Topic: Defense
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Defence Industrial Corridors
The Finance Minister of India had, in his budget speech (2018-2019), announced the setting up of two Defence Industrial Corridors in the country. A review of the progress...
