Two frontline Indian Naval ships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata, mission deployed in South Eastern IOR, arrived in Jakarta on 17 July 2023. The ships were accorded a warm welcome by the Indonesian Navy. During the port call, personnel from Indian and Indonesian navies will engage in a wide range of professional interactions, joint yoga…
India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh held talks with the visiting Minister of Defence of Argentine Republic Mr Jorge Enrique Taiana in New Delhi on July 18, 2023. Both the Ministers discussed the ongoing defence cooperation initiatives, including measures to enhance defence industrial partnership. To be noted that Mr Jorge Enrique Taiana arrived in New…
France based aerospace major Dassault Aviation is looking at buying out the stake of Anil Ambani owned Reliance Defence in their joint venture (JV) Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL), which operates a plant in Nagpur. DRAL, having its production facility at a 62-acre plot in the MIHAAN Special Economic Zone in Nagpur, is currently engaged…
The Indian Armed Forces is most likely to procure 97 indigenously developed drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for over Rs 10,000 Crores for surveillance purpose along China and Pakistan borders. The project will be under the ‘Make-in-India’ route. As per ANI, a scientific study was carried out by the Indian Armed Forces jointly and…
It has been learnt that the India’s space agency, ISRO, is jointly developing a nuclear-powered engines along with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). According to the sources, ISRO-BARC are developing what are called Radio thermoelectric generators (RTGs). As of now, the work has already begun and has been identified as a major task that has…
It has been reported that the (Indian Multi-Role Helicopter) IMRH program, being developed by DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), is expected to receive the sanction/ funding by the Indian Government by early 2024. As of now the preliminary design review has been completed by the DPSU HAL, and the project is now awaiting sanctioning of…
Polaris Government and Defense has been awarded a contract to provide its DAGOR ultralight tactical vehicles to Romania. More than 50 of the off-road and internally transportable vehicles will deliver enhanced tactical mobility to Romanian Armed Forces for current and emerging threats. Romania, a NATO member country, will receive the vehicles via the U.S. government’s…
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office to design an autonomous VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving Navy ship at sea. Noteworthy, the Advanced aircraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And Recovery (ANCILLARY) demonstrator will be designed as a…
Nexter, Arquus and Thales have presented the 500th Griffon (VBMR) multi-role armoured vehicle and the 50th Jaguar (EBRC) armoured reconnaissance and fighting vehicle to the French armament general directorate (DGA). The three industry partners in the EBMR temporary consortium are meeting their contractual targets on the programme, which involves the delivery of a total of 1,872…
Babcock has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to support urgent operational requirements for Ukraine’s military land assets as part of the UK’s support for the country. The initial 12-month contract is worth around £50 million and includes options to extend. It reflects Babcock’s ability to provide critical operational support to…
