Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) for acquisition of five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy at an overall cost of approx. Rs 19,000 crore. It would be a major boost towards achieving the goal of self-reliance in defence manufacturing as these ships will be…
Defence Secretary of India Shri Giridhar Aramane laid the keel of four Coast Guard Fast Patrol vessels (FPVs) on 25th August, 2023 at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL). The FPV designed by GSL is a medium range weapon fitted surface vessel with length of 51.43 mtrs, and breadth 8 mtrs. Further, the ship is propelled with…
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…
In a significant step towards bolstering the bilateral cooperation between India and Philippines, Indian Coast Guard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on enhanced maritime cooperation. The MoU was signed by DG Rakesh Pal, Director General Indian Coast Guard and CG Admiral Artemio M Abu, Commandant, PCG at the…
