Defense

After joining the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) as Observer in March, India is looking to post Navy Liaison Officers at the Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre (RMIFC) in Madagascar and also at the European maritime surveillance initiative in the Strait of Hormuz for improved Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA).

While much has been written about the ongoing naval buildup in South East Asia as a response to China, almost nobody has focused on a similar buildup going on in South Asia as the subcontinent’s economies mature enough to build and maintain larger naval forces.

Defence Spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia told, “An Attestation Parade was held today at The Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre (LSRC), Leh to mark the entry of 127 well-trained recruits into the Ladakh Scouts Regiment as young soldiers.” The young soldiers, hailing from all regions of Ladakh, took oath in unison to serve the nation, added Colonel Kalia.

Anmol Narang has made history by becoming the first observant Sikh to graduate from the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point, and the Second Lieutenant is hopeful that her efforts to represent her religion and community will encourage Americans to learn more about Sikhism. US President Donald Trump on Saturday addressed the 1,107 graduates, including 23-year-old Narang, who gathered for the academy’s annual commencement.

Philippines Navy Chief Giovanni Carlo J. Bacordo has expressed gratitude to the Indian Navy for its “invaluable assistance” for helping out one of its navy ship after a fire broke out in engine room which injured two Philippines navy personnel.

Through unique eye- and face-tracking sensor technologies, with a key focus on alertness and attention, Seeing Machines technology enables key data and metrics to understand and improve human performance. This technology is unique. It is a non-wearable, unobtrusive system that can be adapted and integrated into various real-world environments to provide new data to optimise training and operational monitoring.

On 12 June 2001, a relatively unknown missile, jointly developed by India and Russia, blasted off from its canister at the Integrated Test Range in Orissa’s Chandipur and roared majestically into a clear sky breathing out orange plume and leaving behind a cloud of smoke. It was perhaps the first time that the defence minister and all the service chiefs were present to witness the test launch of a missile.

A Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) complex was inaugurated at Visakhapatnam by Vice-Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, flag officer commanding-in -hief of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) on Wednesday. The DSRV Complex is designed to accommodate the newly-inducted Submarine Rescue System with state-of-the-art facilities to store DSRV assets in a rescue-ready state.

After becoming the first defence shipyard in the country to export a ship (to Mauritius), a Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata has been selected for the Seychelles Coast Guard. The export will take place after necessary formalities are completed by the governments of the two countries.