Maritime surveillance capabilities of the Indian Navy would not be complete till the medium range maritime reconnaissance aircrafts are inducted following the process given a final push through the issuance of the RFP for nine MRMR aircraft way back in 2013. Eight aircraft makers had submitted the Request for Information

Indian Air Force is not only bedevilled with its fighter strength, even the easily available cheap Basic Trainer Aircraft are facing supply issues. Whether to depend exclusively on the already inducted Swiss Pilatus and order the entire requirement of 181 for the rookie pilots of the IAF or to encourage

The infantry fighting vehicles are getting popular among the leading militaries in recent time due to their high mobility and high survivability in the war zone, although it can only come close to the fire power of a tank, if not establishing superiority of a tank. This is a pretty

Maritime security is a two-ply concept. One is that on the surface of the sea and its atmospheric dimension, the other is in the dark depths of the oceans where submarines lurk posing threats to trade and commerce along the lines of communications and to onshore vital points and vital

With the introduction of 3D technology, military aircraft training for pilots and air force jet trainer schools are taking a new dimension due to cost effectiveness and easy handling of many of the hybrid equipment that can offer a wide range of situational awareness to a young pilot. Simulation technology

A nation that feels itself hemmed in by hostile neighbors needs to look for ways to preserve its own national interests through diplomatic means before it rushes into a conflict situation that will exacerbate the collusive arrangement that it sees as a threat. In the case of India, the China-Pak

Among the first weapons system not driven by the need to match the Chinese was initiated almost as soon as the Defence Research and Development Organisation transited from being the Defence Science Laboratory to its current over-arching responsibilities. In 1959 a study to assess the feasibility of a first generation

The tank warfare just few years ago was being dubbed as ‘history’ after the invention of military satellite, ISR technologies, unmmaned aerial vehicles and robotic technologies but Russia has once again proved in Ukraine war that tanks are still relevant for 21st century warfare. Suddenly, both Russia and the US

The evolution of multidimensional new age battlefield has rendered the modern MBTs insignificant and vulnerable to attack from air and hence the future battlefield will have an entirely different scenario. To make them play an effective role, the Indian Army recently conducted a multidimensional exercise Drad Sankalp involving the deployment

Any military action requires political will. Does the Bharatiya Janta Party which leads the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre have the political acumen to be able to present a politico-military response to the continuing creation of new kinds of facilities through the heart of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir connecting China’s