Sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest Arms Producing Companies in the world totalled $597 billion in 2022, as per a report by Swedish think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Further, Indian Defence Public Sector Units (DPSUs) Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), Bharat Electronics (BEL) and Mazagon Docks (MDL) figure in the list…
DPSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) recently signed a procurement contract with the iDEX Winner M/s Blurgs Innovations Private Limited for their solution TRIDENT, which is an intelligent maritime domain awareness tool with a robust solution designed to enhance maritime security. This solution assists in building superior maritime domain awareness by relying on anomalous detection and would aid in quicker decision making. To be…
The Navy Day was celebrated on Monday at INS Shivaji, the premier marine engineering training institute of the Indian Navy. Basically, the Indian Navy celebrates 4th December as Navy Day every year to acknowledge the role of the Indian Navy and commemorate its achievements in ‘Operation Trident during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Notably, this time the…
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the program marking Navy Day 2023 celebrations at Sindhudurg, Maharashtra on December 04, 2023. Further, he also witnessed the ‘Operational Demonstrations’ by Indian Navy’s ships, submarines, aircraft and special forces from Tarkarli beach, Sindhudurg. Shri Modi inspected the guard of honor. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of RE-3A Tactical Airborne Surveillance System Aircraft Modernization and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $582 million. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has requested to buy aircraft hardware and software modifications…
The South Korean military has successfully conducted the first domestic live-fire test of (Standard Missile-2) SM-2 shipborne missile interceptors. The Navy said that the live-fire test of SM-2 held at the Samcheok Maritime Research Center of the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) was successful. Further, the Navy said that during the test, the SM-2 ship-to-air…
Squadron leader Manisha Padhi, a 2015 batch Indian Air Force (IAF) officer has become the first woman in the country to ascend to the post of Aide-de-Camp (ADC). Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, on November 29, appointed Squadron Leader Padhi as the ADC from the armed forces at a brief ceremony held at the Raj…
India has agreed to withdraw its military troops from the Maldives. After a series of constructive meetings and dialogues with the Indian government, an agreement has been reached to withdraw Indian military personnel. Noteworthy, Indian personnel are deployed to operate three gifted aircraft patrolling the maritime territory. Reportedly, as of now the agreement for the…
United Kingdom’s (UK) armed forces face an equipment funding shortfall of 17 billion pounds ($21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, as per a recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO). The National Audit Office put the estimate for the budget for new weapons and equipment at 305.5 billion pounds for 2023-2033, 16.9 billion…
