Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, took over command of the Eastern Fleet, the Sword Arm of the Eastern Naval Command, from Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh, on 10 November 2023. The change of guard took place at an impressive ceremony held at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. To be noted, Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar was commissioned into the Indian…
The Annual Navy Education Society Conference 2023 was held at Headquarters Gujarat, Daman & Diu Naval Area, Porbandar on 09 – 10 November 2023, chaired by Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, Chief of Personnel & Chairman NES. Besides, the conference was also attended by Commodore G Rambabu, Commodore (Naval Education) & Vice Chairman NES and academic…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Romania of M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.53 billion. Basically, the Government of Romania has requested to buy:- fifty-four (54) M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks…
U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to L3Harris Technologies to continue developing advanced systems to modernize electronic warfare (EW) capabilities on F/A-18 aircraft, enhancing pilot protection against emerging and future threats. Notably, L3Harris Technologies will develop a next-generation EW system under the $80 million contract for the Navy’s F/A-18 fleet. It is one of two…
Israel has reached out to the United States (US) for 200 Switchblade 600 loitering munitions. Notably, these advanced loitering munitions, manufactured by AeroVironment, have been sought by Israel to bolster their capabilities in multi-domain operations. According to the circulating reports in media, Israel has reached out to the US seeking these attack drones and other…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and EDGE group have announced an agreement to integrate EDGE smart weapons onto GA-ASI’s MQ-9B RPA (Remotely Piloted Aircraft). Under the agreement announced at the Dubai Airshow, the two companies will work together to integrate precision-guided munition (PGM) and guided-glide weapon (GGW) solutions from EDGE onto GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian….
Germany’s Defence Minister recently announced that Berlin would double its 2024 military aid to Ukraine, which is struggling to oust occupying Russian troops, to 8 billion euros ($8.5 billion). Ukraine has consistently demanded greater military aid from its Western allies, but a counter-offensive launched this year has failed to drive out Russian forces entrenched in…
Bombardier Defense announced the delivery of its seventh Global aircraft to defense and security company Saab, ready to be transformed into Saab’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) solution known as GlobalEye program. This new delivery comes as the two companies attend the Dubai Air Show 2023, where Bombardier presents its versatile Global and Challenger business jets to…
Kongsberg Maritime and Solstad Offshore have entered into a collaboration agreement to identify and trial decarbonisation technologies across Solstad’s fleet. The companies will work together to identify and utilise Kongsberg Maritime products and services to increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Solstad vessels. The agreement will also investigate the use of…
Elbit Systems Sweden AB (Elbit Systems Sweden) was awarded a contract worth approximately $170 million to become the integration partner for the Swedish Army digitalization program LSS Mark. The contract will be performed over a ten year period. As the integration partner, Elbit Systems Sweden will lead the roll-out of the Swedish Armed Forces digitization…
