Rs 275 cr payment to Tata Power (SED) blocked for putting Indian part
The Rs 1,094-crore contract with Tata Power SED involves upgrading 30 airbases to handle next generation fighter aircraft.
The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
'After decades, there is movement on multiple fronts in artillery development. Now let us see how quickly we can get these guns into service'
'Landmark developments herald the end of two decades of stagnation in the army's modernisation plans,' notes Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Sensex firm on favourable GDP numbers for FY16.
These patents are primarily in the area of computation and data processing.
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 missile systems, besides giving the go-ahead to other projects worth over Rs 25,000 crore.
Ordnance Factory Board officials say upgrading the 39-calibre FH-77 into the 45-calibre Dhanush has increased the gun's range from 27 to 38 kilometres, using enhanced range ammunition.
In a major milestone, India successfully tests new advanced towed artillery gun system.
The Akash weapon system, which will be deployed facing the western borders, employs command to line of sight guidance and relies on sophisticated radars and control systems to guide the missile to its targets.
Will private firms really boost Make in India in the defence sector? Ajai Shukla seeks answers.