The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on March 07, 2023 has signed contracts with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft at a cost of over Rs 6800 Crores & three Cadet Training Ships worth more than Rs 3100 Crores respectively. Both the procurement are…
The Indian Navy has carried out a successful test-firing of a Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) from frontline warship INS Visakhapatnam. The test firing validated the capability to engage the weapon as an anti-ship missile. The missile has been jointly developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)….
Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise TROPEX for the year 2023, conducted across the expanse of IOR over a duration of four months from Nov 22 – Mar 23, culminated this week in the Arabian Sea. The overall exercise construct included Coastal Defence exercise Sea Vigil and the Amphibious Exercise AMPHEX. Together, these exercises also…
The United States (US) space agency NASA has handed over NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) earth observation satellite to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The satellite arrived from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California onboard a US Air Force’s C-17 aircraft. More About the Mission NISAR is the first-ever collaboration between NASA and…
