Raytheon, an RTX business, has received $10 million contract from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the R&D agency of United States, to design and develop a wireless airborne relay system to deliver energy into contested environments. The Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program, known as POWER, aims to revolutionize energy distribution by leveraging power beaming…
Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, engineering, and management services, has been awarded the Autonomy and Vehicle Control Systems/Testing and Evaluations contract to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s (NSWCCD) Naval Architecture and Engineering Department. Under this new program, the Company will assist the U.S. Navy with the development and testing of…
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Rohde & Schwarz signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on future resilient communications systems across Europe, including multifunction technologies and upgrades for 5th-to-4th generation aircraft interoperability. This MoU addresses current and future challenges to connect European and U.S. assets in the air, ground, sea and space domains and establishes…
Ukraine has agreed to jointly manufacture vital 155mm artillery shells with two United States (US) based firms in Ukraine. However, the production is not expected to start before at least minimum of two years. Notably, the demand for 155mm rounds by Ukraine escalated following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. As of now, the…
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is organising the 15th edition of Capacity Building Senior Officers’ Meeting (CBSOM-2023) with the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from December 11 to 15, 2023. The objective of the meeting is to understand the updated situation of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to raise the first squadron of the indigenous LCA Mark1A fighter jet squadron at the Nal air base in Bikaner district of Rajasthan near the Pakistan front. The aircraft, which would be much more advanced than the existing LCA Mark1 Tejas fighters, are being equipped with the latest…
The Indian Navy is facing under a shortage of 10,896 personnel including 1,777 officers, according to details provided by the defence ministry in Indian Parliament. Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt also said 9,119 posts of sailors are lying vacant in the Navy as on October 31….
The Department of Defense, United States (US) has entered into a bilateral, non-binding Security of Supply Arrangement (SOSA) with the Singapore Ministry of Defence. The arrangement will enable both the U.S. and Singapore to acquire industrial resources they need to quickly meet defense requirements, resolve unanticipated disruptions that challenge defense capacities, and promote supply chain…
India’s aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is spending over Rs 2,000 crore this year on research and development in line with its overall approach towards indigenisation of critical avionics and related hardware. Notably, over the last few decades, the HAL has developed a number of military aircraft and helicopters including the Tejas Light Combat…
Currently, there are 34 Flying Training Organizations (FTOs) in India operating at 55 bases which are imparting flying training to cadets. Further, in the current year 2023 (till October), a total of 1371 Commercial Pilot Licences (CPLs) have been issued so far and the trend indicates a sharp increase in number of CPLs issued in…
