Military-Defence
India Strategic
India and Britain: Intelligence, pragmatism and the long afterlife of empire
LONDON. The intelligence relationship between India and the United Kingdom has endured far longer – and reached far deeper – than most observers realise. For more than seven decades, both nations have managed a complex blend of cooperation, competition and quiet respect, born out of shared interests that survived the end of empire.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India, Russia reaffirm 'time-tested' Strategic Partnership; push trade, energy and defence ties
NEW DELHI. India and Russia have reaffirmed their ‘Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership’ during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to New Delhi on December 4-5 for the 23rd Annual Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Putin underlined the 25th anniversary of their Strategic Partnership and described bilateral ties as a resilient, long-standing relationship rooted in mutual trust and respect for core national interests.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Naval Group and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders extend MoU to strengthen submarine export cooperation exclusively for a mutually friendly country
On October 16, Naval Group France and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) signed an extension of their existing memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further strengthen cooperation for the joint export of submarines to a mutually friendly country.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025: India's Strategic Reckoning
NEW DELHI. The Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025 at the hallowed Manekshaw Centre focused on 'Reform to Transform: Sashakt, Surakshit aur Viksit Bharat'. Military preparedness topped the agenda. Advanced sensors drove discussions as Indian war readiness took centre stage. It encapsulated that India's strategic mindset evolves rapidly.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India to invest $7.4 billion in fighter jet engine programmes by 2035 as indigenous development accelerates
BENGALURU. India is set to invest approximately Rs. 654 billion (about $7.44 billion) over the next decade for manufacturing and procuring fighter jet engines to support ongoing and upcoming military aviation programs through 2035.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Tata Advanced Systems breaks ground on new Defence MRO facility supporting Lockheed Martin's C-130J operations in India
Tata Advanced Systems and Lockheed Martin, on December 8, 2025, announced the groundbreaking of a new defence maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in India, developed to support Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
X-59 soars: A new era in supersonic flight begins
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for faster commercial air travel.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Shifting Geo-Political Terrain: India's Strategic Options
NEW DELHI. Where you stand depends on where you sit is an aphorism used in terms of politics, is equally applicable to geopolitics.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
AAIB preliminary report found nothing wrong with the engines or the airline's operations: AI
NEW DELHI. Air India Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson underscored that the interim report of the June 12 Al-171 crash by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found nothing wrong with the engines or the operations of the airline.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Dassault Aviation expands its Engineering Center in Pune
In line with the achievements already made to fulfill its commitments under the ‘Make in India’ policy, Dassault Aviation is extending its presence in India by inaugurating the new premises of Dassault Aircraft Services India – Engineering Centre in Pune, Maharashtra, on November 4.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
TAS and Safran inaugurates state-of-the-art rotating parts manufacturing facility for the Leap engine
Strengthening India's Aerospace Ecosystem through Strategic Partnership
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Modi inaugurates Safran's Rs. 1,300-crore aircraft engine MRO facility in Hyderabad, calls it a major step toward making India a global aviation hub
NEW DELHI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 26 inaugurated Safran Aircraft Engine Services India (SAESI), a large aircraft engine Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Hyderabad’s GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park, describing it as a milestone in India’s drive to become a global aviation services hub. Modi inaugurated the facility through video link.
3 min |
Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, GOC-in-C, Southern Command visits 19 Karnataka Battalion NCC, Madikeri
BENGALURU.Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, AVSM, GOC-in-C, Southern Command, visited 19 Karnataka Battalion NCC, Madikeri on November 5.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Vice Admiral B Sivakumar assumes charge as the Chief of Materiel
NEW DELHI. Vice Admiral B Sivakumar, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as the 40th Chief of Materiel on November 1, 2025.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India, Russia sign SJ-100 Aircarft Production
NEW DELHI. On October 27, 2025, India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) came together in Moscow to sign an agreement, officially a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to tie the two companies in partnership to produce the SJ-100 regional passenger jet in India.
4 min |
Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
What was Putin's visit to India really about?
NEW DELHI (UNI). As Russian President Vladimir Putin flew out of Delhi for the colder climes of Moscow, a stocktaking of what really happened behind the glamour and glitz of the high-profile visit reveals that there was as much substance as there were hopes pinned on this one visit in the midst of a European war and efforts to strike a peace bargain.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Boeing South Carolina Breaks Ground on 787 Site Expansion
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. On November 7, 2025 Boeing marked the groundbreaking of its Boeing South Carolina (BSC) site expansion.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
World Class Russian Missiles Continued Interest of India
NEW DELHI. “Op Sindoor”, the four day India-Pakistan conflict, saw great play between the missile systems of the two countries. The Indian side was armed mainly with Russian, French, Israeli and Indian missiles. Pakistan with American and Chinese missiles.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Niraj Chopra gets honorary rank of Lt. Col. Colonel for star performance in Javelin Thrower
NEW DELHI. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally conferred the gleaming insignia of honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army upon star javelin thrower and two-time Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra during the pipping ceremony in South Block, New Delhi on October 22.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Indian Navy has become a pioneer in India's self-reliance, innovation and industrial development: Rajnath Singh
NEW DELHI. Operation Sindoor was a symbol of India's will power and capability, and a message to the world that the country is always ready to respond to every challenge, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said while addressing the Naval Commanders' Conference in New Delhi on October 23.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Emirates orders 65 more Boeing 777X airplanes
Boeing and Emirates announced on November 17 that the world's largest international airline has placed its third order for 777X airplanes to fuel future expansion and meet growing travel demand. The new order for 65 777-9 passenger jets was announced during a signing at the Dubai Airshow.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Ethiopian Airlines commits to order 11 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes
DUBAI. Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines announced today Africa's largest carrier has committed to purchase 11 additional 737 MAX jets. The agreement for 11 737-8, signed at the Dubai Airshow, will enable Ethiopian Airlines to grow its regional and international networks and expand its Addis Ababa hub.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command
NEW DELHI. Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, AVSM, NM, assumed charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command on October 31, 2025.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Modi inaugurates Skyroot's new ‘Infinity Campus', hails India's emerging private space power
NEW DELHI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 27 inaugurated Skyroot Aerospace’s new Infinity Campus in Hyderabad through video conferencing, calling it a symbol of the rapid transformation underway in India’s space sector.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Tejas LCA's Middle East journey: From debut to setback and road ahead
BENGALURU. Years ago, I had proudly written in Gulf News about Tejas's international debut at the Bahrain International Air Show (January 2016).
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Rajnath launches book on Civil-Military Fusion
NEW DELHI. Operation Sindoor witnessed extraordinary jointness and integration among the three Services, and reaffirmed the government's resolve of devising coordinated, adaptive and preemptive defence strategies to deal with the challenges arising out the changing world order and evolving methods of warfare, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at a book launch in New Delhi on October 22.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath flag off first batch of BrahMos missiles from Lucknow facility
LUCKNOW. In a major boost to India's defence manufacturing and self-reliance drive, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on October 18 flagged off the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles produced at the BrahMos Integration and Testing Facility Centre in Lucknow.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command
NEW DELHI.Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, AVSM, NM, assumed charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command on October 31, 2025.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Passing Out Parade at Madras Engineer Group & Centre
BENGALURU. The iconic Drill Square at the Madras Engineer Group & Centre resonated with splendor and precision as it hosted the Passing Out Parade of the sixth batch of 788 Agniveers.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
IAF seeks Rs. 2 lakh crore deal for 114 'Make in India' Rafale jets after Operation Sindoor success
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Defence to acquire 114 Rafale fighter jets under a 'Make in India' plan, a deal estimated to be worth around Rs. 2 lakh crore.
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