Indian Army Contingent consisting of 32 personnel from a Battalion affiliated to the RAJPUTANA RIFLES departed for ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) Plus Expert Working Group (EWG) on Counter Terrorism Field Training Exercise (FTX) 2023 scheduled to be conducted from 25th to 30th September 2023 in Russia. It is a multinational joint military exercise being hosted by Russia…
Indian Navy’s Diving Support and Submarine Rescue Vessel, INS Nireekshak departed Trincomalee on 21 Sep 23 after a week long Dive Training exercise with the Sri Lanka Navy. Diving teams of both the Navies undertook extensive harbour as well as sea dives. In addition, several interaction including cross training of personnel on various aspects of…
Indian Navy’s indigenously built warship INS Sahyadri, mission deployed in Indo-Pacific, participated in the maiden trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise with the ships and aircraft from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Indonesian Navy from 20 – 21 Sep 2023. The trilateral exercise provided an opportunity for the three maritime nations to strengthen their partnership and improve their…
Defence Program: Next Generation Missile Vessels For Defence Service: Indian Navy RFI Issued: 2 January 2015 Quantity: 6 Nos. Estimated Cost: Rs 9,805 Crores (Approx. Rs 1.2 billion) Cost Per Unit: Rs 1,634 crore (US$ 220 Million) Category: Buy & Make (Indian) Current Status: Contract has been awarded to Cochin Shipyard in March 23 Project…
KNDS, the European leader in land defense, and Elbit Systems have today signed a teaming agreement to address the growing needs for precision rocket artillery capabilities in Europe as well as NATO nations. The ceremony took place between representatives of KNDS and of Elbit Systesm at the DSEI exhibition in London. The agreement formalizes and…
The Army of United States (US) has awarded agreements to four companies to design and build Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) platform prototypes in Phase I of a multi-phase Program of Record competition utilizing the Ground Vehicle Systems (GVS) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA). The agreements were awarded to: McQ, Inc. (Fredericksburg, Va.); Textron Systems Corporation (Hunt…
The State Department of United States has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of F-35 Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $5.06 billion. The Government of the Republic of Korea has requested to buy up to twenty-five (25) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take…
A Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Navy (IN) and Indian institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru was signed at New Delhi for technical collaboration and joint research & development. The MoU is aimed to promote academic cooperation in the varied field on Engineering, enhance scientific understanding of technologies related to defence sector and undertake new development….
Highlighting India’s maritime expertise and commitment towards addressing shared challenges, particularly marine pollution, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Pollution-Control Vessel ‘Samudra Prahari’ carried out a comprehensive Pollution Response Table-Top exercise and demonstration at Khlong Toei Port in Bangkok, Thailand on September 20, 2023, the final of its four-day visit. The exercise involved personnel from Thailand’s Maritime…
India’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Anil Chauhan PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, CDS visited CSDO at New Delhi on 21 Sep 23. He was received by AOM, Air Marshal CR Mohan AVSM, VSM. CSDO is a premiere institute entrusted with the responsibility of formulation of maintenance philosophies of IAF. During the visit, he was…
