Defense

The newly commissioned ICGS Varad with a gross tonnage of 2,100 tons is 98mtrs long and has 15mtrs broad. The endurance of the vessel is 5,000 nautical miles, with a maximum speed of 26 Knots. The ship will be fitted with one CRN-91 and two 12.7 mm guns and will be capable of carrying an Integral Twin Engine Helicopter which will enhance its operational, surveillance, and search & rescue capability.

Group Captain Gurpreet Singh Cheema (50), who lost his life in the Patiala air crash on February 24, nurtured a dream of seeing his daughter getting commissioned into one of the three Services — the Indian Army, Navy or Air Force.Kunjdeep Kaur (22), an engineering graduate, did not let her father down. However, as luck would have it, she joined the Navy the day he was cremated.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s Light Combat Helicopters Production Hangar at Bengaluru. The Defence Minister also took to his official Twitter handle and informed about HAL acquiring many operational clearances for its LCA and LCH platforms.

he first ever HADR (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief) exercise between the Indian and Myanmar Air Force (MAF) culminated at Air Force station Bamrauli, on Thursday.
On the last day of exercise, participants were shown live demonstration of evacuation of stranded people from disaster struck area by Mi-17 helicopter

This largest and most advanced 105 meters long, new generation OPV was handed over by Cmde B B Nagpal, CMD, GSL to DIG Rajesh Mittal, Commanding Officer (designate) in presence of IG T P Sadanandan, PTM, TM, DDG (M&M), Indian Coast Guard and DIG Atul Parlikar, TM CGRPS (Goa) in a simple ceremony held at GSL on 24th Feb 2020. Shri T N Sudhakar, Director(Finance), Shri. S. J. Kamat, Director (Operations), Capt Jagmohan, Director (CPP&BD) and other senior officials of Indian Coast Guard and GSL were also present on the occasion.

The RAF team comprises of 36 specialised combatants of the RAF Regiment while the IAF will comprise of 42 combatants of the Garud Commando Force, the special forces unit of the Indian Air Force. Both teams will execute missions based on jointly worked out plans and scenarios. Both sides will also exercise specialised weapons, equipment, and vehicles, and validate joint employability.

Speaking to DH, project scientists from HAL Nashik, where the “proof of concept” prototype was made, said that the project had begun in November 2019 to show how the existing analogue cockpit of the Russian-made fighter aircraft could be upgraded.

The memorial is a fitting tribute to those heroes who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty during various wars and internal security challenges since Independence. The monument was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25th February last year. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Modi had said, the memorial was built in the memory of those who had laid down their lives for the country.