Navy gets INS Sindhukirti back, after nine-year 'refit'

Indian Navy planners heaved a sigh of relief on Friday at the return of a frontline Kilo-class submarine, INS Sindhukirti, which has been missing from the operational fleet through a nine-year......

Limited choices in strategic partners in defence

The defence ministry has lost sight of what it intended to achieve -- which was to nurture private defence firms that would compete on equal terms with the 9 defence PSUs and the 41 Ordnance......

Has navy inducted INS Khanderi with several defects?

There were 35 defects that still remained to be resolved.Of these, 29 could not have been resolved during the monsoon since they required testing in absolutely calm seas. Nor is the Khanderi being......

Will defence ministry okay Anil Ambani's Reliance Naval?

Warship building projects worth at least Rs 630 billion have ground to a standstill.The defence ministry has halted tendering in wait for a government decision on whether to allow, or to exclude,......