Vivek Raghuvanshi
Vivek Raghuvanshi is the India correspondent for Defense News.
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India awards contracts for Akash and BrahMos missiles, plus more ships
The ministry selected state-run Bharat Dynamics to supply the fully indigenous Akash weapon system, a short-range air defense system.
India issues another ban on 108 imported arms
The move is part of India’s effort to achieve self-reliance and promote defense exports.
India sends vessel to help with Indonesian submarine rescue
India on Thursday dispatched a deep submergence rescue vessel to Bali to help in locating the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala, missing since Wednesday with 53 sailors aboard.
India releases details of new defense budget
India has allocated $18.48 billion for weapons procurement in its 2021-2022 defense budget amid an ongoing military standoff with China and financial stress on the national economy.
Indian government clears $6.5 billion deal for homemade Tejas fighter jets
The deal will see state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited manufacture 73 LCA MK1A Tejas fighter versions and 10 trainers versions.
Four Pacific powers conduct ‘Malabar’ naval war games to deter China
The drill could have substantive geopolitical implications not only in the current China-India standoff but also in the larger Indo-Pacific context where China is flexing its muscle.
India, US sign intel-sharing agreement amid tension with neighboring China
India and the United States have signed a basic exchange and cooperation agreement for geospatial cooperation, a major defense pact for the exchange of classified geospatial intelligence between their armed forces.
India’s Nirbhay cruise missile test fails
Nirbhay — an intermediate-range subsonic land-attack cruise missile with terrain hugging — is an Indian version of the American Tomahawk and the Russian Club SS-N-27 cruise missiles.
Watch India test its new homemade hypersonic vehicle
The demo vehicle was indigenously developed by the government’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, and it has the ability to fly at six times the speed of sound, according to Indian defense scientists.
India announces ban on 101 imported arms. Who benefits, and who loses out?
To bolster self-reliance for its defense industrial base, India released a list of weapons and platforms that will be banned from import over the next seven years.
