India and the Maldives conducted the 4th Defence Cooperation Dialogue (DCD) in Male on March 19, 2023. The dialogue was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane and his Maldivian counterpart, Chief of Defence Force, Maldives National Defence Forces Major General Abdulla Shamaal. This DCD is the highest institutionalised interactive mechanism between the two countries….
BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd, an India-Russian joint venture, is in advanced discussions with Indonesia on a deal worth $200-$350 million under which it had offered to supply shore-based BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles (also designated as PJ-10) and a version that can be mounted on warships. As of now the details with regards to the size…
The Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) has successfully conducted the maiden flight-test of Power Take off Shaft (PTO Shaft) was conducted on Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Tejas) Limited Series Production (LSP) – 3 aircraft in Bengaluru on March 14, 2023. The PTO shaft is indigenously designed and developed by Combat Vehicles Research & Development…
A P8I aircraft of the Indian Navy arrived at Guam, USA on 14 Mar 23 to participate in ‘Exercise Sea Dragon 23’, the third edition of the coordinated multi-lateral ASW exercise for Long Range MR ASW aircraft, conducted by the US Navy. The exercise scheduled from 15-30 Mar 23, would stress on coordinated anti-submarine warfare…
A proposal for creation of Non-Lapsable Defence Modernisation Fund (DMF) is under consideration with Ministry of Defence. DMF, in which the unspent defence capital budget is placed at the end of each financial year, from where it can be made available for the subsequent year’s procurements; will be available for modernization of Defence Forces and…
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two consecutive successful flight tests of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on March 14, 2023. The flight tests were carried out from a ground-based man portable launcher against high speed unmanned aerial targets,…
Indian Navy’s indigenously built guided missile frigate, INS Sahyadri and fleet tanker, INS Jyoti participated in the third edition of the multilateral exercise La Perouse conducted from 13 – 14 March 2023. The exercise was conducted in the Indian Ocean Region, and was aimed at enhancing maritime domain awareness and optimising maritime coordination amongst the…
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on March 16, 2023 has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for defence proposals amounting to over Rs 70,500 crore under Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}. Out of the total proposals, Indian Navy proposals constitute more than Rs 56,000 crore, which largely includes indigenous BrahMos missiles, Shakti Electronic Warfare…
As per the data released by the Indian Government, the expenditure on defence procurement from foreign sources has reduced from 46% of overall expenditure in 2018-19 to 36.7% as per data till December 2022. Many significant projects including 155mm Artillery Gun system ‘Dhanush’, Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, Surface to Air Missile system ‘Akash’, Main Battle…
The Ministry of Defence, on March 13, 2023, has signed a contract for Normal Refit of Sindhukirti Submarine at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam at an overall cost of Rs 934 crore. This refit has been offloaded to develop alternate repair facility for submarines and is a further step towards undertaking Medium refit with Life…
