A high-stakes competition has erupted among five major states—Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana—to become the manufacturing hub for India's prestigious Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).
As the nation pushes forward with this ambitious fifth-generation...
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India's long-standing ambition to develop a homegrown jet engine is approaching a significant milestone. The Kaveri Derivative Engine (KDE), a specialised power plant for unmanned aircraft, is scheduled to commence its final in-flight testing phase in Russia by late 2025.
Officials from the...
Opinion In Next Operation, Why India Will Need to Strike Pak Airbases First to Neutralize Potential J-35 Stealth Threat
The potential acquisition of Chinese J-35A fifth-generation stealth fighters by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is compelling a significant shift in Indian military strategy, according to defence analysts.
Experts suggest that to counter the advanced threat, the Indian Air Force (IAF) must...
The U.S. has expressed hope that it can complete several major pending American defence sales to India, as it stressed that Washington and Delhi are “mutually aware” of the security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met U.S. Defence Secretary Pete...
China on Monday said that the boundary dispute with India is complicated and will take time to settle but at the same time, it expressed its readiness to hold discussions on the delimitation of the border and keep it peaceful.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in his meeting with Chinese...
The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet confirmed today that he will have a successor when he dies, reassuring Buddhist followers around the globe that the 600-year-old institution of the Dalai Lama will continue.
It is a landmark decision for Tibetans, many of whom had feared a future without a...
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that his government decided to enhance the water storage capacity, as India continued to hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance. A day after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan that...
