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The Indian Air Force on 6 August 2015 pressed into service its strategic airlift platforms, the C-17 Globemaster-III and the C-130 J Super Hercules, to send about 100 tonnes of food and medicines to India?s Eastern neighbour, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, which is reeling under floods and …

DEHRADUN: Lt Gen Balwant Singh Negi today took over as the Commandant of the prestigious Indian Military Academy. He succeeds Lt Gen Manvender Singh who retired in May this year, an IMA release here said.

The existing fence consists of three rows of angle iron pickets that hold up coils of concertina wire. The height of this double-row fence varies between 2.4 m and 3.2 m. The Army will begin constructing a new fence on the Line of Control this year, which it says will …

BSF trooper Rockey emptied his entire magazine containing 40 bullets when two heavily-armed militants attacked the security convoy in Udhampur, saving the day for the force as his ultimate sacrifice safeguarded the lives of 44 unarmed personnel.

The Indian Navy has been unable to obtain heavy weight torpedoes from a Finmeccanica group company, Wass for installation on its Scorpene submarines owing to the Italian company being blacklisted in India. Wass Italy had won a contract to supply heavy weight tropedoes for the Navy’s Project 75 submarines in 2014. …

The Indian Army today celebrated 274th anniversary of the Colachel battle at a colourful fuction at the Colachal War Memorial in Kanyakumari District. Brigadier Samir Salunke, Station Commander, Pangode Military Station, Thiruvananthapuram was the Chief Guest for the event, an official release said here.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has invited responses by 7 August from local manufacturers to its request for information (RfI) for high-mobility vehicles (HMVs), on which to mount very short-range air defence systems (VSHORADS).

Nearly 2,000 horses, dogs and mules have been ‘disposed of’ by the army in the last three years. In a written reply to a query in Lok Sabha, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said disposal of animals is done in accordance with regulations for the army. Asked how many animals have been …

Acknowledging that the Indian Army is short of critical ammunition, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said the government has taken steps to mitigate the deficiencies. “The government has taken into consideration the deficiencies in some of the critical ammunition on priority and has also taken effective steps to mitigate the …

In a setback for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Indian Air Force (IAF) has asked the state-owned firm to stop its efforts to produce the Intermediate Jet Trainers (IJT). This comes close on the heels of the recent accident of the advanced jet trainer Hawk, which is currently being produced …