The Passing Out Parade of 145th National Defence Academy Course was conducted at Khetarpal Parade Ground, NDA, Khadakwasla on 30 Nov 2023. The parade was reviewed by the President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu. For the first time, a contingent of 21 female cadets, presently in their third term of training, took part in the parade….
Slovenia will purchase six AW139M multi-role helicopters from Italy for €188 million under a deal signed by Defence Minister Marjan Šarec and his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto. Notably, Šarec and Crosetto signed an amendment to the implementing agreement between the two ministries on cooperation in military aviation, which defines the purchase of additional six Leonardo…
Saab has signed a contract with South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration regarding support and supply of spare parts for its Arthur weapon locating systems. The order value is approximately SEK 795 million and the contract period is 2023-2028. Noteworthy, Saab will carry out the work with its local support team in South Korea, in…
The Government of Canada has signed a Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer and Acceptance for up to 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft, as part of the Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) project. With this, Canada joins eight defense partners, including all of the FIVE EYES allies, the intelligence alliance that also includes the United States, United…
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his official approval to a significant increase in military spending for 2024 that will see around 30% of fiscal expenditure directed towards the armed forces as he signed draft budget plans into law. Worth mentioning that Moscow is diverting ever more resources towards prosecuting its war in Ukraine. Spending on…
The military spending of European Union (EU) has reached a record 240 billion euros ($260 billion) last year in the face of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The figure represented an overall increase of six percent (6%) on 2021 as the EU’s 27 member states ratcheted up their purchases of new hardware. The European Defence Agency…
According to Israeli Military, the Israel’s missile defence system intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza on Friday, which is supposedly to be around an hour before truce with Hamas was due to expire. The rocket was the first launched from Gaza since a missile fired shortly into the first day of a truce that has…
The National Security Guard (NSG), India has issued a tender for the procurement of 2049 Nos. of 40mm UBGL Ammunition with SD mechanism and 295 Nos. of 40 mm MGL Ammunition with SD mechanism. The last date to submit the bid is 7th Dec 2023. To know more details click on the uploaded Tender Document:…
The Convocation Ceremony of 145th NDA course of National Defence Academy was held at the Habibullah Hall of NDA on 29 Nov 2023. Notably, a total of 204 cadets were conferred the degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University which included 73 cadets in the Science stream, 86 cadets in the Computer Science stream and 45 cadets…
Indian public sector aerospace and defence manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which currently has the capacity to build eight Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas per year, intends to take up to 24 in next three years. At present, HAL has capacity at around six in numbers. Its LCA Tejas division as well as the aircraft…
