The Indian Navy is planning to procure Counter Drone System (Soft Kill) for use onboard Indian Naval warships; and have issued a RFI regarding the same. With the view to identify probable vendors who can undertake the said project OEMs/Authorized Vendors are requested to forward information on the product which they can offer. Noteworthy, the…
Indian Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement of about quantity 2000 numbers Bus (Type III ACX Medium Capacity Standard Bus) having 40 to 45 +1 seating capacity in 2×2 configuration confirming to AIS-052. The tentative timeline for issue of RFP would be within six months of issue of RFI. The…
BEML has secured a contract worth approx. Rs 101 crore from the Indian Ministry of Defence to supply command post vehicles (CPVs) to the Indian Army. Similarly, the company had bagged an order from the Ministry of Defence for high mobility vehicles (HMVs) in June 2023. The contract value is Rs 423.11 crore. BEML Limited…
Karnataka based DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations has successfully tested a reusable rocket launch vehicle. The vehicle attained an altitude of about 3 km above ground and successfully landed using a parachute mechanism. It had air pressure, heat, internal combustion, air friction sensors (with calculation), and miniature parachute for equipment recovery onboard. The major highlight of this…
Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff of India and CG Admiral Artemio M Abu, Commandant of Philippine Coast Guard signed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for exchange of White Shipping Information on 23 August 2023. The SOP was signed in New Delhi during ongoing visit of the Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard to…
India’s Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari reviewed the status of the (Light Combat Aircraft) LCA programme in Air Headquarters. Also in attendance were senior functionaries from the Ministry of Defence, DRDO, HAL and ADA. Opening the proceedings, the CAS brought out that the LCA has been the flag bearer of…
India successfully fired the indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile from ‘Tejas’ Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) LSP-7 off the coast of Goa on August 23, 2023. The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft at an altitude of about 20,000 ft. Further, all the objectives of the test were met and…
The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, made a successfully landed on the surface of the Moon on August 23, 2023. With this India has become the fourth country to achieve a soft-landing on the Moon. The others being the United States, Russia…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Poland of AH-64E Apache Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $12.0 billion. The Government of Poland has requested to buy ninety-six (96) AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters; two hundred ten (210) T700-GE…
AeroVironment has announced its anticipated acquisition of Tomahawk Robotics, a leader in AI-enabled robotic control systems. The acquisition will enable deeper integration of both companies’ technology, leading to enhanced interoperability and interconnectivity of unmanned systems through a singular platform with similar control features. This will ultimately enable warfighters to operate various connected robotic solutions in…
