Defense

Last fiscal, exports were about Rs. 10,700 crore and in 2019-20, the Centre set a target of Rs. 20,000 crore. In the first quarter of the current fiscal, exports worth Rs. 5,600 crore had already been recorded,” he said. Exports were just worth Rs. 1,500 crore in 2016-17 and Rs. 4,500 crore 2017-18, he said.

The government said in a press release that 20th anniversary of victory in Operation Vijay is being celebrated with the theme ‘Remember, Rejoice and Renew’. The ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ celebrations will be celebrated from July 25-27 and will be organized at Drass and New Delhi.

There are celebrations that take place at the local level. Celebrations were going on our side by our Tibetans in the Demchok sector. Based on that, some Chinese also came to see what was happening. But there has been no intrusion. Everything is normal,” the Army chief said

Exide is among the very few specialised firms that can make high-end batteries for a wide range of submarines such as the Russian Kilo, 636, Romeo and Foxtrot class, German 209 class, French Scorpene class and indigenous nuclear submarines.

The drones would enable units on the border to carry out a 24-hour watch against threats, Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat said in New Delhi on Saturday. He didn’t provide details. The government plans to spend $250 billion over 10 years until 2025 on military modernization to meet challenges from Pakistan and China.

The public sector Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) on Friday delivered the fourth of a series of six 10-tonne bollard pull tugs being constructed for the Indian Navy. The tug, vessel No 187 constructed and delivered by the HSL, named Avtar, has a speed of 12 knots, according to a press release issued by the company.

The five-metre-long, 50-centimetre-thick, and 1.5 ton Brahmos-NG is half the dimensions of the Brahmos missiles currently in service today with the Indian Air Force (IAF), Army, and the Navy.The Brahmos-NG’s significant weight and size reductions mean that it can be carried by many more platforms including the conventional submarines and the fighter aircraft.

As per the case registered by NIA on July 9, the accused hailing from Chennai and Nagapattinam, and others “while being within and beyond India, had conspired and conducted consequent preparations to wage war against the Government of India by forming the terrorist gang Ansarulla

TAL Shyena is India’s first domestically produced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo, and it was developed by DRDO’s Naval Science and Technological Laboratory. BDL manufacturers the the torpedoes at its facility in Visakhapatnam.
The torpedoes were manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), which is a public sector enterprise. Larsen & Toubro was behind the integration of the torpedoes with launcher systems.

Roman military expert Vegetius in his military treatise De re military gave a phrase “Si vis pacem, para bellum”. Translated from Latin to English, this phrase reads: “If you want peace, prepare for war”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme ‘Make in India’ can receive a big boost if private players along with the Defence PSUs work together to secure the country’s interests.