The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on March 16, 2023 has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for defence proposals amounting to over Rs 70,500 crore under Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}. Out of the total proposals, Indian Navy proposals constitute more than Rs 56,000 crore, which largely includes indigenous BrahMos missiles, Shakti Electronic Warfare…
As per the data released by the Indian Government, the expenditure on defence procurement from foreign sources has reduced from 46% of overall expenditure in 2018-19 to 36.7% as per data till December 2022. Many significant projects including 155mm Artillery Gun system ‘Dhanush’, Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, Surface to Air Missile system ‘Akash’, Main Battle…
The Ministry of Defence, on March 13, 2023, has signed a contract for Normal Refit of Sindhukirti Submarine at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam at an overall cost of Rs 934 crore. This refit has been offloaded to develop alternate repair facility for submarines and is a further step towards undertaking Medium refit with Life…
INS Trikand participated in Sea Phase-I of the International Maritime Exercise/Cutlass Express 2023 (IMX/CE-23) held in the Gulf from 05 to 09 March 2023. During the period, the ship exercised with naval units of Bahrain, Japan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK and USA with the common aim of enhancing maritime security, keeping shipping lanes open…
Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, Chief of Navy, Royal Australian Navy (CN) was on a three-day official visit to India from 09 – 11 Mar 23. During the visit, VAdm Mark Hammond interacted with Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, at New Delhi on 10 Mar 23. He was welcomed with an impressive Guard of Honour on…
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD), on March 10, 2023, has signed a contract for procurement of six Dornier-228 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of Rs 667 crore. The aircraft was used by IAF for Route Transport Role and communication duties. Subsequently, it has also…
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…
