Defence Sector News

As technology, geopolitics and warfare evolve at breakneck speed, the new India-US defence framework provides a much-needed roadmap for bilateral security relations. However, its success will hinge on whether both sides can translate intent into shared innovation, trust and strategic depth.

The Modi government’s campaign against Naxalism has delivered dramatic results, as the numbers show. A comprehensive and coordinated effort was mounted over the past decade. Has India finally found the right formula to end a 60-year insurgency?

As America’s grip on Asia loosens, Japan’s new PM Sanae Takaichi appears open to its playing a larger role in regional security. Japan’s pacific constitution has been losing popularity, but can Tokyo step out of Washington’s shadow without provoking Beijing?

Ram Aggarwal, chief executive officer, Goodluck India Ltd, said that the expansion at the defence unit will raise the annual production capacity from 150,000 artillery shells to 400,000 over the next one year.

As drone warfare reshapes battlefields around the world, India must augment its air and missile defence systems with drones. We need local tech for all types—from eyes in the sky and cheap decoys to lethal combat drones that can fly in coordination with manned fighters.