Defense

With this technology, India joins the exclusive group of countries which have this unique capability and has put the Indian Navy in a position to not only provide rescue cover to its own submarines but also to other friendly nations in the IOR and beyond.

The air exercise will take place nearly two months after Indian and French navies carried out a naval warfare exercise in the Arabian Sea as well as in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa. The defence and security cooperation between India and France is on an upswing in the last few years.

After a brief halt, India has once again commenced testing its weapons systems. On Tuedasy, it was the BrahMos’ turn, considered to be world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile. The latest BrahMos missile test is part of ongoing user trials for its extended range of around 450 km, with the version of the missile used in the launch having an upgraded guidance system as well.

The army will extensively use the cloud network for storing and sharing operational and personnel information like deployments, movement of formations and health and service records, the Economic Times said in an article citing unidentified officials. The expansion programme will be carried out under the Rs 26,664-crore “network for spectrum” (NFS) project, according to the report.

The international expedition team comprised of nationals from the USA, UK and Australia. The Indian Air Force helicopters have flown a total of five missions and evacuated four UK nationals, including the Deputy Leader from an altitude of 4500 m.

The government’s first defence procurement under the new Strategic Partnership (SP) Model reached second base

Army has placed an order for thousands of Gypsy cars even after Maruti Suzuki has stoped making them. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. had announced in October 2018 that it was stopping production of the Gypsy in April 2019. But, due to operational and logistics compulsions, the Army has placed an order for 3,051 Gypsy vehicles.

The glacier, a 76-km river of slow moving ice, is of extreme strategic importance to India. Army officials say that as long as the glacier is under India’s control, the Pakistani army cannot link up with the Chinese and pose threat to the Ladakh region. It also acts as a wedge between the Shaksgam valley under China’s control and Baltistan, which is occupied by Pakistan.

Move follows disappearance of an AN-32 aircraft with 13 on board after taking off from Jorhat in Assam and en route to Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground in Arunachal

The Government of India on Monday reappointed Doval as NSA and upgraded his position from Minister of State (MoS) rank to a Cabinet in recognition of his contribution over the last five years in the security of the country.