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NSA visit to US: iCET paves way for GE – 414 INS6 engines for LCA MARK II
Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh •The transfer of 100 per cent technology for the production of GE-414 engines in India will greatly support the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative
Union Budget 2023-24: Why this year's Budget needs to be seen through the lenses of India as a rising power
Hindol Sengupta •Budgets are always instruments, not only for assessing expenditure and income, but also for projecting what kind of nation a country wishes to be seen as
‘No country can emerge stronger without self-reliance in defence’: CDS Gen Chauhan at Def Expo 2022
Fp Staff •CDS General Chauhan said given the fragile nature of regional and global security, nations need to be equipped so that they do not depend on other countries for their defence needs
How structural and policy reforms made most populous India better governed than small population West
Gautam Mukherjee •It is creditable that India, a country with a population of 1.44 billion, is food surplus. It is able to export wheat and rice to those who are suffering because of supply disruptions occasioned by the Ukraine-Russia War
Indian Army capable of giving apt reply to any country wanting to harm India: Rajnath Singh
•The defence minister said the country's goal is not only to make items for its needs, but also to export defence items to other countries
Six of Seven defence companies carved out of OFB report provisional profits in initial 6 months of operation
•These companies are scaling new heights and contributing to India’s defence manufacturing
Over 100 weapons, missiles, systems banned for import to boost self-reliance in defence sector
•The release of the lists comes at a time there is some uncertainty over the supply of military hardware by Russia to India in the wake of Western sanctions on Moscow over its aggression against Ukraine
Rafale, Dassault and beyond: The travesty of defence procurement in India, as explained by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Greeshma Kuthar •We have a DPP which can make all the defence PSUs almost redundant, choose any corporation – like mine – for any contract and nobody would even know I am the one behind the biggest contract in the country because the DPP gives me that confidentiality? All in the interest of the country, of course?
Atmanirbhar in defence: India must battle demons within before tackling external threats
Dowerah •Even if the industry bites the bullet and agrees to go full throttle on defence manufacturing, the lack of transparency from the government corridor will hardly instil confidence in the private sector.
Lockheed Martin says F-21 won't be sold to any other country if it wins IAF deal; to integrate India into firm's fighter ecosystem
•F-21 is different in terms of various aspects including its air frame, weapons capability, engine matrix and availability of engine options.