India Jet Engine Development: The Kaveri Saga, 5th-Gen AMCA, and Supply Chains
By Amandus Singh & Shuvadeep Banerjee Chaudhuri In the broader calculus of national power, India jet engine development represents the ultimate acid test of strategic…
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India-Armenia Defence Deal: Inside the $2 Billion Order Book
How a $2 billion arms relationship with Armenia — Akash-1S, Pinaka, MArG — became India’s most instructive defence-export case study, and what the August 2026…
MQ-9B Sea Guardian Lease: Why India Rents Drones It Already Bought
A Rs 1,943 crore lease for two more Sea Guardians reveals the three-year wait behind India’s 31-drone MQ-9B fleet — and which Indian companies stand…
The 100% Drone Tariff Wall: How Washington’s UAS Decoupling Rewires Indian Aerospace Capital
Washington’s new drone tariff wall taxes Chinese-linked UAS imports at up to 100%. For Indian manufacturers like ideaForge and Bharat Forge, the fallout is reshaping…
India Opens Tactical Missile Production to Private Industry Under DAP 2026
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…
Countering the PLAAF’s J-20s at the LAC: Inside India’s Puttaparthi AMCA Production Hub
The defining characteristic of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is not its radar‑absorbent material, but its transition to a quadruplex distributed digital architecture. By…
DRDO’s New Armoured Platforms Signal India’s Next Mechanised Infantry Push
DRDO has unveiled tracked and wheeled Advanced Armoured Platforms with a 30 mm crewless turret, anti-tank missile capability, amphibious mobility and higher indigenous content goals….