NEW DELHI — India’s indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is due to achieve the second milestone in its two-step initial operational clearance (designated IOC-II) on Dec. 20, three decades after the development of the aircraft began to replace the aging MiG-21s in the Indian air force (IAF).

NEW DELHI — India is increasing its ability to produce highly enriched uranium for military purposes, including more powerful nuclear weapons, at a facility near Mysore in the southern state of Karnataka, a U.S.-based think tank says.

NEW DELHI — India has approved a plan to spend 50 billion rupees ($792 million) for defense equipment, including night-vision devices and rockets for its armed forces. At a meeting earlier this month of the Defense Acquisition Council, the highest decision-making body for the country’s defense affairs, Defense Minister A.K. Antony approved the procurement of night-vision devices worth 38 billion rupees for infantry soldier carbines and 10,000 rockets worth 6.8 billion rupees, a defense official says.