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They will cover a wide belt around the globe and specifically focus on the Indian Ocean region where France, with its Reunion Islands, has a strategic interest. When in place, the satellite-based Automatic Identification System or AIS will detect, identify and track a range of vessels moving in the ocean region and guard against aggression, terrorism, piracy, smuggling, source of oil slicks and also be useful for rescues.
From the Indian side, ICG Shaurya and ICG Abheek ships and Chetak helicopter took part in the exercise that focused on anti-piracy, search and rescue, and fire fighting operations, a Coast Guard official said. Coast Guard ships and aircraft of the two countries took part in the exercise around five nautical miles off the city coast in the Bay of Bengal.
Sources said that during the probe, it had emerged that the officers handling air defence responsibilities at the Srinagar airbase mistook the chopper returning midway from a mission as an incoming missile towards the base. The officers have been found guilty of charges including negligence and not following correct procedures while shooting down the Mi-17 V5 chopper.
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will unveil the Tejas Mark II with a heavier stand-off weapon capacity in the 75th year of India’s independence, in 2022, and the long-awaited indigenous fighter, which will be manufactured by the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), will go into production by 2025-2026
“The Defence Minister is scheduled to induct the Apache attack choppers into the Air Force officially in Pathankot on September 3. The first batch of choppers had arrived at the Hindan air base about three weeks ago at the Hindan airbase in an Antonov cargo plane,” defence officials told ANI here.
The target set by the department for 2019-20 is nearly 12 per cent higher than the production achieved in the previous financial year. In the financial year 2018-19, the department had produced equipment worth Rs 80,502 crore. Exports had accounted for Rs 10,745 crore worth of equipment in the financial year 2018-19.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Tuesday handed over the design of Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR) to the Indian Army at a ceremony held at DRDO Bhawan in the national capital. Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO, G Satheesh Reddy handed over the design of MMR to Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Devraj Anbu.
This is the first time India will be taking part in the Tsentre exercise. Usually Russia conducts this exercise alone, but last year, it had invited China to an edition of this war exercise that saw a total of 3,00,000 troops from the two countries participating. A three-figure strong Indian military contingent is being readied for Tsentr-2019 (Center-2019) drills to be held from September 16-21, multiple military sources told.
The Rafale aircraft, which is being supplied to India, will come equipped with Meteor missile, SCALP ground attack missiles with a range of up to 300 kms. Upon receiving the aircrafts, Air Force will begin extensive trials of the combat fighter jets before actually inducting them in the service next year.
The proposals include setting up separate bodies for stringent mechanism for human rights and corruption complaints in the armed forces and also moving more than 200 officers from the Army Headquarters to field areas.
