirates. A statement released by the Indian Navy on Wednesday (November 19), said that INS Tabar retaliated in self defence and opened fire on the mother vessel. As a result of the firing by INS Tabar, fire ...

Five days after the Russian government demanded an additional $2 billion for supplying the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, Russian Navy now have decided not to sell or lease the accident-hit K-152 Nerpa nuclear attack submarine to India. In a recent incident, 20 crew members were ...

The long term relationship between India and Russia faced another jolt following the latter's demand of an additional $2 billion for supplying the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov to India. Three yeas ago, the two countries struck the deal at $750 million. Russia is expected to ...

India successfully test fired its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 on November 12, 2008. The missile was fired from the defence base of Chandipur in the district of Balasore, Orissa. With a capacity of carrying one tonne payload, the ballistic missile can cover a distance of ...

An Indian merchant vessel has been successfully rescued from pirates' attack in the Gulf of Aden. The pirates could not hijack the vessels as an Indian naval warship which was patrolling the region came to rescue the ship at the right time. According to official sources, the Indian vessel M.V. Jag ...

The defence minister of Poland, Bogdan Klich is likely to visit India on November 4, 2008 with a motive to tie-up with country's defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs). In his three-day-visit, Klich will hold talks with the chiefs of DPSUs of India. As per the defence ministry sources the ...

Karnataka-based Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all set to build a new test range near Chitradurga, about 200 km from Bangalore. After the setting up of the new test range, it will become country's second test range. The Chitradurga test range will occupy an area of 4,200 ...

India and Singapore have concluded the fifth round of the India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue in Singapore on October 8, 2008. The high level meeting was attended by Indian defence secretary Vijay Singh and his Singaporean counterpart Chiang Chie Foo. The main aims of the meeting are to review ...

The headquarter of India's first amphibious brigade will be set up in Kerala. Report says that the officials of Indian Army are putting all their efforts to accomplish the project by next year.  Talking to media, the GOC-in-C of Southern Army Command, Lt. General Noble Thamburaj hinted that 91 ...

The Fukche airbase in eastern Ladakh on India-China frontier is set to be revived by the month of October, 2008. Report says that the Indian Army has started the repair work of the airbase. This airbase is only 2.5 km away from the Line of Actual Control. According to the Indian defence officials, ...

A three-member panel was created by the Indian government on Saturday, September 27, 2008 to review the complaints voiced by the defence personnel pertaining the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Panel. Defence Minister A.K. Antony is also a part of this three-member panel, which has been instructed ...