INS Trikand participated in Sea Phase-I of the International Maritime Exercise/Cutlass Express 2023 (IMX/CE-23) held in the Gulf from 05 to 09 March 2023. During the period, the ship exercised with naval units of Bahrain, Japan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK and USA with the common aim of enhancing maritime security, keeping shipping lanes open…
Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, Chief of Navy, Royal Australian Navy (CN) was on a three-day official visit to India from 09 – 11 Mar 23. During the visit, VAdm Mark Hammond interacted with Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, at New Delhi on 10 Mar 23. He was welcomed with an impressive Guard of Honour on…
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD), on March 10, 2023, has signed a contract for procurement of six Dornier-228 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of Rs 667 crore. The aircraft was used by IAF for Route Transport Role and communication duties. Subsequently, it has also…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on March 07, 2023 has signed contracts with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft at a cost of over Rs 6800 Crores & three Cadet Training Ships worth more than Rs 3100 Crores respectively. Both the procurement are…
The Indian Navy has carried out a successful test-firing of a Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) from frontline warship INS Visakhapatnam. The test firing validated the capability to engage the weapon as an anti-ship missile. The missile has been jointly developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)….
Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise TROPEX for the year 2023, conducted across the expanse of IOR over a duration of four months from Nov 22 – Mar 23, culminated this week in the Arabian Sea. The overall exercise construct included Coastal Defence exercise Sea Vigil and the Amphibious Exercise AMPHEX. Together, these exercises also…
The United States (US) space agency NASA has handed over NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) earth observation satellite to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The satellite arrived from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California onboard a US Air Force’s C-17 aircraft. More About the Mission NISAR is the first-ever collaboration between NASA and…
ISRO conducted the Rail Track Rocket Sled deployment tests of the Gaganyaan Pilot and Apex Cover Separation (ACS) parachutes in cluster configurations at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, on March 1 and 3, 2023. The first test simulated the clustered deployment of two pilot parachutes. One parachute was subjected to a minimum angle…
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has secured an aircraft contract worth US$920 million for 18 FA-50 Light Combat Jet from Malaysia, beating India’s HAL Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. The deliveries are set to begin in 2026. Besides, the FA-50 & HAL LCA Tejas, the other competitors in the fray comprised of Chengdu-Pakistan Aeronautical Complex…
The first edition of the Naval Commanders’ Conference of 2023 commenced on 06 Mar 23. The conference serves as a platform for Naval Commanders to discuss important security issues at the military-strategic level as well as interact with Senior Government functionaries through an institutionalised forum. The novelty of this year’s conference lies in the fact…
