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Airshow in Egypt will see an international premiere of a new Anti-UAV Infrastructure Defence System

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India-Russia Defence Partnership Built on Trust, Technology and Decades of Strategic Cooperation: Col. R.K. Srivastava (Retd.)

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From Gaganyaan to Joint Manufacturing: Nathan Davis Maps the India–Australia Space Partnership

‘The Moonlight Is Shining on UK & India’ : Nicholas Gribit Sees Space Partnership Ready for Take-Off

“We Want to Become an OEM in the Satellite Space”: Suyash Singh Maps GalaxEye’s Future

From Launchpad to Marketplace: NSIL Powers India’s Commercial Space Journey

India is a Key Space Partner for Italy: Ambassador Antonio Bartoli

From Cooperation to Co-Creation: Sergio Ledda Charts the Future of India–Italy Space Ties

LATEST NEWS

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu launches Challenge Mode for Aerodrome Development

MoD signs Rs 811 crore contract with BDL for 160 Satellite Smart Anti Airfield Weapons for IAF

Vice Chief of IAF Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit Unveils the Strategic Vision for Tarang Shakti 2026

MoD inks Rs 586 crore contract to procure Auxiliary Power Units for T-72 & T-90 Tanks

HAL hands over 2 LCA FOC Twin Seater Trainers & 3 HTT 40 Basic Trainers to IAF and 4 Dhruv NG helicopters to PHL in the presence of Raksha Mantri & Civil Aviation Minister

‘VIMARSH’ DRDO-Industry Synergy Meet: Raksha Mantri unveils key policy initiatives to empower MSMEs & start-ups and launches framework to share software source codes with licensee industries

Industry Interviews

“Hindalco Builds the Aluminium Backbone of Atmanirbhar Bharat” : Siddharth Manjrekar tells ADU at BSX 2026

“We Intend to Create an Italy–India Supply Chain”: EIE Group President Gianpietro Marchiori

From PSLV to SpaDeX : Leaf Space Expands Its Footprint in India

From Satellites to Solutions: Società Aerospaziale Mediterranea (SAM) Looks at India for Earth Observation Partnerships

Keeping Satellites Safe, Aircraft Ice-Free : Italy’s Zoppas Industries Bets Bigger on India

From Bengaluru to the Moon: JAXA’s Ishii Yasuo Charts a Bigger Space Partnership with India

Indian Army

Army Recruitment Rally at Visapur Stadium, Chandrapur (Maharashtra)

Additional Director General (ADG) – Army Design Bureau (ADB), Visits Garuda Aerospace’s Indigenous Defence Drone Manufacturing Facility

Fight Smart, Fight Joint, Fight Connected’: VCOAS Lt Gen Sandeep Jain Maps India’s Future Battlefield at CENJOWS Trident Lecture

INS Nipun Commissioned into the Indian Navy

Indian Army Contingent Departs For India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise Maitree-XV

Raksha Mantri chairs meeting of Parliamentary Consultative Committee for MoD on Territorial Army

Indian Navy

Ins Trishul Arrives At Toulon, France For The 24th Edition Of Bilateral Maritime Exercise Varuna

India–Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX-26 Concluded at Visakhapatnam

Indian naval ships Sahyadri and Kulish arrive at Subic Bay, Philippines for ADMM-Plus JCA

India – Sri Lanka Annual Bilateral Maritime Exercise (SLINEX-26)

Ins Trishul Makes Port Call At Alexandria, Egypt

Steel Cutting of Second Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) for Indian Navy at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi

Indian Airforce

Vice Chief of IAF Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit Unveils the Strategic Vision for Tarang Shakti 2026

Tarang Shakti 2026 Set to Test Multinational Airpower in Complex Combat Scenarios

Command Staff Interaction with Air Veterans and Their Next of Kins (NOKs) Was Conducted at Headquarters Maintenance Command, Nagpur

HAL hands over 2 LCA FOC Twin Seater Trainers & 3 HTT 40 Basic Trainers to IAF and 4 Dhruv NG helicopters to PHL in the presence of Raksha Mantri & Civil Aviation Minister

Western Air Command Station MWO’s Seminar-2026

‘Complex, Cluttered and Highly Contested’: CISC Defines the Battlefield of Tomorrow

UAVs

Knds and Aerix Systems announce a strategic cooperation to develop a drone interception capability

Indra Unveils Drizzle, Its New Family of Autonomous Effectors to Counter Mass Drone Attacks

IG Defence’s Indigenous T-SHUL BEAM Counter-UAS System Demonstrated at Indian Air Force Dronathan 2026

Steadicopter’s Black Eagle 50E Achieves Key U.S. Operational Readiness Milestone

Additional Director General (ADG) – Army Design Bureau (ADB), Visits Garuda Aerospace’s Indigenous Defence Drone Manufacturing Facility

Italy Orders Two More MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers

Garuda Aerospace Deploys Drones for Flood Relief Operations in Nepal

India’s First: Zen Technologies Launches ZEN CITADEL to Defend India’s Digital Nerve Centres from Drone Threats

Dhaksha Unmanned Systems inaugurates new manufacturing facility in Kancheepuram, strengthens indigenous drone capabilities

CIVIL AVIATION

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu launches Challenge Mode for Aerodrome Development

HAL hands over 2 LCA FOC Twin Seater Trainers & 3 HTT 40 Basic Trainers to IAF and 4 Dhruv NG helicopters to PHL in the presence of Raksha Mantri & Civil Aviation Minister

Union Minister of Civil Aviation Reviews Measures to Simplify and Automate NOC Process; Directs Time-Bound Action Within 15 Days

Ministry of Civil Aviation launches Hub & Spoke International Flight Operations from Ahmedabad

New IndiGo CEO Willie Walsh to feature at Aviation India Summit 2026

Capt. BVJK Sharma Honored with Logistics Legend – Hall of Fame Award at CargoNXT Recognitions 2026

Airbus awards A320 fuselage skin manufacturing contract to Mahindra Aerostructures

Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu chairs Consultative Committee of Civil Aviation in Mysuru

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu flags off Transshipment Cargo Operations at Delhi’s IGI Airport

Make In India

“Hindalco Builds the Aluminium Backbone of Atmanirbhar Bharat” : Siddharth Manjrekar tells ADU at BSX 2026

MRO In India, By India & For the World : From an Overseas Dependence to an Indigenous Opportunity

HAL Widens Prachand Production Base, Brings Adani Defence and BEML into LCH Fuselage Manufacturing

‘The Future Belongs to Resilient Supply Chains’: Jeh Aerospace at Farnborough 2026

Embraer Expands its Defence Footprint with C-390 Deliveries, Gripen Production and A-29 Upgrades

Prepare for Tomorrow’s War with Tomorrow’s Technology : Brig. Ali Adil Mahmood (Retd.) Zen Technologies

Did You Know This

GSX 2026 Honors Military and Law Enforcement Heroes on Final Day in Atlanta

ixigo Launches ‘Smart Lock’ – An Agentic AI That Autonomously Monitors and Locks Flight Fares Within Your Budget

India – Tajikistan Road Expedition was flagged off by Indian ambassador to Tajikistan Rajesh Uike in Dushanbe

UK Connect launches dedicated defence business to accelerate field-ready connectivity capability

Visa and ONDC Announce Intent to Explore Collaboration to Enhance Tourism Discovery in India

India’s former Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Anil Chauhan cites “cognitive colonialism” as emerging security challenge for India at G.B. Pant Memorial Lecture

Appointments

NP Aerospace appointed prime contractor and OEM-certified support provider as Team LionStrike strengthens UK programme leadership and sovereign through-life support

Bombardier Appoints Jeanne Boillet to its Board of Directors

GM Defence establishes UK presence and appoints Simon Gray to support British defence ambitions

VIKING appointed Official Global Sales and Service Partner for Dräger marine safety range

The appointment comes as Uvision builds on strong business momentum, including new orders, recent U.S. Army awards and combat-proven operational performance

SalamAir Announces Appointment of Eng. Yaqoob Al Kiyumi as Chief Executive Officer

Hall Of Fame

Capt. B.V.J.K. Sharma, CEO of NMIA, Felicitated at BCBA Logistics Conclave 2026

Western Command Investiture Ceremony 2026

AXISCADES Receives Fifth Consecutive Bombardier Diamond Supplier Award

Passenger Ship HANARIA Equipped with Yanmar’s Maritime Hydrogen Fuel Cell System Wins Marine Engineering of the Year 2024

NADP gets ISTD’s 34th National Award for Innovative Training Practices

Kudos to Kudu! Israeli medtech startup takes home 100k top prize at Constructor University Demo Day 2025

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Thales in India: Advancing a self-reliant future with trusted technologies

Thales in India: Advancing a self-reliant future with trusted technologies

Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Defence Aviation

Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Defence Aviation

Working with Intelligence, not Just AI – a Delivery leader’s view from Aerospace & Defence

Working with Intelligence, not Just AI – a Delivery leader’s view from Aerospace & Defence

Building Institutions That Endure: Reflections on Leadership, Innovation and National Service

Building Institutions That Endure: Reflections on Leadership, Innovation and National Service

A Career in Aviation Begins with Curiosity and a Willingness to Learn

A Career in Aviation Begins with Curiosity and a Willingness to Learn

Kalam & Kavach 3.0 Signals a Shift from Dialogue to Delivery

Kalam & Kavach 3.0 Signals a Shift from Dialogue to Delivery

SPOTLIGHT

BRICS Comes of Age: New Delhi Takes Centre Stage

Xi Jinping’s New-Era China – The Inside Story : A Book Review

Sunita Williams Arrives with Indian Astronaut Designate Group Captain Angad Pratap: BSX 2026 Saves Its Biggest Moment for the Last

Building Rockets, Shaping an Ecosystem: Pawan Kumar Chandana on Skyroot’s Next Leap

India is a Key Space Partner for Italy: Ambassador Antonio Bartoli

Where the Classroom Meets the Hangar: Inside GMR School of Aviation

DG CENJOWS Maj Gen (Retd.) Ashok Kumar

From Countering Adversaries to Creating Power: India’s Next Defence Transformation

Baloch Nationalists Declare Independence on August 11 — Claim Remains Unrecognised

MRO In India, By India & For the World : From an Overseas Dependence to an Indigenous Opportunity

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Indian & Australian Armies at Exercise AustraHind

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Gp Capt Shubhanshu Shukla zooms into space : Axiom Mission-4 takes off

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Lt. General (Dr.)VK Saxena (Retd.)

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International Relationals

India and Russia Set Their Sights on a Seamless Digital Sky

Thales unveils HexaForce: AI-powered, sovereign command and control for NATO and allied nations

18th BRICS Summit

Airshow in Egypt will see an international premiere of a new Anti-UAV Infrastructure Defence System

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India-Russia Defence Partnership Built on Trust, Technology and Decades of Strategic Cooperation: Col. R.K. Srivastava (Retd.)

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