BY RITIKA BEHAL Drones or Unnamed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be the major force multipliers in the future battles, as they are not only precise in striking but are also economical to develop and maintain as compared to most of the other conventional war fighting machines. In recent years, the capabilities of Unmanned Vehicles have…
India has extended approx. a USD 14 billion Line of Credit to 42 nations in the African Union to facilitate the procurement of Indian defence equipment, besides offering them support in traditional sectors like roads, ports, and railways. Both India and Africa see a big potential in defence partnership, which they believe will grow fast….
A new variant of HAL aircraft ‘Hindustan-228 -201 LW’ has been approved by the DGCA. This variant has maximum take-off weight of 5695 kgs with 19 passenger capability. With this modification, the aircraft would fall in the Sub 5700 kg aircraft category. This variant provides several operational benefits for operators such as reduced pilot qualification requirement…
The 10th annual SLINEX-2023 bilateral maritime exercise between India and Sri Lanka has commenced in Colombo, Sri Lanka has commenced in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The exercise is being conducted in two phases of three days each, the Harbour Phase followed by Sea Phase. The Indian Navy will be represented by INS Kiltan and INS Savitri…
With focus on Aatmanirbharta and efforts made to achieve self-reliance, the value of Defence Production has increased as follows in last three years: Value of Defence Production (From 2019-2022) 2019-2020 – Rs 79,071 Crores 2020-2021 – Rs 84,643 Crores 2021-2022 – Rs 94,845 Crores Further, with consistent efforts in last few years, many significant projects…
A complete aircraft manufacturing unit will be set up at the Kanpur node of Uttar Pradesh’s Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) by Bangalore based Genser Aerospace Private Limited. The manufacturing is expected to commence by 2024 at the manufacturing unit of the company. This is going to be the first private industry to set up a…
Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has achieved a turnover of about Rs. 17300 Cr (Provisional & Unaudited), during the Financial Year 2022-23, against the previous year’s turnover of Rs. 15,044 Cr registering a growth of 15%. BEL’s Order Book as on April 1, 2023, is around Rs. 60500 Cr. In the year 2022-23,…
ISRO has successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours on April 2, 2023. The RLV took off by a Chinook Helicopter of the Indian Air Force as an underslung load and flew to a height…
General Manoj Pande, the Chief of Army Staff proceeded on a visit to Australia commencing with effect from 03 April 2023. During the four-day visit, he will be meeting the senior military leadership of Australia with an aim of enhancing India’s defence cooperation between the Armed Forces of the two nations. The Chief of Army…
Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM assumed the appointment of the Vice Chief of Naval Staff on 01 Apr 2023. A graduate of the National Defence Academy, Pune, he was commissioned in 1986 in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy. In his career spanning 37 years, he has served on most class of…
