New Zealand have signed a defence agreement with Fiji which aims at bolstering of military training and maritime security, and improving the disaster and humanitarian response co-ordination between the two Pacific nations. The agreement reflects the value New Zealand places on its relationship with Fiji. Against a backdrop of China’s efforts to gain influence across…
The Pakistan government has proposed a 15.5% increase in the defence budget for the current fiscal, making up about 1.7 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The defence spending in 2022-23 was around 2% of the country’s GDP, the size of which has grown due to the rebasing of the economy. Noteworthy that…
It has been reported by the Financial Times that the United States (US), Japan, and Taiwan have agreed to share real-time reconnaissance drone fleets data to strengthen military coordination. Notably, during the Trump presidency, the US announced more than US$5 billion (S$6.7 billion) in arms sales to Taiwan, including four aerial drones worth US$600 million,…
Israel exported a record $12.556 billion in defence products last year, witnessing a 50% increase over the previous three years and a doubling in volume over the previous decade. Drones accounted for 25% of the 2022 exports and missiles, rockets or air defence systems for 19%. Notably, Arab states that normalised ties with Israel under the…
NATO’s largest-ever air exercise – “Air Defender 2023” – involving 250 military aircraft and over 10,000 personnel has begun in Germany, Europe. The two-week long exercise will see fighter jets conducting defensive manoeuvers in German and European airspace under the command of the German Air Force. The military exercise will demonstrate the strength of NATO…
The fourth of four ships of Survey Vessel (Large) (SVL) Project, ‘Sanshodhak’, being built by L&T/ GRSE for Indian Navy was launched on 13 Jun 23 at Kattupalli, Chennai. The ship named ‘Sanshodhak’,meaning ‘Researcher’, signifies the primary role of the ship as a Survey Vessel. The contract for building four SVL ships was signed between MoD…
BY KAVITA NAGPAL Taking forward from our previous blog on ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Indian Defence Sector’ (https://thedefencespace.com/2023/05/25/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-the-indian-defence-sector/ in this blog post we will be covering few more AI-Technologies – ‘Cyber Security, Blockchain, and Human Behavioural Analysis’ – that are being indigenously developed or developing by the India’s Defence Industrial Base (DIB). Refer the…
Issue Date: 19 May 2023 Response Date: 3 July 2023 Issued By: Indian Army Brief Details: The Indian Army has shown interest in the procurement of an Indigenously Developed ERP Based on an Open Source for Financial Information System. The tender issued for the same stipulates requirement of minimum 50% Local Content for qualifying as Class…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to organize a major multinational aerial exercise this year and The Air Forces of global powers, including the United States, have been invited to take part in it. Basically, the exercise aims to gather at least 10-12 Air Forces from around the world. The exercise will mark the…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence and M/s Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited on 12 June, 2023 in New Delhi. The MoU between DGR and Corporates endeavours to bring the corporate companies and Ex-Servicemen on a common platform to generate…
