Exercising the power bestowed upon it by section 5, sub-section 2 of section 10 and sections 10A, 10B, and 12A of the Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified the new Drone (Amendment) Rules 2023 for drone pilots. After the amendment, it has now been made clear that…
Indian and Nepal held the 15th Meeting of the India-Nepal Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues (BCGSI) in Pokhara, Nepal, on October 5, 2023. The meeting covered a wide range of issues relating to mutual security, defence supplies, training and capacity building and joint military exercises. Further, the two sides also discussed exchanges of visits,…
India and Tanzania aim to upgrade their defence ties to comprehensive strategic partnership, during the Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan visit to India early next week. Notably, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan will be arriving in New Delhi today for a four-day state visit during which she will participate…
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is most likely to conduct the first flight test vehicle abort mission likely to take place on October 25, 2023. With this India will take one step closer to its ambitious first human spaceflight mission. According to ISRO, the first development flight Test Vehicle (TV-D1) which is in the final…
DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over the first trainer version of the twin seater Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Bengaluru on 04 October, 2023. Further, seven more LCA twin seater aircraft will be delivered next year. The LCA Tejas Twin Seater is a light weight, all weather…
Tri-Services Commanders’ Conference (TSCC)-2023 (Western Grouping) was held at Subroto park, New Delhi on 03 & 04 October 2023 under the aegis of Western Air Command. The two-day conference was hosted by Air Marshal PM Sinha, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command. General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff presided over the event. Notably, the…
India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has launched 76 challenges for the industry under 10th Defence India Start-up Challenges (DISC 10) & DISC 10 PRIME of Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) and five problem statements under iDEX for Fauji. In addition, two INDUS X challenges under ‘INDUS-X Mutual Promotion of Advanced Collaborative Technologies’ (IMPACT) challenges…
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the fifth positive indigenisation list of 98 items for which there would be an import ban beyond indicated deadlines against them. The announcement about the fifth positive indigenisation list at the ‘Swavlamban 2.0’ seminar organised by the Indian Navy. Noteworthy, the list lays special focus on import substitution of…
India’s new missile, tentatively titled- LRASM or Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, will have range of over 500 km, which is considerably more than BrahMos. According to a report by Times Now, the missile being tested is likely to be a new long-range anti-ship missile (LRSAM) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, with a range…
The Indian Navy will soon unveil an updated new indigenisation roadmap with a focus on specific initiatives to achieve self-reliance in acquiring various critical technologies and platforms to boost its overall military might. The roadmap will be released at the second edition of the annual ‘Swavlamban’ seminar to be held on October 4 and 5….
