ARPIT: Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation by Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force recently developed Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT). The pod is to be used to evacuate critical patients that are suffering from COVID-19. Highlights The Indian Air Force identified the need for an air evacuation system that will prevent the spread of infectious aerosols from the COVID-19 patients during air ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: ARPIT • COVID-19 • defibrillators • Indian Air Force (IAF) • Indigenous Defence Industry • Make in India • Science and Technology

Defence Minister launches draft of Defence Procurement Procedure, 2020

On March 20, 2020, the Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched the draft of new Defence Procurement Procedure. The new procedure aims to increase the indigenous manufacturing. Highlights The new procedure aims to increase Indigenous Content ratio. The ratio is the percentage of content of the defence equipment built in India. For instance, the Indigenous ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Defence Procurement • Defence Procurement Procedure • Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 • Defence Procurement Procedure 2020 • Indigenous Defence Industry

Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti launched to boost IPR culture in indigenous defence industry

Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched ‘Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti’ in New Delhi to boost Intellectual Property Right (IPR) culture in indigenous defence industry. Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti It was instituted by Department of Defence Production as part of the ongoing initiatives to enhance self-reliance in defence. It aimed to provide a boost to IPR ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Topics: China IPR SME Helpdesk • Defence Research and Development Organisation • Government of India • Human behavior • India • Indigenous Defence Industry • innovation • Intellectual Property • IPR • Ministry of Defence • Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti • Nirmala Sitharaman