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Executive Briefing The Milestone: Following a high-level delegation visit to New Delhi by Israel’s Ministry of Defence Director General, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram, both…
Executive Briefing The Development: Initial discussions regarding a potential India-UAE BrahMos deal are moving rapidly as New Delhi looks to export its flagship supersonic cruise…
KOLKATA, June 21 — GRSE Navratna status marks a new chapter for Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, which saw three warships slide into active service…
NEW DELHI: Walk the floor at Aero India and you will hear the same litany. Engine. Stealth. Weapons. Timeline.Yet, the real battlefield transformation is happening…
NEW DELHI — India’s Ministry of Defence is expanding private-sector participation in tactical missile development and manufacturing under the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2026, marking…
Ten Indian defence companies submitted bids this week for a 300-billion-rupee ($3.6 billion) program to manufacture 87 Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles…
How DRDO’s 100kW DURGA II laser weapon is rewriting the economics of air defense and protecting India’s airspace. NEW DELHI — The Indian Ministry of…
The Geopolitical Shift Behind the Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific Move New Delhi: The Pentagon has restored the name U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), retiring the “Indo-Pacific” label that…
India Defence Startups Are Scaling Fast. Here’s Why HAL and BEL Could Be the Biggest Winners New Delhi, March 31, 2026: The Ministry of Defence…
The Kamikaze Revolution: How Indian Startups Are Building a New Class of Deep-Strike Weapons Kamikaze Drones in India:A quiet revolution in loitering munitions is pushing…
AMCA Engine Technology Transfer: Why the UK & France Outbid the US | The Eastern Strategist Strategic Feature Memorandum • June 14, 2026 The Great…
India Slovakia Defense Cooperation: The Bratislava Shift and Europe’s Defense Supply Chain BRATISLAVA — When Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Slovakia on Sunday, most…
New Delhi/Bratislava: The India FRCV program is reaching a critical inflection point as Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a state visit to Slovakia on June…
HYDERABAD — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh used the inauguration of the Advanced Weapon System Complex at Hyderabad’s Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex this week…
Rostec Su-57 Stealth Capabilities have become one of the most debated topics in modern military aviation. While Russia’s state defense conglomerate presents the Su-57 as…
ST. PETERSBURG — Russian President Vladimir Putin this week offered India something Moscow rarely extends to foreign partners: the opportunity to acquire and potentially co-produce…
Paris/New Delhi, 02 June: India’s 114 Rafale deal has formally moved a step closer to what could become the largest fighter aircraft acquisition in its…
The rise of robot dogs, autonomous drones, and AI-enabled military systems is transforming how Asian powers prepare for future conflicts Asia is rapidly entering an…
What Is Driving India Space Program Beyond the Moon? How has ISRO evolved from a launch agency into a full-spectrum space power? Why do Gaganyaan,…
NEW DELHI: India’s BrahMos deal with Vietnam marks another major export breakthrough for New Delhi’s growing defence industry. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore,…
Following high-level security reviews along the western frontier, India is executing a comprehensive Sir Creek border strategy to transform the disputed marshlands into an impenetrable,…
Key Insight: The debate around AMCA has focused on who will build India’s next fighter aircraft. The more important question may be who will power…
Super Sukhoi and India’s Future Air Combat Strategy For years, the Su-30MKI has been the Indian Air Force’s workhorse. Large, heavily armed and built for…
Shirdi, 24 May: NIBE Limited Suryastra rocket system marked India’s private defence manufacturing breakthrough on Friday as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off the 300-km-range guided…
KOCHI, Kerala — Inside the aging industrial corridors of HMT’s Kalamassery facility on the outskirts of Kochi, India’s old public-sector manufacturing legacy is quietly being…
India’s defence budget 2027 is becoming a major strategic talking point amid rising global tensions and regional power competition.With the 2026–27 defence outlay already at…
India Defence MSMEs Explained| The Eastern Strategist New Delhi, 20 May: For years, India’s defence story was tied to imports. Governments spoke about self-reliance, but…
The opening weeks of the 2026 Middle East conflict exposed a fundamental vulnerability in modern aerial operations. On March 19, a U.S. F-35 Lightning II…
France’s interest in India’s Pinaka rocket system would have seemed unlikely not long ago. or decades, the defense relationship between Paris and New Delhi followed…
Mazagon Dock Naval Procurement। May 11, 2026 The targeted firing on the Indian-flagged tanker Sanmar Herald in the Strait of Hormuz last month was more…
