Features
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March 19, 2020
Big Policy Corrective: Aero MRO gets a lifeline with a big tax cut from 18% to 5%
By Vishal ThaparZero tax on service to foreign aircraft in India, as GST Council frees Industry from a crippling regime
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March 18, 2020
Decks cleared for $5 B contract for 83 LCA Mk 1A fighters
By Vishal ThaparStage set for final nod by CCS headed by Prime Minister Modi
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March 13, 2020
Wings India 2020 reinstates India's potentially strong aviation ecosystem
By Ayushee ChaudharyThe civil aviation show's inaugural session remarks that despite the panic-driven situation, let the long-term goals not be disarrayed and let a rebound be ensured.
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February 28, 2020
Cross-border terror not a low-cost option against India after Balakot: Rajnath
By Vishal ThaparThe surgical strike of 2016 and Balakot airstrikes of 2019 were not just military strikes but a strong message to the adversary that terror infrastructure across the border cannot be used as safe haven to wage low-cost war against India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in New Delhi on February 28.
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February 27, 2020
HAL seeks Government funding for Indian Multi-Role Helicopter
By Vishal ThaparIMRH pitched as one-stop replacement for Mi-17, Kamov series and Sea King choppers
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February 26, 2020
American 'Romeo' set to give the Indian Navy its biggest rotary wing upgrade
By Vishal ThaparFirst 6 MH-60Rs to be delivered within a year, boost submarine hunting & over-the-horizon targeting capability
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February 25, 2020
TRUMP VISIT
India-US sign $3B deals for 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval choppers and 6 Apache gunships
By Vishal ThaparDefence & Energy to be the big drivers, as India, US raise ties to "comprehensive global strategic partnership"
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February 20, 2020
Ahead of Trump visit, CCS clears $2.9 B deals for 30 American choppers
By Vishal Thapar24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters for $2.12 B and 6 Apaches for $796 M to sweeten Presidential visit in the absence of trade deal
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February 19, 2020
EXCLUSIVE
Dassault in talks to buy out Reliance stake in DRAL
By Vishal ThaparMove comes 2 years ahead of the planned roll out of Falcon 2000 executive jet from JV's Nagpur facility as part of Rafale deal offsets
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February 18, 2020
India's premier think tank IDSA renamed after Manohar Parrikar
By Vishal ThaparStep to honour the legacy of the late former Defence Minister who initiated far reaching reforms
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EXCLUSIVE
February 17, 2020
Russia to delay delivery of S-400 air defence missile systems to India by 2 years
By Vishal ThaparSetback to India's military readiness plans as delivery timeline is stretched from 2023 to 2025
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January 13, 2020
IAF announces induction of Astra, its most potent air-to-air missile
By Vishal ThaparIntegration of indigenous BVR missile with Su-30MKI neutralises Pakistan's advantage with 110 km range