A two-day Coastal Security Exercise Sagar Kavach 01/24 involving all maritime security agencies of India was conducted in Union Territory of Lakshadweep from 01 to 02 April 2024. Notably, the assets of Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs and other security agencies were engaged in the exercise. Further, validation of effectiveness of…
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un attended and oversaw the test launch of a brand new intermediate-range sold fuel missile that carried a hypersonic warhead on Tuesday, the country’s official state media was cited as saying by Kyodo News According to Korean Central News Agency Kim Jong Un, attended the test launch of the solid…
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has said that Indian military personnel manning the second aviation platform would be withdrawn “within the current month” and reiterated that the entire process would be completed by May 10, a media report said here on Wednesday. Muizzu’s statement comes three weeks after the first batch of approximately 25 Indian military…
Foreign Ministers are gathering at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday (3 April 2024) for a two-day meeting to mark NATO’s 75th anniversary and to prepare for the upcoming Washington Summit in July. Since its creation on 4 April 1949, the transatlantic Alliance has grown from 12 founding members to 32 member countries, all working…
India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday met with his Russian counterpart Nikolay Patrushev and discussed measures to strengthen counter-terror cooperation. A special focus will be on the Afghanistan-Pakistan and Eurasian region in the backdrop of the recent terror strike in the Moscow region that killed 144 people. The two NSAs, who met at…
Rheinmetall has received another order from the Spanish government in the higher double-digit million euro range. It is to supply the Spanish army with a total of 104,000 mortar rounds in 60mm, 81mm and 120mm calibres by the end of 2025. Notably, the framework agreement concluded in the first quarter of 2024 is already the…
The U.S. Navy in partnership with Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a historic (Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile) LRASM flight test with four missiles simultaneously in flight. During the 12th Integrated Test Event (ITE-12), the U.S. Navy was able to demonstrate the weapon’s inherent high-end lethality from mission planning through kill chain integration and its effects on the target….
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Pollution Control Vessel Samudra Paheredar, with an integral helicopter, made a port call at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam on April 02, 2024 as part of its ongoing overseas deployment to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. During the three-day visit, the crew will engage in professional interactions focusing on marine pollution response, maritime search…
Fincantieri, the only shipbuilding group in the world active in all high-tech marine industry sectors, and Saipem, global leader in the engineering and construction of infrastructure for the energy sector, both offshore and onshore, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate commercial and industrial opportunities for cooperation in the field of autonomous subsea…
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a leading Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) of India, has announced a significant milestone, recording its highest ever revenue from operations, exceeding Rs 29,810 crore for the financial year 2023-24. Notably, this remarkable achievement reflects a notable growth rate of 11%, a substantial improvement from the previous fiscal year’s 9%. The…
