General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada has been awarded four contracts cumulatively valued at up to CA$1.68 billion (US$1.3 billion) by the Government of Canada to support the Land Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system for the Canadian Army. The four contracts for the Land Command Support System (LCSS) are: System of Systems Engineering &…
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) have announced that it has completed the development of new SH-60L naval combat helicopter on order for Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force to succeed the Mitsubishi/Sikorsky SH-60K. Previously known as the XSH-60L or a prototype developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the SH-60L is Japan’s latest anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter…
T. Mariotti has been awarded the public tender procedure in favour of the Italian Navy for the construction of two auxiliary units of the type Coastal Motor Transport and Lighthouse Servicing (MTC/MTF) and has signed the construction contract with the Naval Armaments Directorate of the General Secretariat of Defence/DNA. The shipyard is currently engaged in…
The Turkish Navy has successfully carried out the first live firing test of the Roketsan-made AKYA heavyweight torpedo with a real warhead in the East Mediterranean. The launch platform was TCG Preveze (S-353), the leading Preveze-class (Type 209/1400) boat, which was recently upgraded with the homegrown MÜREN Combat Management System as part of the “MÜREN…
The Indian Navy has issued a tender for the completion of incomplete work for augmentation for repair and calibration facilities for test and measuring equipment at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam (ND V). The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 1090.00 Lakhs while the period of completion is 270 [Two Hundred Seventy] days as indicated in…
The UAE Land Forces contingent comprising 45 personnel have arrived in India to participate in the 1st edition of the India-UAE Joint Military Exercise ‘DESERT CYCLONE’. The Exercise is scheduled to be conducted in Mahajan, Rajasthan from 2nd to 15th January 2024. Notably, the UAE contingent is being represented by troops from the Zayed First Brigade. While,…
Vice Admiral B Sivakumar, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as the Controller Warship Production and Acquisition on 01 Jan 24. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy (70th Course), he was commissioned as an Electrical Officer into the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 1987. Worth mentioning, he holds Master Degrees in Engineering from IIT Chennai and…
Vice Admiral (Adm) Kiran Deshmukh, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as the Chief of Materiel on 01 Jan 24. An alumnus of VJTI, University of Mumbai, Vice Admiral Deshmukh was commissioned as an Engineer Officer into the Indian Navy on 31 March 86. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and is a post graduate…
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C58 has launched XPOSAT Satellite into an Eastward low inclination orbit on January 01, 2024 09:10 Hrs IST. After injection of XPOSAT, the PS4 stage will be re-started twice to reduce the orbit into 350 km circular orbit to maintain in 3-axis stabilized mode for Orbital Platform (OP) experiments. The…
Defence Minister of India Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated Samvid All-Girls Sainik School at Vrindavan in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on January 01, 2024. The first all-girls Sainik School, with a strength of approx. 870 students, has been inaugurated under the initiative of establishing 100 new Sainik Schools in partnership mode with NGOs/Private/State Government Schools in all…
