Britain, Japan, and Italy have signed an international treaty to establish a programme aimed at developing an advanced fighter jet. The agreement, which Reuters reported this month, comes a year after the three countries established their first major defence industry collaboration by merging the separate next-generation fighter efforts of London and Tokyo. Further, the parliaments…
The US Senate approved the annual defence policy bill with a compromise 886 billion USD package that laid out how the pentagon will be funded through the next fiscal year. The vote to approve the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) was 87-13. Six Republicans and six Democrats voted against the bill: Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.),…
Finland will be signing a defence cooperation agreement with the United States next week that will bring US soldiers and military material to aid in the Nordic nation’s defence. Notable, the defence cooperation agreement will deepen our defence cooperation with the United States (US) and can be vital in a case of crisis. Further, the…
The Indian Army is interested in the procurement of 10,000 Nos of of Hand Held Thermal Imager (Uncooled) and have issue a Request for Information (RFI) for the same. Basically, the Indian Army is seeking Hand Held Thermal Imager (HHTI (UC) with latest technology parameters to enable soldiers to carryout surveillance upto 3000 m. The…
The Indian Army will be getting 70,000 more Sig Sauer assault rifles which will be given to troops deployed in counterterrorism operations and other duties. The approval for this procurement worth over Rs 800 crore was given at a high-level meeting of the Indian Defence Ministry held recently and attended by the top brass of…
An Advisory Group Meeting of Small Aircraft & Helicopter Operators was chaired by the Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia recently. He assured full support to entrepreneurs of small aircraft operators and helicopter services to expand their operations. Further, the Minister individually addressed regulatory and day-to-day operational concerns of each operator,…
Captain Fatima Wasim has become the first woman medical officer in the Indian Army to be deployed on an operational post on the Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. She is the second medical officer to be deployed on the Siachen Glacier in the Union Territory of Ladakh. The Indian Army’s Fire and Fury Corps…
The Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia urged major aerospace manufacturers of India to present a collaborative plan outlining their requirements from each department of GOI, in order to help them expand supply chains for aerospace manufacturing in India. During the Advisory Group meeting of Aerospace Manufacturers and MROs, Minister Scindia…
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) to the U.S. Army providing long-range precision fires capability and achieving a major modernization milestone. Initial deliveries followed a successful production qualification test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in November. Noteworthy, to meet the U.S. Army’s PrSM Early Operational Capability (EOC), Lockheed Martin is using…
The Austrian defence ministry has contracted with Rheinmetall to carry out a comprehensive modernization of its existing Skyguard air defence systems. In the presence of Austrian minister of defence Klaudia Tanner, the two parties have now signed the contract for Project Skyguard Next Generation in Vienna. For Rheinmetall the order represents sales of €532 million (without value…
