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TREND | 18 Feb 2026, 10:37PM

India-France defence cooperation reflects strategic autonomy push

Business Standard

France has emerged as India's most consequential European partner, with defence manufacturing, Rafale jets and technology transfer anchoring a deepened strategic alignment

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TREND | 18 Feb 2026, 12:05PM

AI key to faster decisions, smarter military sustainment: Defence experts

Business Standard

India-AI Impact Summit 2026: Defence experts said AI can help armies take faster decisions, predict equipment failures and boost readiness while keeping humans in control of critical operations

Defence, jobs and investment lead talks on Day 2 of India-AI Impact Summit

Business Standard | 17 Feb 2026, 08:10PM 1 more

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TREND | 17 Feb 2026, 06:19PM

Kaveri to Manik: India seeks to build fighter jet aircraft engines

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Defence Minister calls for speeding up efforts to achieve self-reliance in combat aircraft engine manufacturing

Why defence stocks are rising in trade today? Astra Microwave gets 'Buy'

Business Standard | 17 Feb 2026, 03:20PM

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TREND | 17 Feb 2026

Cochin Shipyard shares jump 7% after winning 5,000-crore Defence order

Business Standard

Cochin Shipyard was declared the lowest bidder (L1) in a tender floated by the Ministry of Defence for the construction of five Next Generation Survey Vessels

Speed up next-gen aero engine development: Rajnath Singh to scientists

Business Standard | 16 Feb 2026

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TREND | 16 Feb 2026

Space programmes reflect ancient scientific spirit in modern form: Rajnath

Business Standard

India's space missions like Chandrayaan and Aditya-L1 are not just technological achievements but a modern expression that ancient scientific spirit has always been a part of our cultural identity, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Sunday. At the inauguration of the Maha Shivaratri celebrations organised at the Isha Yoga Center, headed by Sadhguru, here, he said Sun and the Moon are not just celestial bodies, but form the basis of our calendar and festivals. "Our fasts, festivals and auspicious timings are determined through precise scientific calculations. Today, missions like Chandrayaan and other space programmes are modern expressions of our ancient scientific heritage, where tradition and technology move forward together" he said. "When India launches missions like Chandrayaan (Moon mission), Mangalyaan (Mars) and Aditya-L1 (Sun), it is not just a technological achievement, it is also modern expression of that ancient spirit which has always been part of our cultural

JV to produce Hammer missiles on the table during India-France defence ministers meet on Feb 17

Business Line | 15 Feb 2026

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TREND | 15 Feb 2026

GalaxEye to partner with ISRO's NewSpace India to sell its satellite imagery solutions

Business Line

Partnership makes GalaxEye the first private Indian satellite operator to formally collaborate with NSIL under a data reseller partnership agreement

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TREND | 14 Feb 2026

ISRO to push ahead with all planned launches despite PSLV failure: Jitendra Singh

Business Line

Singh was speaking at the Research, Industry, Start-up and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Conclave organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) here on Saturday.

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TREND | 14 Feb 2026

NISAR to deliver 100m soil moisture data every 13 days across India: ISRO

Business Standard

ISRO on Saturday said that NISAR is systematically imaging the Indian landmass in S-and L-bands to deliver high-resolution and wide swath data with a repetivity of 12 days. This data has been effectively utilised to demonstrate the generation of soil-moisture products at a high resolution of 100m, it said. Being a key indicator of crop health, irrigation needs and drought risk, soil-moisture plays a vital role in India's agriculture and water management, the space agency said. According to a ISRO statement, the soil-moisture products, demonstrated using both S-and L-bands data, provide consistent estimates across India's diverse agro-climatic regions - from irrigated plains and rainfed farmlands to semi-arid and high-rainfall zones. The physics-based soil moisture retrieval algorithm, developed at Space Applications Centre (SAC-ISRO), ensures scientific robustness, reliability, and operational accuracy, it said. "With the ability to deliver two observations every 12 days, NASA-ISR

NISAR to deliver 100m soil moisture data every 13 days across India: ISRO

Business Line | 14 Feb 2026

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TREND | 14 Feb 2026

HDFC Defence Fund exists this small cap stock that went up by 500% in 5 years

Economic Times

This defence fund sold around 2.53 lakh shares of The Anup Engineering from its portfolio in January worth market value of Rs 56.91 crore. (Source: ACE MF)

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TREND | 13 Feb 2026

Tough to define allies or enemies, India on its own: CDS Gen. Chauhan

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Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday said assumptions about permanent friends or adversaries are increasingly becoming unreliable in the current global order and asserted India must remain prepared - mentally, structurally, materially - to act independently when required. Emphasising the need for pursuing strategic autonomy, the CDS noted partnerships are valuable when aligned with national interest, but they cannot substitute for indigenous capability or the power to exercise freedom of choice. "In today's world, it is difficult to define who are your friends, who are your allies, who are your enemies and who are your adversaries. Strategic alignments have become fluid and transactional," General Chauhan observed. He was speaking at the 'JAI' (Jointness, Aatmanirbhar Innovation) seminar organised by the Southern Command here. "India must, therefore, be prepared to act independently when required. That preparedness has to be mental, structural and material," he ..