Indian Navy has issued a Request for Proposal / tender for the procurement of 14 numbers of Two Men Recompression Chamber (RCC). The procurement is under Buy (Indian) category with the requirement of 60% Indigenous Content (IC). The last date for bid submission is 28 February 2024. The role defined in the RFP is for…
The Indian Navy is all set to commission its latest Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer Imphal at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 26 December 2023 in the presence of the Hon’ble Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh as the Chief Guest. The event marks the formal induction into the Navy of the third of four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed…
Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) attained several milestones in the year 2023 as the sector attained new wings and expanded at a high speed. Some of the major achievements of MoCA are indicated below: RCS-UDAN RCS-UDAN was launched in 2016 to enable air operations on unserved/underserved routes connecting different regions, promote balanced regional growth…
The Romanian Ministry of Defence has contracted with Rheinmetall to thoroughly modernize the country’s Oerlikon GDF 103 air defence artillery systems. For the Düsseldorf-based technology enterprise, this is the first ever major order from Romania, a NATO and EU member state. Worth around €328 million, the contract encompasses the delivery of four systems as well…
Leonardo has delivered to the Slovenian Ministry of Defence the first of two Next-Generation C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft, contracted following the Italy-Slovenia Government-to-Government (G2G) Agreement, which was signed on 17 November 2021. The aircraft it is equipped with advanced avionics equipped with a glass cockpit with five multifunction colour screens, a radar for tactical…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of Blanket Order Training and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $1 billion. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has requested a continuation of a blanket order training program inside and outside…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency of Stinger missiles and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $780 million. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), as Lead Nation on behalf of Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands,…
L3Harris Technologies, Korean Air and Israel Aerospace Industries’ ELTA Systems Ltd. (IAI/ELTA) have teamed to integrate and deliver the next generation of survivable, high-altitude AEW&C aircraft (aircraft airborne early warning and control) to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Air Force. The Korea AEW&C team members have already delivered a variety of special mission aircraft to…
The Netherlands will be delivering 18 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help its battle against Russia’s invasion, the Dutch government has announced recently. The delivery of F-16s is one of the most important elements of the agreements made on military support for Ukraine. As of now, the delivery of the F-16 fighter jets is…
Japan has finalised its record 7.7 trillion yen (US$54.25 billion) defence budget for fiscal 2024, the second consecutive year in which the country increased defence spending by about a trillion yen from the previous year. The approved budget keeps Japan on track to boost military spending by 43 trillion yen over five years as it…
