Small Indian company makes waves among navies

C2C DB Systems is tightly integrated into India's warship production eco-system.Ajai Shukla reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy C2C DB Systems Last Monday, the royal Malaysian navy cleared a combat......

Revealed: Why army shut down important project

The Indian Army, placing traditional weapons above high-technology, says that equipping the army's 800-plus combat units with a Battlefield Management System would cost an unaffordable Rs 500......

If our army wants to avoid the fate of Saddam's army...

'... it must network its battlefield units quickly, securely, robustly,' notes Ajai Shukla. Senior Indian Army generals, who grew up before smartphones became a part of our daily lives, are......

Why India needs the Akash missile

This is the first time an entirely Indian designed, developed, and manufactured product is being deployed in numbers, says Ajai Shukla. Amongst the holiest cows in our cow-loving land is the......

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......

Tatas in record deal to modernise 30 Air Force bases

A Tata company has won the largest-ever defence contract awarded to an Indian private sector company through a competitive global tender. On March 16, the Ministry of Defence signed a Rs......

Tatas leading the charge in defence

The most prominent theme in defence production today is the surging presence of India's private sector. At the Defence India '08 exhibition (Defexpo) in New Delhi last month, private Indian......

Videocon picks CDMA for telecom rollout

The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and the Tatas have competition on hand. Consumer electronics to power giant Videocon, which has applied for a unified access service licence, will be using......