The NATO allies have taken decisions to bring Ukraine closer to NATO, and reinforce the Alliance’s collective deterrence and defence. However, it refused to extend membership to Ukraine as of now. A draft agreement states that Ukraine can join NATO when allies agree and conditions are met.” The ambiguous outcome reflects the challenges of reaching…
Garden Reach Shipbuilding and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd. And Kongsberg Maritime, Finland has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-production of indigenous Water Jets (WJs) of up to 3.5 MW. The Waterjet propulsion systems are extensively used onboard the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard ships and therefore this collaborative effort of GRSE and Kongsberg…
Defence Minister of Argentine Republic Mr Jorge Enrique Taiana arrived in New Delhi on July 17, 2023 on a four-day visit to India. During his stay, Mr Jorge Taiana will hold bilateral talks with Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on July 18, 2023 to further consolidate bilateral defence cooperation between the two countries. The visiting…
President of the United Arab Emirates His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi met in Abu Dhabi on 15 July 2023, during the visit of PM Narendra Modi to UAE. 1.Both sides noted that this was the fifth visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to…
Safran Helicopter Engines and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have decided to set up their new joint venture company (JVC) in Bangalore, India. It will be dedicated to the design, development, production, sales and support of helicopter engines. The first objective of the Joint Venture (JV) is to build the most adequate propulsion solution for…
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is playing a critical role in the launch of LVM3 M4 Chandrayaan 3 Mission. In a hallmark achievement L&T has been involved in this mission starting from manufacturing of subsystems till mission tracking. Rather, the company has been associated with India’s Space Program for over five decades. The critical booster segments,…
Shri Nuka Srinivasulu, currently serving as Director (Finance) of Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has assumed additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Company. BDL is a Miniratna Category -1 Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Shri N Srinivasulu, during his illustrious career spanning over 27 years in…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba will be visiting Pakistan in a few days to discuss procurement of additional defence equipment. Sources indicate that he will meet with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during his three-day visit. Though, there has been no official confirmation on either side about the visit. Noteworthy, Pakistan has been providing arms,…
China and Russia will be holding joint naval drills starting from this week. As of now, the Chinese naval vessels have already been sent to participate in joint manoeuvres with the Russian military. To be noted that the ties between Russia and China have grown closer since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, with China emerging…
The SYRACUSE 4B military communications satellite, built by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space, has been successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. It was the last launch of Ariane 5, the European heavy launcher. SYRACUSE 4B, along with SYRACUSE 4A already in orbit, constitutes the space segment of SYRACUSE…
