The Indian Navy will be commissioning the newly inducted MH 60R Seahawk (a maritime variant of the Blackhawk helicopter) multi-role helicopter at INS Garuda in Kochi this week, bolstering the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities. The Seahawks squadron will be commissioned in the Indian Navy as INAS 334 on March 6, 2024. “The MH 60R helicopter…
Iran has successfully launched the Pars-I remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit from Russia, as reported by state media. The live broadcast of the launch, facilitated by the Russian Soyuz2.1b launcher, was aired on Iranian state television. The official IRNA news agency disclosed that the satellite took off from Russia’s Vostochny launch base, located…
Expanding its strategic outreach in the Southern Indian Ocean region, India last week inaugurated an airstrip and a jetty built with its assistance in Agalega Islands in Mauritius. Notably, at a virtual ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth jointly inaugurated an airstrip and a jetty that India has built on…
India and the US are planning to hold a meeting between their National Security Advisors (NSAs) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to review the Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET). Noteworthy, US NSA Jake Sullivan, who was earlier scheduled to visit India for the Raisina Dialogue and meet his counterpart Ajit Doval on…
Indian Navy will commission Naval Detachment Minicoy as INS Jatayu in the presence of Adm R Hari Kumar the, Chief of the Naval Staff on 06 Mar 2024. The event marks an important milestone in the Navy’s resolve to incrementally augment security infrastructure at the strategically important Lakshadweep Islands. Naval Detachment Minicoy was set up…
A transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday encountered an “unserviceability” during a routine sortie but made a safe landing at the Begumpet airport after the crew carried out measures as per procedure. There were no injuries to any occupants and no damage occurred to the aircraft, defence sources said. “A C-130J…
The Annual Eastern Command Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) field firing exercise was conducted at Teesta field firing range in West Bengal, according to a statement issued by the Indian Army recently. The exercise was conducted under the aegis of Trishakti Corps, and more than 260 missiles were fired to achieve the target of “one…
India and Bangladesh will hold their bi-annual DG-level border talks in Dhaka this week to seek each other’s cooperation in curbing a variety of crimes taking place on their respective sides of the frontier. Further, they will also decide on measures to be taken to create better coordination between security forces and other agencies of…
Eyeing to expand the India-Oman strategic partnership close on the heels of Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s India trip, deputy national security adviser Vikram Misri visited Muscat to explore collaboration in different sectors including possible export of defence equipment to the sultanate. During Misri’s visit, discussions were held on strategic, military and security cooperation including defence…
As part of ‘Aatmanirbharta in Defence’ and to further boost Make-in-India initiative, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed five major capital acquisition contracts worth Rs 39,125.39 crore on March 1, 2024 in New Delhi. The Contracts were exchanged in the presence of India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh and Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane,…
