DefExpo 2020 Current Affairs, GK & News
India to acquire Sprut Light Tanks from Russia
India is currently in advanced talks with Russia to acquire light weight tanks. These are newly developed tanks in Russia. They are being acquired to be used in high altitude areas of Line of Actual Control. Highlights The need to buy Sprut Light Tanks has come after border hostilities with China increased in the Line ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: border issues • Brahmos • defence deals • DefExpo 2020 • Galwan clash • India China • India-Russia • Kilo-class submarine • Line of Actual Control • Su-30 MKI
BEL signs MoUs at DefExpo 2020
India’s leading defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RailTel Corporation of India for mutual co-operation in the fields of Cloud Services, IoT, e-Governance and Networks for Defence projects. BEL also signed an agreement with a Bengaluru-based start-up, Newspace & Research Technologies Limited (NRT), for co-operation in ..
Topics: Bharat Electronics Limited • Bhel • DefExpo 2020 • E-governance • Internet of things • UAV
Indigenous AGM unveiled in DefExpo 2020
A private Indian firm has recently unveiled the indigenous air to ground missile ‘Khagantak’, during the ongoing DefExpo 2020. The firm has manufactured the air to ground missile with a strike range of 180 km. The Managing Director of JSR Dynamics Air Marshal SB Deo announced the missile and said that when released from a ..
Topics: Air-to-surface missiles • Artificial intelligence • Defence Manufacturing • DefExpo 2020 • Make in India
5th India-Russia Military Industrial Conference held in Lucknow
The fifth edition of the India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was recently organised in the northern Indian city, Lucknow. The Conference was organised on the sidelines of the biennial Defence exhibition DefExpo 2020. As many as 14 MoUs related to production of different defence equipment, radar systems, ASW Rocket launchers and 3D modeling were signed between ..
Topics: Bharat Dynamics Limited • Bhel • DefExpo 2020 • India-Russia
First India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave held in Lucknow
The first-ever India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave was recently held in the city of Lucknow, during the 11th edition of the biennial defence exhibition DefExpo 2020. The Defence Ministers and Heads of Delegation from African countries and the Defence Minister of India jointly held the first India Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave. The Conclave adopted the Lucknow ..
Topics: Africa • Chief of Defence Staff • Defence Minister of India • DefExpo 2020 • India-Africa Partnership • Indian Armed Forces