The 11th edition of the annual ‘Joint Military Training – 2022’ between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has been concluded at Air Force Station, Kalaikunda. The bilateral phase of the exercise was conducted from 09 to 18 Nov 2022, and witnessed the Air Forces of both the countries…
DPSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed Memorandam of Understanding (MoUs) with Singapore based Bosch Global Software Technologies, INERY, and Motorola Solutions India for co-operation across a variety of technological fields. The MoU with Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW) is aimed toward a collaborative implementation of projects in the fields of e-Governance, ERP, and cloud…
Indian Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi laid the foundation stone of C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara Gujarat of the Tata-Airbus consortium. The facility will manufacture C-295 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) through collaboration between Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Airbus Defence and Space S.A., Spain. The total cost of the project…
The 12th and largest-ever defence exhibition – DefExpo 2022 – held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat this year, marked Four hundred and fifty-one (451) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Transfer of Technology (ToT) agreements and product launches worth Rs 1.5 Lakh Crores. Out of the 451, there were 345 MoUs, 42 Major Announcements, 46 Product Launches and 18…
It has been reported that India is actively pursuing the acquisition of five (5) Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) from United States under the DTTI. The procurement proposal worth $3 Billion involves the sale of one ISTAR aircraft by the US to India, and collaboration on the development of sensor package and other…
The Indian Ministry of Defence has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for procurement of 1.25MW Gas Turbine Generator for Power Generation application onboard three ships of Indian Navy as a retro-fitment of existing Power Generator. As per the RFI, the requirement is for 12 complete sets of 1.25MW Marine Gas Turbine Generators (comprising of…
The Indian Government has approved the creation of a Weapon System Branch for officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF). The Weapon System (WS) branch would entail unification of all weapon system operators under one entity dedicated to the operational employment of all ground-based and specialist airborne weapon systems. It will be responsible for several…
TATA Advanced System Limited (TASL) has been awarded a contract for supplying of 10,000 number of medium and large sized Bulletproof Jackets (BPJs) to the Indian Air Force (IAF). The lightweight bullet-resistant body armour is expected to replace bulky and heavy jackets that are slowly being phased out from the entire armed forces. As per…
