India US Defence Framework, Year One: Javelin In, F-16 Open
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Cebu on 28 October 2026, a year after the two signed the India…
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BvS10 Sindhu Production Begins at Hazira, 4 Years 7 Months After the Army’s Request
The Army put its requirement for 18 articulated all-terrain vehicles on paper in March 2022. On 28 October 2026, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and BAE…
Embraer’s ₹5.1 Lakh Stake in Mahindra’s Novavayu and the IAF Transport Contest
Less than two months after the Ministry of Defence issued its tender for 60 medium transport aircraft, Embraer agreed to pay about ₹5.1 lakh for…
Chagos Islands Deal Stalls: What It Means for India
The Chagos Islands deal is reportedly effectively dead, with the US opposed. India backs Mauritius on sovereignty, and Agaléga makes its wording matter.
Tonbo Imaging IPO: Sellers Take the Money as Exports Fall
Tonbo Imaging IPO: Indian Sales Doubled as Exports Fell 93% Company Analysis · Defence Electronics · 16 October 2026 The Tonbo Imaging IPO opened on…
India Just Sold Air Defence to Two Countries That Also Buy From Russia and China
India’s first indigenous surface-to-air missile has found buyers inside Russia’s old sphere — and in Turkmenistan it now stands beside Chinese systems. On 1 October…
A 44,000-Tonne Ship With No Missiles May Decide How Far the Indian Navy Sails
Defence Analysis · Indian Navy A 44,000-tonne ship built to carry fuel, not missiles, may do more for the Indian Navy’s reach than the destroyers…
Every Indian Warship Needs 1,500 Tonnes of Bulb Bar. Krishna Defence’s Order Book Is ₹117 Crore
Antique says each standard warship needs ~1,500 tonnes of bulb bar. Krishna Defence’s order book: ₹117 crore. What the gap means for the stock’s 20%…
India’s Defence Propulsion Gap: HAL’s $716M Problem
India builds rockets and nuclear submarines. It still can’t build a jet engine.
Faster Fleets: The Structural Shift Driving India’s Record Naval Commissioning
Two ceremonies, eighteen months apart, look almost identical on paper. On 15 January 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned a destroyer, a frigate and a…
Powerus’s Pakistan Bet: The Same Drone Firm Already Sells to India
On 30 June 2026, Paras Defence and Space Technologies told India’s stock exchanges that a little-known American drone company had handed it the exclusive right…
Why Altitude, Not the Enemy, Has Been India’s Toughest Adversary Since Kargil
Kargil to Operation Sindoor: India’s Defence Leap Twenty-five years separate the Bofors gun from the BrahMos missile. Both fought the same mountain. TES Brief Kargil…
India Private Missile Manufacturing
India Private Missile Manufacturing: From Nuts and Bolts to Warheads: India Opens Missile Manufacturing to Private Firms | The Eastern Strategist Defence Manufacturing · India…
The Great Rebalancing: Why the World’s Centre of Gravity Is Moving East
On 16 December 1971, India recorded one of the most decisive military victories of the Cold War. The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dhaka created…
Op Sindoor, Aatmanirbharta and the Making of a Defence Exporter: What Rajnath Singh’s 18 July Address Reveals About India’s Strategic Trajectory
The Eastern Strategist India defence export growth has become a central focus for the nation’s defence establishment, which has spent the past decade building a…
Beyond the Rocket: What Vikram-1’s Orbit Actually Buys India
The Eastern Strategist At 12:05 pm on 18 July 2026, a seven-storey rocket built by an eight-year-old Hyderabad company punched through the coast at Sriharikota…
When the Rains Fail, It Is Not Just Farmers Who Worry
India’s relationship with its monsoon has always been intimate and anxious. Too little rain and crops wither, prices climb, and rural distress ripples through the…
Agniveer CEE Result 2026: A Recruitment Cycle That Signals More Than Numbers
Analysis | Defence & National Security TES Intelligence Desk | 12 July 2026 With the announcement of the Agniveer CEE Result 2026, the Indian Army…
Iran News: Trump Keeps Talks Alive as India Moves to Shield Economy From Strait of Hormuz Risks
Market is Watching Iran News as Fresh military exchanges, new U.S. sanctions and continued diplomatic contacts between Washington and Tehran have kept the Strait of…
UNICORN naval project marks shift to integrated India-Japan defense tech
The UNICORN naval project now sits at the center of the Indo-Pacific’s shifting security architecture as a single, unified naval antenna. This piece of hardware,…
₹52000 Crore DAC Approval Puts Defence Stocks in Focus: What It Could Mean for BEL, HAL, BDL and Mazagon Dock
Holding BEL, HAL, BDL or Mazagon Dock? Here’s Why the Latest ₹52000 Crore DAC Approval Matters If your portfolio includes Bharat Electronics (BEL), Hindustan Aeronautics…
DRDO at the Crossroads: Can India’s Defence Lab Keep Pace with the Future of Warfare?
DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) has spent nearly seven decades at the centre of India’s military modernisation, a journey that once depended largely on…
The Decisive Terrain: Why Future Wars Will Be Won in the Human Mind
Written by Lt Gen Tarun Chawla, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) Defence Analyst & Strategic Affairs Expert “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy…
Pakistan’s Westward Pivot: Implications for India’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Pakistan’s growing focus on Central and Southwest Asia could create new strategic space for India. This analysis examines how credible nuclear deterrence, maritime modernization, and…
India’s High-Altitude Edge: Inside the New ₹1,347-Crore Combat Ecosystem
India attack helicopter modernization is driving a fundamental shift from fielding individual flying platforms to deploying fully integrated, highly survivable combat ecosystems. Underpinned by the…
India J-35 Counter Strategy: Neutralizing Pakistan’s Stealth Threat
Executive Briefing The Strategic Shift: The accelerated timeline of the Pakistan stealth fighter threat alters the South Asian air-power balance by compressing detection windows, forcing…
Decoding the India-Israel Defense Roadmap: The Multi-Billion Shift to Local Manufacturing
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…
How India’s BrahMos Missile is Changing the Game in the South China Sea
Ho Chi Minh City, 23 June: A $375 million battery of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles now sits with the Philippine Marine Corps, and another $600…
Beyond the Hull: How GRSE Navratna Status Rewrites the Defense Shipbuilding Playbook
KOLKATA, June 21 — GRSE Navratna status marks a new chapter for Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, which saw three warships slide into active service…