Mr Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, Chairman & Managing Director (Additional Charge), DPSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), presented the 60% final dividend cheque of Rs. 224,27,53,160.40/- (Rupees Two Hundred Twenty-four Crore Twenty- seven Lakh Fifty-three Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Point Four Zero Only), payable on the shares held by the President of India, to the Defence…
The Indian Army is planning to procure approximately 06 Numbers of Fast Patrol Boats, and have issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the same. Noteworthy, the Fast Patrol Boats are to be deployed for surveillance, patrolling & interception at sea and over water bodies, including as akin to the Sir Creek area. Following are…
Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has called for establishing multinational collaborative mitigation frameworks in the Indian Ocean Region to effectively tackle common maritime challenges such as climate change, piracy, terrorism, drug-trafficking, overfishing and freedom of commerce on high seas. He was delivering the keynote address at the fourth edition of Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC)…
Cdr Abhilash Tomy (retd), the first Indian to successfully finish the Golden Globe Race (GGR) 2022, was felicitated by Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, on 30 Oct 23 at Goa in recognition of his historical achievement. It was on 29th April 2023 that Cdr Tomy made history by finishing second in…
The Indian Army is planning to procure approximately 06 Numbers of Fast Patrol Boat, and have issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the same. Noteworthy, the Fast Patrol Boat are to be deployed for surveillance, patrolling & interception at sea and over water bodies, including as akin to the Sir Creek area. Following are…
India plans to operationally deploy its own indigenously being developed long-range air defence system by 2028-2029 . The system will be capable of detecting and destroying incoming stealth fighters, aircraft, drones, cruise missiles and precision-guided munitions at ranges up to 350-km. Being developed by DRDO under the ambitious ‘Project Kusha’, the interception capabilities of the…
Hyderabad-based Zen Technologies has been awarded a contract for Rs 100 crore from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for advanced tank-training simulator system. The in-house designed, developed and tested system allows live training in an operational environment with simulated firing effects which enable mechanised forces to conduct force-on-force two-sided exercises. Besides, the innovative system…
The Indian Air Force is most likely to put forth three key defence projects before the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) during the upcoming DAC meet next month, to be held under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh. The three projects incude of: 97 indigenously manufactured Light Combat Aircraft Tejas -MK1A 66 indigenous ‘Prachand‘…
Indian Army and Indian Air Force contingent comprising 120 personnel have departed for Kazakhstan to take part in the 7th edition of India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise, ‘Exercise KAZIND-2023’. The Exercise will be conducted at Otar, Kazakhstan from 30th October to 11th November 2023. Indian Army contingent comprises 90 personnel led by a Battalion from the DOGRA Regiment. While,…
The third Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge, LSAM 17 (Yard 127) for the Indian Navy was launched by Cmde V Pravin, AWPS (Mbi) on 27 Oct 23 at M/s Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, Thane. With all major and auxiliary equipment/systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers, this Barge is proud flag bearer of “Make in India” initiative…
