The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on the eve of 77th Independence Day 2023. These include four Kirti Chakra (posthumous), 11 Shaurya Chakras, including five posthumous, two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 52 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medal…
The list of Honorary Commission (Honorary Captain and Honorary Lieutenant) awarded on the occasion of Independence Day 2023 are enclosed as mentioned below :- (a) Active List Honorary Ranks. (b) Honorary Ranks after retirement. (c) Honorary Nb Sub Ranks after retirement. SUMMARY Ser No Rank/Award Active List After Retirement 1. Hony Capt 445 1388 2. Hony Lt 1811…
Vindhyagiri, a Project 17A Frigate, will be launched by the Hon’ble President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu, at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata on 17 Aug 23. Named after the mountain range in Karnataka, Vindhyagiri is the sixth ship of the Project 17A Frigates. Basically, these warships are follow-ons of the Project…
Two Indian Naval Ships INS Visakhapatnam and INS Trikand, under the command of Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty, Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet, arrived at Port Rashid, Dubai on 08 Aug 2023 to participate in a bilateral Naval Maritime Partnership Exercise with the UAE Navy. After two days of detailed planning, the two navies conducted the…
The 5th edition of the three day AI workshop on ‘Artificial Intelligence for the Future Fleet’ was organised at INS Valsura, Jamnagar from 09 – 11 Aug 23. The key note address was delivered by VAdm MA Hampiholi,Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. In his keynote address, he highlighted the initiatives taken by the Indian Navy…
During the last five financial years (2018-19 to 2022-23), 239 defence acquisition contracts have been signed for procurement of defence items/equipment. Out of which, 168 contracts accounting for 68% of total contracts value have been signed with Indian vendors including MSMEs. The year-wise details of capital contracts signed with domestic vendors are as under: S…
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and Lockheed Martin are beginning the second phase of yearly iterative updates to the F-22 fleet, planning software tweaks and quick-turn upgrades that both sides say are laying the groundwork for how next-generation aircraft will be sustained. Though the service has marked the Raptor for retirement once the future, secretive…
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully manufactured the first set of solid rocket motor cases for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) program. The NGI pathfinder motors demonstrate case designs, manufacturing processes as well as allows the teams to test and conduct integration operations. The completed cases will be filled with inert propellent and…
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has been awarded a $36 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a platform-agnostic, Beyond-Line-Of-Sight, satellite communications pod. To be noted that the satellite communications pod will provide warfighters resilient, high bandwidth, low latency communications and data directly to the cockpit. Further, the pod…
As part of the contract signed by Indonesia on February 2022 for the acquisition of 42 Rafale, the second tranche of 18 Rafale jets has been delivered to the defence force by Dassault Aviation. This follows the entry into force in September 2022 of the first tranche of 6 Rafale jets, bringing the total number…
