Indian Defence News

US Ambassador Sergio Gor made his first standalone visit to Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 and the Pakistan-backed terror attack in Pahalgam in 2025.He met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar and described Jammu and Kashmir as an important part of India.Speaking to the media after the meeting, Gor praised the security efforts undertaken by the...

India’s AMCA program faces its toughest hurdle in propulsion, with Reliance–Rolls-Royce entering the race against Safran–GTRE to deliver a sovereign fighter engine, military veteran and strategic affairs analyst Col. Danvir Singh reported.The contest is not just about who builds it, but whether India can finally master the most complex domain of aerospace technology.India’s Adva...

A new independent study published in Sage Journals has concluded that India requires between 67 and 79 fighter squadrons to secure a high probability of air superiority in a simultaneous two‑front conflict against near‑peer adversaries. This figure is far higher than the Indian Air Force’s sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons and its current operational count of roughly 29

A Pakistani cleric, Maulana Nasir Madni, has claimed that Lashkar‑e‑Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed sent more than 10,000 young men to fight in Kashmir, a statement that has reignited debate over Pakistan‑based militant recruitment and India’s long‑standing allegations against Saeed, FirstPost reported.His remarks, made at a Bahawalpur rally, directly link Saeed to cross‑border ...

DroneYards of Ghaziabad has unveiled a new vertical take-off and landing UAV with a flight endurance of two hours, designed for tactical reconnaissance and remote surveillance.This marks another milestone in India’s indigenous drone ecosystem, complementing the company’s earlier deliveries of ordnance-dropping and surveillance drones to the Indian Army.DroneYards, headquartered ...