A possible ‘navigation system’ glitch caused the long range, sub-sonic (less than the speed of a sound wave) cruise missile, Nirbhaya, to veer...

The heightening spectre of a Narendra Modi being fielded by the BJP as a prime ministerial candidate has the potential to confront the Indian voting...

After two decades of severe drought for the artillery arm of the Indian Army, when it issued three request for proposals (RFP), with each time the key...

For those who seek to have a key to hearts of the country’s youth can rest assured that the ages-old Shakespeareana is alive and well. Yesterday...

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to meet the woes of the Army in procuring a Howitzer gun. This misery of the force has...

The year was 1980. Indira Gandhi had just returned to political power, elected by the same people who had thrown her out three years ago, for her...

The Air Staff Qualitative Requirement (ASQR) was changed to include AgustaWestland luxury choppers in the race for transportation of VVIPs in the...

In an eerie similarity with how the Bofors deal had unravelled itself first, in Sweden in the mid - 1980s, with Swedish state prosecutors moving...

The two recent joint venture (JV) proposals that have recently been turned down by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) have been done on the...

The much talked about Israeli anti-missile suite, Iron Dome anti-missile system – one of the cynosures of the Aero India ’13 – was pooh-poohed  on...

India’s one and only biennial air pageant began but lacked the spirit of a country that had a kitty of $150-200 billion to spend over the next decade....

The Indian middle class has been feted and celebrated in various ways – a market, inveterate consumers, optimistic modernisers, and English-speaking...