As part of a U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sale (FMS), Boeing has received a contract to produce 18 CH-47F Block I Chinook Helicopters for South Korea and one additional aircraft for Spain. The deal valued at up to $793 million represents the final aircraft to be ordered on the current CH-47F Block I…
The European Commission recently announced the results of the 2022 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund (EDF) amounting to 832 million euros of EU funding in support of 41 joint defence research and development projects across the EU. The selected projects will help further develop EU’s high-end defence capabilities in critical areas such as, naval, ground, air combat, space-based…
BY KAVITA NAGPAL Taking forward from our previous blog on ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Indian Defence Sector’ https://thedefencespace.com/2023/06/28/part-6-of-the-series-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-the-indian-defence-sector/ in this blog post we will be covering few more AI-Technologies under – Manufacturing and Maintenance, Operational Data Analytics and Perimeter Security Systems. All of these mentioned AI-Technologies are being indigenously developed or developing by the…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of India has signed a contract with DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for procurement of two Dornier Aircraft for Indian Coast Guard (ICG) along with associated Engineering Support package at an overall cost of Rs 458.87 crore. The aircraft will be procured under the ”Buy (Indian)’ Category. Further, the aircraft…
In a major step towards promoting digitisation and in sync with Digital India mission, Indian Defence minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched an NCC Integrated Software in New Delhi on 07 July 2023. The NCC Integrated Software, developed in partnership with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo Informatics (BISAG), is a single window interactive software…
Addressing the inaugural session of the G20 4th edition of Space Economy Leaders Meeting (SELM) on 6th July 2023, Dr Jitendra Singh said, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space and MoS Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh said that with…
The indigenously built ALH Dhruv helicopter, by DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received restricted type certification from European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Brussels, Belgium. HAL confirmed this in a post on its official Twitter account on July 4. “The EASA certification establishes that HAL is capable of designing helicopter platforms meeting stringent…
14 July is celebrated as the Fête Nationale Française, or the National Day in France. It is also known as the Bastille Day as this day is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille in 1789 during the French Revolution. This year, the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has been invited as the Guest of Honour…
India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a ‘Chintan Shivir’ of Ministry of Defence in New Delhi on July 06, 2023, where several innovative proposals emerged to enhance indigenisation content in domestic defence manufacturing; provide better health & pension services & re-settlement to the ex-servicemen; more collaboration of DRDO with other research bodies; performance audit;…
RTX (previously known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation) was awarded a $117.5 million contract by the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production of 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (3GEN FLIR) B-Kit sensors. The advanced targeting sensor systems enhance lethality, survivability and situational awareness in austere environments, providing combat overmatch for the Army’s ground combat platforms. As…
