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US Approves Helicopter Sale to India

On December 2, 2024, the Biden administration informed Congress about military sale to India, valued at approximately $1.17 billion. It aims to enhance India’s defence capabilities and the...

December 4, 2024

Taiwan’s HAWK Missiles and Ukraine’s Defence Needs

Taiwan’s Defence Minister Wellington Koo recently addressed the future of Taiwan’s decommissioned HAWK anti-aircraft missiles. His comments came amid ongoing discussions regarding military support for Ukraine. The United...

November 14, 2024

Samir V Kamat: New DRDO Chairman

Sameer V Kamat, Director General, Naval Systems and Materials Division of DRDO, was recently appointed as the new Chairman of DRDO. Kamat will continue in this post till...

August 27, 2022

GoI new scheme: Rs 400 crores for testing MSME Defense products

The Government of India is planning to launch a new scheme to test defense products manufactured by MSMEs. In order to achieve this, the Ministry of Defence has...

November 23, 2019

Indian Army launches “OASIS”

The Indian Army has begun to digitize its official records under its new programme called “OASIS”-Officers Automated Structures Information System. Under the programme, the records of the army...

October 18, 2019

Indian Airforce Day: 8th October

Air Force Day is celebrated to mark the birth of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on October 8, 2019. This was the 87th Anniversary. Indian Air Force trivia:...

October 9, 2019

Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Batteries (NGMMCB)

A defense acquisition council meeting chaired by the Defense Minister of India has cleared a Rs 1350 crore purchase for the two batteries of new Brahmos equipped land-based...

August 12, 2019

Defense Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DITS)

The Defense Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DITS) has been unveiled by the Government of India to create a cluster of testing infrastructure to aid in the research & development...

August 2, 2019

Modernization of the IAF : Air-to-Air Missiles

The Indian Air Force has signed a defense deal with the Russian Government for the supply of Russian air to air missiles which will be used to equip...

July 30, 2019

Modernization of Indian Navy

The Indian Navy is one of the largest navies in the world. The primary objective of the Indian Navy is to safeguard the nation’s maritime borders.? It is...

July 25, 2019

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