A total of 394 officer cadets of 154 Regular Course and 137 Technical Graduate Course, including 39 from 10 friendly countries, passed out from the portals of Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, Uttarakhand on June 08, 2024. The Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (also known as IMA) is the officer training Academy of the Indian Army. IMA…
Germany is looking into buying eight additional F-35 fighter jets developed and manufactured by US based Lockheed Martin, a military source said on Friday, on top of the 35 jets it has ordered. Berlin is looking at the costs of such a purchase, the source said, with the stealthy aircraft seen as the most advanced…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that there were “no immediate military threat” against any member of the alliance, after the Kremlin has accused the West of potentially escalating the war in Ukraine. Stoltenberg’s statements follow heightened tensions between Russia and NATO members. The Kremlin accused the West last week of “entering a new…
Israeli forces bombarded a Gaza refugee camp on Friday after a deadly strike on a UN-run school there, as the war sparked by Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel entered its ninth month. The conflict has killed thousands, laid waste to much of the Gaza Strip, uprooted most of its 2.4 million population and put them…
The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers following the General Elections 2024 is scheduled on 09 June 2024. On the occasion, leaders from India’s neighbourhood and Indian Ocean region have been cordially invited as distinguished guests. President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe; President of Maldives, H.E….
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday there was no need to use nuclear weapons to deliver victory for Moscow in Ukraine, the strongest signal yet from the Kremlin chief that there will not be a nuclear strike. Putin, whose forces have been making advances in eastern Ukraine in recent months, said he did not…
Indian delegation led by Secretary, Department of Commerce, Shri Sunil Barthwal participated in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Ministerial meeting held in Singapore on 6 June 2024. The IPEF Ministerial Statement of 14 November 2023 declared substantial conclusion of negotiations for Clean Economy, Fair Economy, and the overarching Agreement on the Indo-Pacific Economic…
MBDA has signed a contract amendment with OCCAR (the organisation for joint armament co-operation) to increase the technical capabilities of the Italian air defence systems based on CAMM-ER for the Italian Army and Italian Air Force, namely Grifo and MAADS (Medium Advanced Air Defence System). The contract will also see a new multi-role and multi-purpose…
EDGE Group entity LAHAB, the UAE’s sole ammunitions manufacturer, and PT Pindad, an Indonesian state-owned enterprise and one of Asia’s leading defence manufacturers, have signed a Head of Agreement to explore collaborative opportunities in establishing defence manufacturing capabilities, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to supply defence equipment. Under the Head of Agreement, signed in…
PT Len Industri (Persero) and Thales have signed an agreement on 30th May 2024, to launch a Joint Venture (JV) that will take Indonesian defence capabilities to the next level by reinforcing joint local industrial activities in manufacturing, engineering and services. A Centre of Excellence, first of its kind in Indonesia, will be established to…
