The Indian Air Force (IAF) IL-78 air-to-air refuelling aircraft refuelled aircraft from the Egyptian Air Force during Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23. Notably, Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23 is a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise at Cairo (West) Air Base, which started on 27th August and will culminate on September 16 2023. Worth mentioning that this is for the first…
Hyderabad based Zen Technologies, a leading provider of training solutions and simulators for the defence sector has bagged an order worth Rs 72.3 Crores from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD). The order is for the supply of simulators for various weapons and systems, which will be used for training the personnel of the Indian…
Maj Gen Ignatius Delos Flora has taken charge as the Additional DG (Director General) of Military Nursing Service (MNS) on 01 Sep 2023. The General Officer is an alumnus of the School of Nursing, Army Hospital Delhi Cantt, now College of Nursing, Army Hospital (R&R). She was commissioned into the MNS in the year 1985…
The Department of Ophthalmology, Army Hospital (R&R) is hosting a two-day national level Continuing Medical Education (CME) on “Innovations in Ophthalmology” EYECON-2023 at Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt. With the vision that Innovations remain the cornerstone of any medical specialty, more so in the field of Ophthalmology which has grown in stature and sophistication by…
A New Delhi-based start-up Veda Defence System has won a 3 billion rupee ($36 million) order to make 200 long-range kamikaze swarm drones for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The unmanned aerial vehicles have a range of about 150 Kilometers (93 miles). Further, these kamikaze swarm drones can be launched in small batches but come…
INS Delhi, Indian Navy’s first indigenously designed and built guided missile destroyer has departed from Colombo, Sri Lanka on 03 September 2023, after a two-day visit to the port city. During the ship’s stay in harbour, several interactions including cross training of personnel in various topics of mutual interest were held between the ship’s crew…
The second edition of Naval Commanders Conference of 2023 is scheduled at New Delhi from 04 to 06 Sep 23. It is a apex-level biannual event facilitating interaction between the Naval Commanders for deliberation and formulation of important policy decisions. To be noted that the the three-day conference is conducted in a ‘Hybrid’ format. The…
BAE Systems have announced that it has established a local legal entity and signed agreements with the Ukrainian Government to ramp up the Company’s support to Ukraine’s armed forces and to explore the supply of light guns to Ukraine. Notably, BAE Systems originally manufactured much of the equipment that governments have provided to Ukraine. Working…
The Myanmar military junta has declared the JF-17 Thunder jets supplied by Pakistan as unfit for operations. The Burmese Air Force was forced to ground these fighter planes due to malfunctions and structural flaws. Noteworthy, Pakistan supplied many JF-17 Thunder jets to Myanmar between 2019 and 2021 and all have been declared “unfit for operations.”…
North Korea conducted a simulated tactical nuclear attack drill that included two long-range cruise missiles in an exercise to “warn enemies” the country would be prepared in case of nuclear war. The drill was successfully carried out and two cruise missiles carrying mock nuclear warheads were fired towards the West Sea of the Korean peninsula…
