BOOM! BOOM! Army gets big boost

'After decades, there is movement on multiple fronts in artillery development. Now let us see how quickly we can get these guns into service.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The K9 VAJRA-T, a tracked......

Artillery-starved Indian Army gets big boost

In a major milestone, India successfully tests new advanced towed artillery gun system, reports Ajai Shukla. At 4.30 pm on Tuesday, December 13, in a historic moment for India's artillery......

India to buy Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia, defence ministry's top acquisition council on Thursday cleared the purchase of an estimated Rs 40,000 crore Russian S-400 Triumf air defence......

Indian Army gets muscle with Akash missile system

More than three decades after the project was initiated, Army on Tuesday inducted the indigenously-developed supersonic surface-to-air missile Akash, capable of targeting enemy helicopters,......

What Make in India? Tata Power penalised for using indigenous parts!

Rs 275 cr payment to Tata Power (SED) blocked for putting Indian part The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and ministry of defence (MoD) claim indigenisation - or replacing foreign-procured......

Tata group doubles patents to 7,000 in 2 years

These patents are primarily in the area of computation and data processing; materials, coating, casting and vehicle propulsion; communications; engines; and hybrids, fuels and controls.  The......

Markets cheer Economic Survey; Sensex up nearly 500 points

Investors will keenly await for the Union Budget due to be tabled tomorrow in the Parliament. Benchmark indices ended on a robust note on Friday after Economic Survey which was tabled earlier......

Tata companies band together for bigger piece of defence pie

With an eye on the govt's multi-billion dollar defence spending, the group is working to formalise its 14 defence-related companies into a single cluster.  In July, when Tata group Chairman......