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Speaking at the IMDEX Asia 2019 exhibition, Commodore S K Iyer, Chief General Manager for HR at BrahMos Aerospace, said the first missile export contract awaits a government to government approval.
India had plans to purchase 22 Sea Guardian drones for the navy, valued at around $2 billion. Instead, it will be around 12 such drones according to the new proposal, as the ministry wants to maximise the utilisation of the limited financial resources available to it, the source added.
Saurav Chordia, who works as a graphics designer in New Delhi, has recently designed two patches commemorating the air battle that the IAF fought with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in February this year.
The tri-services Space agency is likely to command all the space assets of the three services including the A-SAT capability, which can be used to destroy enemy space-based satellites and other assets.
Eighteen countries, including the European Union, back the announcement along with social media giants like Twitter, Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
The badge has been named ‘AMRAAM’ after an AMRAAM missile fired by the US-made Pakistani F-16 jets during a dogfight between India and Pakistan. The IAF had dodged the missiles on the morning of February 27 when around 24 fighter jets flew towards India from Pakistan.
Sources told India Today TV that a Major General rank officer from Army’s Special Forces, the Para Commandos, has been appointed to head this division which will soon start functioning.
The SSB is a prestigious institution for the state and will help in developing the economy of Diamond Harbour. Not only will the SSB require regular supplies but also generate employment, both direct and indirect.
In fact, BEL and the Central Research Laboratory (CRL) are already working on a “first responder robot” to secure Indian borders. Gowthama had said that their scientists, who have been working on the project since December 2018, have now started putting together preliminary requirements for design and implementation for the same.
The sources said the location of the air defence units deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan were reviewed by the force and it was felt that a number of them can be moved to forward locations to thwart enemy aerial strikes close to the borders itself.
