Defense

This is the first time that women officers serving with the Corps of Signals, Corps of Electronic and Mechanical Engineers (EME) and the Corps of Engineers have been approved to the rank of Colonel. Previously, promotion to the rank of Colonel was only applicable for women officers in the Army Medical Corps (AMC), Judge Advocate General (JAG) and the Army Education Corps (AEC).

“In Army 2021, we are participating to showcase our export products some of them are LCA Tejas, Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C), 8x-gun which has the longest range around 48 kilometers, Arjun Tank mark 1A, Helina and Nag, Survellience Radar Rohini and Fire control radar. We are also displaying the Akash missile also. Carbine JVPC is also on display,” said Dr NK Arya, Director, Directorate of Public Interface (DPI) at DRDO.

As part of a funded-project by the Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), researchers at BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad along with those from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, studied ‘underwater characterisation and monitoring of silicon solar cells in diverse water settings’.

Two ships of the Indian Navy, namely INS Ranvijay (Guided Missile Destroyer, D55) and INS Kora (Guided Missile Corvette, P61), on deployment to the Western Pacific, carried out a Maritime Partnership Exercise with BRP Antonio Luna (Frigate, FF 151) of the Philippine Navy on 23 Aug 21 in the West Philippine Sea.

There is no official announcement on the deal yet. The people said the rifles are being procured under the emergency financial powers granted to the three services to make urgent purchases.

Israel’s RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. a provider of advanced software-defined tactical radars for the maneuver force, and India’s Alpha Design Technologies Pvt. Ltd., (ADTL), a 1,200+ people-strong, professional R&D and production organization have executed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture to market, manufacture, sell and support RADA’s radars in India.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a public sector aircraft company, will be bidding to sell 18 LCA Mk1 A fighter aircrafts to the Royal Malaysian Air Force in the light of Malaysian authorities showing interest in the indigenous fighter planes, HAL chairman R Madhavan said Wednesday.

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) against hostile radar threats. Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, a DRDO laboratory developed the advanced Chaff material and chaff cartridge-118/I in collaboration with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), a Pune based laboratory of DRDO, meeting qualitative requirements of IAF. The Indian Air Force has started the process of induction of this technology after completion of successful user trials.

The project was launched in the presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here at the UN headquarters.
Jaishankar arrived in New York on Monday as the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, the second time in just over 10 days that the powerful UN body met under India’s Presidency for the month of August to discuss the rapidly deteriorating and unravelling situation in the war-torn country.

The sea phase included surface warfare exercises, weapon firing drills and helicopter operations. Regular interactions between the two navies over the years have enhanced their interoperability and adaptability. This has ensured a quantum jump in the complexity and scale of professional exchanges. This visit also holds special importance as Indian Naval ships celebrated the country’s 75th Independence Day in Vietnam.