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THE RISE OF UGVs REVOLUTIONISING TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC MILITARY OPERATIONS

MANOJ K CHANNAN explains the history of UGVs, their role in modern warfare, their integration with advanced technologies, and their broader implications for military operations, intelligence assessments, and human-machine collaboration

INNOVATIONS AND ADVANCEMENTS IN DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY BY MKU

The defence industry is evolving rapidly to address the dynamic challenges of modern warfare, and MKU is at the forefront of this transformation. In an exclusive interaction, VAIBHAV GUPTA, Director India Business of MKU highlights their innovative approaches, spanning advanced ballistic protection, cutting-edge night vision and thermal imaging technologies, and strategic partnerships to enhance India's defence capabilities. From pioneering protective solutions for soldiers to leveraging indigenous technological breakthroughs, MKU continues to redefine the benchmarks of excellence in defence technology.

TECHNOLOGICAL SYNERGY REDEFINED: IAI'S COMMITMENT TO INDIA-ISRAEL INNOVATION

BRIG. GEN. (RES) EYTAN ESHEL, Executive Vice President of Technology, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), R&D and Innovation of IAI, highlights how nearly 40 years of India-Israel collaboration has fostered innovation, leveraging India's deep-tech talent for global aerospace and defence advancements while promoting sustainability and co-developing solutions with Indian startups and institutions.

INDIAN ARMY EMBRACES "SMART SOLDIER" FUTURE

JOSEPH P CHACKO examines the SMART Soldier initiative's historical context, current developments, and prospective aspirations, exploring its past, present, and future

REMINISCENCES OF THE 1971 INDO-PAK WAR

In the ancient world, the concept as it emerged during the BCE period wasn't about soldier-scholars. It is probable that it may have started off as the discipline of scholar-soldiers; a huge difference for the discerning. This is because soldier-scholar suggests military dominance in the development of warfighting norms and modalities. This dominance gets marginalised when the hyphenation is reversed and becomes scholar-soldier. It opens itself to introducing the civilian scholar who understood war and warfighting well enough to understand its nitty-gritty, perhaps even suggest how it could be conceptualised, planned, fought, and ended.

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AI SECURE, SCALABLE, AND INNOVATIVE

Tardid leverages modular AI designs, robust cybersecurity, and adaptability to deliver secure and scalable solutions, integrating emerging technologies and refining strategies through realworld deployments, shares AASTHA VERMA, Chief Operating Officer, Tardid Technologies, with Geopolitics

ENHANCING INDIAN NAVAL AVIATION

JYOTI SINGH reports how a powerful Indian naval air arm will prove to be the biggest seabased conventional level deterrence, both for the tactical and strategic battlefields

WINGS OVER THE OCEAN

Indian Naval Aviation is dramatically upgrading its combat potency with its latest inductions, writes Atul Chandra

THE NEW WAVE OF MARINE LANDING CRAFT.

BAE Systems' new Littoral Strike Craft combines advanced stealth, comfort, and modularity to redefine modern amphibious mission capabilities.

PROVEN AIP FOR S80 SUBMARINES

The BEST AIP system is capable of operating at any depth and in all operational conditions, allowing it to adapt to any Navy mission and making it the most advanced AIP system on the market.

THE NAVY'S NEED FOR SUBMARINES

While aircraft carriers have their place, submarines provide India with a more flexible, cost-effective, and survivable option for projecting power and maintaining deterrence in a complex and evolving strategic environment, argues AMIT GUPTA

MARITIME SECURITY CHALLENGES FOR INDIA

V VENUGOPAL MENON outlines India's challenges in the maritime domain, threat dimensions, mechanisms of maritime security in place, India's regional response, Chinese engagement in the Indian Ocean and the inescapable need to maintain the balance of power in the Indian Ocean region

TOT-AN IMPERATIVE FOR SUBMARINE MANUFACTURING

India's transition from offset strategies to fostering self-reliance through technology transfer (TOT) and local assembly highlights the significance of global collaborations like thyssenkrupp Marine Systems in shaping a robust, indigenised defence ecosystem, a perspective shared by KHALIL RAHMAN, CEO, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems India.

BUILDERS NAVY

The Indian Navy's modernisation efforts are picking up steam, with domestic shipyards running at full capacity, reports MIKE RAJKUMAR

HOW INDIA IS RESHAPING REGIONAL DETERRENCE, MARITIME DOMINANCE

In the theatre of modern geopolitics, control over the seas is synonymous with strategic dominance. With its vast coastline and critical position in the Indo-Pacific, India has always recognised the importance of maritime strength, outlines GIRISH LINGANNA

PROJECT-751-30 YEARS ON

India's ambitious Project-751, aimed at procuring six advanced submarines, remains stalled nearly three decades after its inception.

Lessons From Gaza And Lebanon

The ongoing war, loosely called the Gaza War, is actually being fought in two different loosely connected segments; against the Hamas with a spill off in the West Bank and East Jerusalem areas against Palestinian factions and against the Hezbollah in Lebanon with a spill off in Syria. Treating Israel-Hamas War and the Lebanon War as separate entities, RAJ MEHTA explains the lessons from these wars

TACAN PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

Navigation systems have evolved significantly since the Viking era, with Tactical Air Navigation TACAN) now widely used for air and sea travel. Post-World War Il, reliable systems became essential for safety and efficiency, as highlighted by DR. SUJAN KUMAR SARASWATI, in this article on TACAN’s operational principles.

FROM IMPORTS TO SELF-RELIANCE IN ARMS

Self-reliance in Defence Production needs new ideas, new definitions _es and an appropriate methodology, argues AMIT COWSHISH

PRIME MOVER

The indigenously developed Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) has received a boost with its first export order from the Kingdom of Morocco

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ഇസ്രായേൽ-അറബ് സംഘർഷത്തിൽ എന്തായിരിക്കും നിലപാട് ?

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POSITIVE STEPS TOWARDS POTENTIAL REGIONAL COOPERATION

It has been a whirlwind of diplomatic activity for India recently. India participated in both the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO) summit that took place in Islamabad on October 15-16, and the 16th BRICS Summit was held in Kazan, Russia, from October 2224, 2024. These back-to-back summits within a short span of time underscore India's active role in shaping regional and global diplomacy, balancing national interests with multilateral cooperation

THE EAGLE'S EYE TEJAS MK-II RADAR PIERCES VEIL OF THE SKY

The Tejas Mk-II, featuring DRDO's GaN-based Uttam AESA radar, marks a major leap in India's defence, enhancing range, precision, and multi-target tracking capabilities, highlights GIRISH LINGANNA

AFFORDABLE LETHALITY THE INDIAN DILEMMA

India's defence dilemma is now being complicated by the lessons learnt in the Ukraine and Gaza wars because these conflicts are reshaping the way wars are fought in the modern world.

TRANSFORMATIONAL INDUCTION

The GA-ASI MQ-9B will dramatically enhance the ISR and precision strike capabilities of the Indian armed forces

AIRBORNE TRACKER

Indigenous efforts towards AEW&C and AWACS platforms need to be stepped up even as international programmes extend the current state-of-the-art for such aircraft, highlights

"THE INDIAN AIR FORCE IS WORKING HARD TO REMAIN A CREDIBLE AIR FORCE"

Commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on December 21, 1984, Air Chief Marshal AMAR PREET SINGH PVSM AVSM took over as the 28th Air Chief of India on September 30, 2024.