Tejas Mk1A Delivery: Why One Jet Could Re-Rate HAL By 43%
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is, by the account of nearly every institution now tracking it, one aircraft handover away from answering the question that has…
Indian Air Force
SAT-SAAW: Inside India’s ₹811 Crore Airfield Strike Deal
SAT-SAAW: Inside India’s ₹811 Crore Airfield Strike Deal | The Eastern Strategist ₹810.79 cr Contract value · Buy (Indian-IDDM) 160 Weapons for the IAF 90–100…
HAL Tejas Trainer Handover: What the Bengaluru Ceremony Really Signals for India’s Defence Industry
In brief On 18 September 2026, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will hand over the final two Tejas Mk-1 twin-seater trainer aircraft to the Indian Air…
314 Kilometres: Inside the IAF’s Longest Air-Defence Kill of Operation Sindoor
The S-400 314 km kill is now official. Four months after Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh first spoke publicly of an engagement “at about 300…
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…
The 2030 Stealth Void: Why Putin Is Weaponising the Su-57 India Pitch
The renewed Su-57 India pitch orchestrated by the Kremlin ahead of the 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi is neither routine diplomatic choreography nor a…
DAC’s Rs 1.10 Lakh Crore Clearance: Which Defence Stocks Are Already Positioned
A same-day pairing of a record DAC clearance and a self-reliance speech — what was approved, and which companies’ product lines it touches.
India’s Military Power in 2026: The Global Scale That Can No Longer Be Ignored
India’s Military Power in 2026: The Global Scale That Can No Longer Be Ignored Defence & Geopolitics · Independence Day Special Outranking Beijing in the…
India’s Involvement in Exercise Pitch Black 2026: Expanding Air Power Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
EXPERT COMMENTARY Key Takeaways India’s participation in Exercise Pitch Black 2026 marks another significant step in the growing defence partnership between India and Australia and highlights the…
Beyond the 1.78 Lakh Crore Milestone: Assessing the Structural Reality of India’s Defence Industrial Base
A month has passed since the Ministry of Defence released the FY 2026 production figures of Rs 1.78 lakh crore. While the headline numbers captured…
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…
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…
The Software-Defined Battlefield: How AI Will Shape India’s Aerospace Future
By Major Akash Mor (Retd) Indian Army veteran | United Nations experience | Battle Casualty-Wound Medal (Parakram Padak) recipient Connect with the author on LinkedIn…
GE-HAL Jet Engine Deal: The Bigger Story India Cannot Ignore
The GE HAL F414 engine deal is being sold as a diplomatic breakthrough. That is true, but it is only half the story. The bigger…
The Power of Nari Shakti: How Two Indian Women Became the Face of Operation Sindoor
DEFENCE & STRATEGY Sometimes, a single moment captures the spirit of a nation. For India, one such moment came in the spring of 2025. On…
Macron India Visit 2026: Big Update on ₹3.25 Lakh Crore Rafale Deal & Defence Stocks
Macron’s India visit Rafale deal marks a major leap in India-France defence cooperation, with a ₹3.25 lakh crore fighter jet agreement boosting domestic manufacturing and…
After Operation Sindoor, India Fast-Tracks Indigenous Production of HAMMER Precision Strike Weapons
HAMMER munition India production begins under BEL-Safran deal. BEL-Safran HAMMER Deal: India’s ₹3,200 Crore Bet on Indigenous Precision Weapons After Operation Sindoor Combat-proven HAMMER munitions…