The South Korean military has successfully conducted the first domestic live-fire test of (Standard Missile-2) SM-2 shipborne missile interceptors. The Navy said that the live-fire test of SM-2 held at the Samcheok Maritime Research Center of the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) was successful. Further, the Navy said that during the test, the SM-2 ship-to-air…
Squadron leader Manisha Padhi, a 2015 batch Indian Air Force (IAF) officer has become the first woman in the country to ascend to the post of Aide-de-Camp (ADC). Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, on November 29, appointed Squadron Leader Padhi as the ADC from the armed forces at a brief ceremony held at the Raj…
India has agreed to withdraw its military troops from the Maldives. After a series of constructive meetings and dialogues with the Indian government, an agreement has been reached to withdraw Indian military personnel. Noteworthy, Indian personnel are deployed to operate three gifted aircraft patrolling the maritime territory. Reportedly, as of now the agreement for the…
United Kingdom’s (UK) armed forces face an equipment funding shortfall of 17 billion pounds ($21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, as per a recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO). The National Audit Office put the estimate for the budget for new weapons and equipment at 305.5 billion pounds for 2023-2033, 16.9 billion…
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata has delivered INS Sandhayak (Yard 3025), the first of four Survey Vessel (Large) ships, to the Indian Navy on 04 Dec 23. To be noted that the Contract for four Survey Vessel (Large) was signed on 30 Oct 2018. The (Survey Vessel Large) SVL ships are designed and…
Lieutenant General Vikum Liyange, RWP, RSP, USP, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, is on a visit to India from 3rd to 7th December 2023. Notably, the visit is a testimony to the longstanding relationship between the armies of India and Sri Lanka. The visit commenced with a poignant wreath laying ceremony at the National War Memorial…
As part of Indian Navy’s Long Range Mission Based Deployment, (Indian Naval Ship) INS Sumedha is undertaking port call at Antsiranana, Madagascar from 04 to 06 December 2023. The visit is aimed at reinforcing Indian Navy’s commitment to enhance Maritime Security, building bridges of friendship and strengthening maritime co-operation with Madagascar. Worth mentioning that India…
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the data regarding the Domestic and International Airlines Operating in India which is as under:- The number of licensed scheduled domestic airlines presently operating in the country with their fleet size:- List of Airlines (Scheduled/Scheduled Commuter) in the country holding AOC (Air Operator Certificate) as on 23.11.2023 S….
As per Ministry of Civil Aviation, India there are presently, 14 airports in the country are operated under Public Private Partnership (PPP). Further, as per National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), 25 AAI airports namely, Bhubaneshwar, Varanasi, Amritsar, Trichy, Indore, Raipur, Calicut, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Patna, Madurai, Surat, Ranchi, Jodhpur, Chennai, Vijayawada, Vadodara, Bhopal, Tirupati, Hubli, Imphal, Agartala,…
Vibhas Pande, Air Officer commanding-in-chief, Maintenance Command, has said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has already achieved 95-97 per cent self-reliance in daily requirements. Further, he said, “Our dependency on Sukhoi-30MKI is on HAL and we have done a lot of indigenization on MiG-29. The face of the Russia-Ukraine war has made no difference…
