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 the age of 60 years or till further orders. The same, the ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News

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 allocated Rs 400 crores. Features of the scheme The test units that ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 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 officers are to be digitized. The software is to be hosted in ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 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: Indian Air Force ranks as the fourth-best airforce in the world. The ..

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 missiles which will be used for coastal protection by the Indian Navy. ..

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 of new military equipment.? What is the? Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS)? ..