Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, AVSM, VM has taken over as the 17th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) on 01 May 2023. The Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) is the only Joint-services Command in India and serves as a model for the country’s planned theaterisation of Army, Navy, and Air Force capabilities. Commissioned…
Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command (SWAC) at Gandhinagar on 01 May 2023. He succeeds Air Marshal Vikram Singh, who superannuated on 30 Apr 2023. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he passed out as the President Gold Medalist. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor…
Indian Naval Ships INS Satpura and INS Delhi embarked onboard arrived at Singapore on 01 May 2023 to participate in the Inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) scheduled from 02 to 08 May 2023. The Harbour Phase of the exercise is scheduled to be held at Changi Naval Base from 02 to 04 May 2023…
The Indian Defence Minsiter Shri Rajnath Singh arrived in Maldives on May 01, 2023, on a 3-day official visit at the invitation of his Maldivian counterpart Ms Mariya Ahmed Didi. The visit is expected to further boost the bilateral defence & security ties between both the countries. Both the sides held bilateral delegation-level talks yesterday….
Electric aircraft maker Joby Aviation will be delivering up to nine air taxis to the U.S. Air Force under a $55 million contract extension that marks the company’s first revenue-generating operations. Under the contract with the Air Force, Joby will maintain ownership of the air taxis but will teach military pilots to fly them for…
The Government of South Korea recently approved a plan for long-range missile defense system development. It will be undertaking the development of long-range surface-to-air missile (L-SAM) II from 2024-2035. The country’s Defense Project Promotion Committee (DPPC) has already approved funding of $2.02 Billion for the development of the L-SAM II. The missile system will be developed…
A new low-cost star sensor developed by astronomers from off-the-shelf components was recently launched by ISRO on board PSLV C-55. In its first-ever space test, the sensor, which is mounted on the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM), is performing well, and the initial data has now validated its design as well as its function. The StarBerrySense…
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force, embarked on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka. During the visit, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is scheduled to meet the Hon’ble President of Sri Lanka, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the Hon’ble State…
