The State Department of United States (US has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles with Extended Range and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $908 million. Notably, the Government of the Netherlands has requested to buy one hundred twenty (120)…
The second meeting of the India-Maldives High Level Core Group was held in New Delhi on 2nd February 2024. During the meeting, both sides continued their discussions on wide ranging issues related to bilateral cooperation towards identifying steps to enhance the partnership, including expediting the implementation of ongoing development cooperation projects. Both sides also agreed…
Shri Shambhu S. Kumaran (IFS:1995), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Austria. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Source: https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/37540/Shri+Shambhu+S+Kumaran+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Republic+of+Austria Image Source: https://www.aninews.in/
The Indian Government has drawn various action plans to strengthen the country’s defence ecosystem. Indian industry, both public and private, is encouraged to participate in design, development and manufacture of Defence Systems under ‘Make Procedure’ prescribed at chapter-III of Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 (DAP-2020) wherein provisions to provide financial assistance for prototype development are also…
India’s Kolkata-based PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and UK’s Rolls-Royce have signed a ‘frame and individual licence’ agreement for production of the MTU IMO Tier II compliant Series 4000 marine engines to power government ships. The move will help the state-owned shipyard in making fast patrol vessels, interceptor boats and fast attack craft…
India’s Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah has said that Modi government is committed to building impenetrable borders. Further, the Government has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1643-kilometer-long Indo-Myanmar border. To facilitate better surveillance, a patrol track along the border will also be paved. Home Minster added that…
The Ministry of Investment (MISA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) of the Kingdom and Leonardo announced signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intention to discuss, develop and evaluate a range of investment and collaboration opportunities in the defence and aerospace sector. The announcement was…
Four flight trials of High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) – ABHYAS were successfully carried out by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha during January 30 to February 02, 2024. DRDO is the R&D wing of Ministry of Defence, India, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge…
The German Bundeswehr has placed two separate orders with Rheinmetall for production and supply of 40-mm ammunition for automatic grenade launchers. Rheinmetall will thus be supplying tens of thousands of programmable 40 mm x 53 Airburst Munition (ABM) DM131 service cartridges. This order is worth around €29.5 million, including value added tax. The Bundeswehr has…
A total of 519 routes have been operationalised by India under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UdeDeshkaAamNagrik (UDAN) since its launch. At present, 76 airports including 2 water aerodromes and 9 heliports have been operationalised under the UDAN scheme. 4 airports are ready for operation of RCS flights. Further, development works of the 09…
