Indian Navy will operate a mix of nuclear and conventional diesel-electric submarines in the future to deal with the threats around the country. The announcement comes against the backdrop of the Australian Navy’s decision to cancel its USD 90 billion deal with France for building conventional submarines and opt for building nuclear boats only. The […]
India and Sri Lanka will carry out a 12-day mega military exercise from Monday with a focus on enhancing counter-terror cooperation. The eighth edition of the ‘Mitra Shakti’ exercise will be conducted at Combat Training School in Sri Lanka’s Ampara from October 4 to 15. The aim of the exercise is to promote close relations […]
An Indian Army Officer has set a new Guinness world record for ‘Fastest Solo Cycling (Men)’ by covering a distance of 472 km from Leh to Manali in 34 hours and 54 minutes. Lt Col Sripada Sriram of the strategic Strikers Division started cycling from Leh in Ladakh at 4 am on Saturday covering 472 […]
The Defence ministry has recently signed a Rs ₹20,000-crore deal with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to procure 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft. Under the agreement, at least 16 aircraft will be delivered in a flyaway condition by the Airbus Defence and Space within 48 months. The remaining 40 planes will be manufactured in […]
Air Marshal Sandeep Singh has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force. He will succeed Air Marshal VR Chaudhari, who will take over as the Chief of Air Staff on September 30. Air Marshal Sandeep Singh was commissioned into the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot on December 22, […]
Defence Ministry on Thursday finalised a contract to procure 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army at a cost of Rs 7,523 crore. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed an order with Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Chennai for the supply of 118 MBTs Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army on […]
The National Defence Academy (NDA) will be ready to welcome its first-ever batch of women cadets in January 2023 after they sit for the entrance exam in May next year. The development came after the top court on August 18 directed that women can also sit for the upcoming NDA examination while holding that the […]
Centre has decided to appoint Air Marshal V R Chaudhari presently Vice Chief of Air Staff as the next Chief of Air Staff. Current Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, retires from service on September 30, 2021. Air Marshal Chaudhari was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Air Force on December […]
India and Nepal began on Monday a 14-day combined battalion-level military exercise, called ‘Surya Kiran’, in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh. The 15th India-Nepal military training exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ will continue till October 3. A traditional opening ceremony was organised to mark the commencement of the exercise in which both contingents marched in harmony to the Indian and […]
Indian Army inducted the first ever batch of 83 women soldiers into the Corps of Military Police Centre and School (CMP C&S) at the Dronacharya Parade Ground in Bengaluru. With a surge in cases during the COVID-19 second wave, the attestation parade was a low-key affair. The army is the only one to induct women […]