Turkey’s Dearsan Shipyard recently launched the first of two offshore patrol vessels for the Nigerien Navy with a ceremony held in Istanbul on October 26, 2023. Noteworthy, Dearsan Shipyard signed a contract with the Nigerian Navy in Abuja on November 3, 2021, for the construction of 2 units of High Endurance 76-meter Offshore Patrol Vessels….
United States’ (U.S.) Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testified recently to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Biden’s request for $106 billion to fund ambitious plans for Ukraine, Israel and U.S. border security. Arguing that supporting U.S. partners is vital to national security, Biden requested $61.4 billion for Ukraine, about…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan of Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) Block 2B Tactical Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $74.6 million. The Government of Japan has requested to buy up to sixty-three (63) Rolling Airframe…
Mr Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, Chairman & Managing Director (Additional Charge), DPSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), presented the 60% final dividend cheque of Rs. 224,27,53,160.40/- (Rupees Two Hundred Twenty-four Crore Twenty- seven Lakh Fifty-three Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Point Four Zero Only), payable on the shares held by the President of India, to the Defence…
The Indian Army is planning to procure approximately 06 Numbers of Fast Patrol Boats, and have issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the same. Noteworthy, the Fast Patrol Boats are to be deployed for surveillance, patrolling & interception at sea and over water bodies, including as akin to the Sir Creek area. Following are…
Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has called for establishing multinational collaborative mitigation frameworks in the Indian Ocean Region to effectively tackle common maritime challenges such as climate change, piracy, terrorism, drug-trafficking, overfishing and freedom of commerce on high seas. He was delivering the keynote address at the fourth edition of Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC)…
Cdr Abhilash Tomy (retd), the first Indian to successfully finish the Golden Globe Race (GGR) 2022, was felicitated by Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, on 30 Oct 23 at Goa in recognition of his historical achievement. It was on 29th April 2023 that Cdr Tomy made history by finishing second in…
The Indian Army is planning to procure approximately 06 Numbers of Fast Patrol Boat, and have issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the same. Noteworthy, the Fast Patrol Boat are to be deployed for surveillance, patrolling & interception at sea and over water bodies, including as akin to the Sir Creek area. Following are…
India plans to operationally deploy its own indigenously being developed long-range air defence system by 2028-2029 . The system will be capable of detecting and destroying incoming stealth fighters, aircraft, drones, cruise missiles and precision-guided munitions at ranges up to 350-km. Being developed by DRDO under the ambitious ‘Project Kusha’, the interception capabilities of the…
Hyderabad-based Zen Technologies has been awarded a contract for Rs 100 crore from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for advanced tank-training simulator system. The in-house designed, developed and tested system allows live training in an operational environment with simulated firing effects which enable mechanised forces to conduct force-on-force two-sided exercises. Besides, the innovative system…
