India’s Defence Minsiter Shri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with German Federal Minister of Defence Mr Boris Pistorius in New Delhi on June 06, 2023. Both Ministers reviewed the ongoing bilateral defence cooperation activities and explored ways to enhance the collaboration, particularly defence industrial partnership. Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh highlighted the opportunities that…
The Russian Aerospace Forces has received the first batch of Su-34M Fullback front-line bombers for 2023. The delivered bombers were manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant. V.P. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Chkalov (a division of the state tech behemoth Rostec). Before handing over, the bombers had undergone a set of essential ground and flight tests….
Finland’s Minister of Defence has granted authorisation for the procurement of 91 6×6 armoured vehicles / personnel carriers for the Finnish Army, from Patria in a €208 Mn ($224.6 Mn) deal, with a provision to purchase up to 70 additional Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) vehicles. The deliveries are expected to begin later this year….
Indian Army is interested in the procurement of 5000 Nos. of Fire & Forget ATGMs along Launcher Systems adapted on BMP-2/2K. And, so has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the same with a view to finalise SQRs, decide procurement category and identify probable Indian vendors who are capable to supply Fire & Forget…
Issue Date: 31 May 2023 Response Date: 31 Jul 2023 Defence Service: Indian Army Brief Details: The Ministry of Defence, Government of India, intends to procure approximately quantity 5000 Fire & Forget ATGMs along with Quantity 500 Launcher Systems adapted on BMP-2/2K for the Indian Army. The Fire & Forget ATGMs along with Launcher Systems…
Under India’s presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), the 4th edition of the Space Economy Leaders Meeting (SELM) is scheduled to be held at Hotel Taj West End, Bengaluru during July 6-7, 2023. The theme for this event, ‘Towards a New Space ERA (Economy, Responsibility, Alliance)”, is chosen in line with India’s G20 Summit’s…
Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of Defence Mr Lloyd Austin in New Delhi on June 05, 2023. The two sides discussed a substantial range of bilateral defence cooperation issues, with particular focus on identifying ways to strengthen industrial cooperation. The two Ministers explored ways of building resilient supply…
General Manoj Pande, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) has proceeded on a two-day visit to Bangladesh from 05 to 06 June 2023. During the visit, the Army Chief will be meeting the senior military leadership of Bangladesh where he will discuss avenues for further enhancing Indo-Bangladesh defence relations. On 6th June, the COAS…
Program: Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) for Indian Army RFI Issued: May 2021 Category: ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ Quantity: 1770 Nos. Estimated Cost: $5-6 Billion Approx. Current Status: A RFP is still awaited Brief Details The Indian Army requires state-of-the-art ‘technology enabled’ Main Battle Tank (MBT) to replace the existing aging fleet of (four-decade old) Soviet-origin T-72…
Program: Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) for Indian Army RFI Issued: May 2021 Category: ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ Quantity: 1770 Nos. Estimated Cost: $5-6 Billion Approx. Current Status: A RFP is still awaited Brief Details The Indian Army requires state-of-the-art ‘technology enabled’ Main Battle Tank (MBT) to replace the existing aging fleet of (four-decade old) Soviet-origin T-72…
