Military-Defence
India Strategic
Will Sergio Gor improve or further aggravate India-US relations?
This is a big question not only in India but also in the US itself and perhaps everywhere among think tankers and diplomats from Tokyo to Paris and London.
6 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Indian Coast Guard commissions first Adamya-class patrol vessel at Paradip
NEW DELHI. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on September 19 commissioned ICGS Adamya, the first of eight Adamya-class Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs), at Paradip Port in Odisha, marking a significant boost to the country’s maritime security capabilities.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Boeing awarded contract for eight additional MH-139A helicopters
PHILADELPHIA. In a deal worth more than $173 million, the US Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract to produce eight more MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters and provide training and sustainment support services.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
India-Philippines Strategic Partnership
NDIA AND Philippines had warm relations for a number of years.
6 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Combined Commanders' Conference 2025 charts roadmap for future-ready armed forces
KOLKATA. The armed forces concluded the three-day Combined Commanders' Conference (CCC) 2025 in Kolkata on September 17, setting out a roadmap to strengthen jointness, accelerate reforms and enhance technological self-reliance in defence.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Denmark to strengthen air defence with Thales's Ground Fire radar in SAMP/T NG System
PARIS. Denmark's upcoming SAMP/T NG (Surface-to-Air Missile Platform/Terrain New Generation) air defence system will feature Thales's cutting-edge Ground Fire radar, enhancing the country's ability to counter advanced aerial threats.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
India, GE close to $1-bn deal for fighter jet engines
NEW DELHI. India is set to conclude a nearly $1-billion agreement with US aerospace major General Electric (GE) for the supply of 113 GE-F404 engines to power its indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, defence sources were cited by multiple media sources as saying. The deal is expected to be signed by September, shortly after the government cleared a Rs. 62,000 crore procurement of 97 additional LCA Mark 1A fighters for the Indian Air Force.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Self-reliance a must, not an option: Defence Minister
NEW DELHI. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asserted that in today's era, self-reliance in defence is no longer an option but a condition for survival and progress.
6 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Maj Gen Vivek Tyagi assumes charge as ADG NCC Maharashtra Directorate
MUMBAI. Major General Vivek Tyagi assumed charge as Additional Director General of NCC Directorate Maharashtra on August 18.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Air India group deploys SITA Optiflight and SITA eWAS to cut carbon emissions and save fuel
GURUGRAM. The Air India group has deployed SITA OptiFlight’s advanced climb optimisation module and SITA eWAS, two of the most advanced data-driven digital solutions for flight optimisation, that will help Air India and Air India Express cut carbon emissions and achieve significant fuel savings.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Airbus, Tata Advanced Systems Limited launch a new era: 'Made in India' H125 helicopter to take flight from Karnataka
This high-performing versatile helicopter is a member of Airbus’s Ecureuil family, which has accumulated more than 40 million flight hours worldwide The final assembly line will be the first instance of the private sector setting up a helicopter assembly facility in India, which will produce Airbus’ bestselling H125 helicopter from its civil range for India
2 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Operation Sindoor was not about nuclear war: AS Dulat
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 27, 2025. Amarjit Singh Dulat, India's former spymaster, has dismissed claims that India's recent military push against Pakistan, codenamed Operation Sindoor, brought South Asia to the edge of nuclear war.
4 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Lt Gen Virendra Vats takes over as Director General of National Cadet Corps
Lt Gen Virendra Vats assumed charge as the Director General of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), succeeding Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh, on October 1, 2025.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Adani Airports focuses on cutting-edge digitisation initiatives for smarter, seamless air travel
Adani Airports Holdings Ltd (AAHL), a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of the globally diversified Adani Group on September 17 announced a suite of forward-looking initiatives aimed at redefining passenger journeys across its airports.
2 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
American academic cautions on 'risks in seabed
NEW DELHI. As the world witnesses “dramatic politics” taking place in the United States under the second Trump administration, an American academic hopes that it will remain “an aberration” that America’s allies will understand. She cautions that they should not lose sight of the “risks, opaque and direct”, from China’s Digital Silk Road.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Government extends the service of General Anil Chauhan as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) & Secretary, Department of Military Affairs
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on September 24 approved the extension of service of General Anil Chauhan as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) who shall also function as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs, up to May 30, 2026, or until further orders. General Chauhan was appointed as CDS on September 28, 2022.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Anadrone Systems praised by Defence Minister for leading India's indigenous high-speed UAV revolution
NEW DELHI. Anadrone Systems, one of India's foremost developers of unmanned aerial platforms, was commended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the Raksha NavacharSamvaad organised by iDEX-DIO and the Department of Defence Production.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Indian Navy commissions INS Aravali at Gurugram
NEW DELHI. INS Aravali, Indian Navy's latest Naval Base, was commissioned at Gurugram in presence of Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff on September 12.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
India, France step up counter-terrorism cooperation at 17th Joint Working Group meeting in Paris
PARIS. India and France reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening counter-terrorism cooperation during the 17th meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism held in Paris on September 11.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
DRDO transters three advanced materials technologies to the industry
NEW DELHI. DRDO's Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) in Hyderabad has transferred three advanced materials technologies to the industry partners.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Retired IPS officer Anish Dayal Singh appointed Deputy NSA
NEW DELHI. The Union government has appointed retired IPS officer Anish Dayal Singh as Deputy National Security Adviser, strengthening India's top security leadership at a critical juncture.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Air Marshal AK Pan assumes charge as Senior Maintenance Staff Officer at HQ Maintenance Command, Nagpur
NAGPUR. Air Marshal Ajay Kumar Pan, AVSM VSM, assumed charge as Senior Maintenance Staff Officer at Headquarter Maintenance Command, Nagpur, on September 1.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Indian Army inducts indigenous 'SAKSHAM' counter-drone system to secure tactical airspace
NEW DELHI. The Indian Army has begun the induction of an indigenously developed Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS) Grid, named 'SAKSHAM', to detect, track, identify, and neutralise hostile drones and aerial threats in real time, according to media reports.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Trump stops the war that wouldn't end
For the first time in two years, the guns have fallen silent over Gaza.
4 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Rajnath Singh calls for greater jointness among armed forces, cites Operation Sindoor as benchmark for future warfare
NEW DELHI. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has again underscored the critical importance of jointness among India's armed forces, declaring that integration is no longer optional but a matter of national survival in the face of evolving threats.
3 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Iran's nuclear programme: Possible military dimensions
LONDON. For more than two decades Iran has insisted that its nuclear programme is strictly peaceful, a hedge against energy insecurity rather than a pathway to the bomb.
5 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
10 years of nurturing India's aerospace talent
Boeing announces winners of National Aeromodelling Competition
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Inside Fordow: From uranium enrichment to warhead design?
Hidden beneath the iron-rich limestone of the Zagros Mountains, Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant has long been a source of Western anxiety.
3 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
Indian Navy receives first indigenously built diving support craft in Kolkata
KOLKATA. The Indian Navy on September 16 inducted DSC A20, the first indigenously designed and constructed diving support craft, delivered by Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd (TRSL) at Kolkata.
1 min |
Sept-Oct 2025
India Strategic
RADM Vivek Dahiya assumes charge as Western Fleet Commander
Rear Admiral Vivek Dahiya, NM, assumed command of the Western Fleet from Rear Admiral Rahul Vilas Gokhale, YSM NM, at a ceremonial parade in Mumbai on September 27.
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