Year: 2024

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the chairmanship of Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh, accorded approval for Acceptance of Necessity (AoNs) for various capital acquisition proposals amounting to Rs 84,560 crore. Notably, the DAC has accorded AoN under Buy {Indian-Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM)} category for procurement of a new generation of Anti-tank…

North Korean President Kim Jong-un has supervised the test firing of a new surface-to-sea missile and ordered to tighten the defence posture near the western maritime border, Yonhap News Agency reported. According to the report, North Korea test-launched the new missile, Padasuri-6 on Wednesday a day after the South Korean Military said North Korea fired…

Britain on Thursday detailed plans to jointly lead an international “drone capability coalition” with Latvia aimed at delivering thousands of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Ukraine. London last month said it would allocate £200 million ($250 million) to provide “the single largest package of drones given to Ukraine by any nation”. It announced it as…

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract on February 14, 2024 with Advanced Weapon Equipment India Ltd. (AWEIL), Kanpur for manufacturing & supply of a total of 463 indigenously manufactured 12.7 mm Stabilised Remote Control Guns (SRCG) for the Indian Navy & Indian Coast Guard at a total cost of Rs. 1752.13…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is on a two-day bilateral visit to Qatar. Noteworthy, this is Prime Minister’s second visit to Qatar, he first visited Qatar in June 2016. The Prime Minister arrived in Doha on 14th February and was received by H.E. Mr. Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the…

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande has held high-level professional discussions with his American counterpart General Randy George and other senior military officials on matters of bilateral importance and ways to enhance mutual commitment towards global peace and security. Notably, Pande, who is on a four-day official visit to the US beginning February 13, is…

The Indian Army troops guarding the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday opened fire to bring down Pakistani quadcopters at two different places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. However, the flying objects returned to the Pakistan side after briefly hovering over the Indian territory in Balnoi-Mendhar and Gulpur sectors, they said. They…

BAE Systems has now received the necessary regulatory approvals and will be executing steps in the coming days to complete the acquisition of Ball Aerospace from Ball Corporation. The final transaction is expected to close at a purchase price of $5.5 Billion (approximately £4.4 billion), which will be funded through existing cash and new external…

The Lockheed Martin Pony Express 2 mission, intended to showcase how space can enhance Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), is ready for launch. To be noted, Pony Express 2 is a self-funded technology demonstration that uses a pair of small satellites. Its mission integrates four Lockheed Martin payloads on two 12U Terran Orbital…

In another milestone towards research in Armed Forces Medical Services, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 14 February 2024, between Armed Forces Medical Services and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The MoU was signed by Director General (Org & Pers) Lt Gen SK Singh on behalf of  Director General Armed Forces Medical Services…