Defense

An intergovernmental agreement for a joint venture between Russia’s Kalashnikov Concern and Ordnance Factory Board is expected to be inked later this week. Details including costs, timeline and other issues will be specified.

The 7th edition of the Fire Power Demonstration (FPD) of the Indian Air Force will showcase all weather day-dusk-night operations on 16 Feb at Pokhran range, Rajasthan. A glimpse of the demonstration.

The USINDOPACOM expects this trajectory to continue and that 2019 will be a significant year in bilateral relations, he said and asserted that the two largest democracies of the world are natural partners on a range of political, economic and security issues.

The Indian Companies have been given two months to respond to the EoI, and the foreign OEMs have been given three months for responding due to the nature of inputs required.

As part of change in the current structure, the Indian Air Force will deploy Rafale squadrons at Haryana’s Ambala and West Bengal’s Hashimpura bases respectively.

The anti-ballistic missile developed by Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is capable of destroying enemy weapons at high altitude.

The areas identified for use of space technology are island development and security, border surveillance, communication and navigation,GIS and operation planning system and Border infrastructure Monitoring.

The Group aims to become a successful vehicle for executing offset obligations of global companies through this endeavour and to also explore other opportunities in the sector which align with its experience and expertise.

This propulsion technology will be applied in developing India’s long-range air-to-air missile systems and is a major step towards defence indigenisation.

The Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) has launched work on the prestigious Diving Support Vessels (DSV) project which was awarded to it by the Indian Navy to augment its submarine support operations.