The Indian Air Force (IAF) is pursuing the development of niche technologies in the field of space-based capabilities, data linking and artificial intelligence-based decision support system. As per IAF, the increased exploitation of the space domain will lead to increased contestation” and as “reliance on space grows, space-based assets will become centres of gravity that…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has initiated a project to design and develop Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (XLUUV) for the Indian Navy. A document which was released last month by the MoD indicates that the Indian Navy is interested in procuring up to 12 XLUUVs once a prototype is built and clears all trials. Brief…
General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army arrived on a three-day visit to India from 27 to 29 April 2023. During the visit, he is meeting India’s senior military and civilian leadership where he will discuss avenues for enhancing India-Bangladesh defence relations. India and Bangladesh share the historical legacy of cooperation and…
BY RITIKA BEHAL Ever since its inception technology has impacted military conflicts or warfare. Though, it is a known fact that technology alone is not capable of winning any warfare but undeniably it does appear that technology superiority has been the major deciding factor in any warfare or military conflict since ages. Armed Forces that…
The latest edition of Army Commanders Conference which was organised for the first time in a hybrid model from 17-21 April 23 saw deliberations over wide-ranging Strategic, Training, Human Resource Development, and Administrative aspects and took key decisions in shaping the Army for the future. The Army Commanders and other senior functionaries took stock of…
The sixth edition of Cope India-2023, an Air Exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and United States Air Force (USAF), conducted over the last two weeks at Air Force Stations Kalaikunda, Panagarh and Agra, culminated on 24 Apr 2023. The exercise involved participation of frontline IAF aircraft like Rafale, Tejas, Su-30MKI, Jaguar, C-17 and…
Defence Secretary, Shri Giridhar Aramane, in the presence of VAdm Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Naval Command and VAdm Sanjay Jasjit Singh, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, inaugurated the state-of-the-art P8I simulator named as ‘Ashok Roy Training Simulator Complex’ (ARTSC) on 25 Apr 23 at INS Rajali, Arakkonam. The ARTSC will allow…
Indian Navy has reportedly proposed to acquire over 20 Klub anti-ship cruise missiles from Russia and Harpoon anti-ship missile system from United States (US). A proposal worth over Rs 1,400 crore ($200 Million) is under consideration by the Indian Government and is expected to be cleared soon for acquisition. The Klub missile acquisition is expected…
India as the Chair of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2023 will host the SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting on 28 April 2023 in New Delhi. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization established in 2001. The SCO membership includes Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan besides India. Apart from the member states, two observer…
The 4th meeting of India-Mozambique Joint Defence Working Group was held in New Delhi on April 25, 2023. The meeting was co-chaired by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence Shri Amitabh Prasad and Permanent Secretary of Ministry of National Defence of Mozambique Mr Casimiro Augusto Mueio. The two sides discussed wide ranging issues, including military training &…
