Defense

Consequent to the landmark judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers in Indian Army, a Special Number 5 Selection Board for screening Women Officers for grant of PC was constituted in September 2020 and results were declared in November 2020. Further, in March 2021, the Hon’ble Supreme Court had directed to re-consider some cases of Women Officers who were not granted PC by laying down revised parameters for grant of PC.

To provide security to the people living along the Line of Control (LOC) who face the risk due to unprovoked firing by Pakistan from across the border, the Central government with the support of the Indian Army is constructing community bunkers in Machil sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will buy a total of 83 jet engines of the LCA Mk1A version from General Electric (GE). All issues pertaining to supply have been straightened out and India will soon place an order for 100 of the GE 404 engines, sources told the Economic Times.

The 101 squadron would be mainly responsible for looking after the eastern frontier with China-based in Hashimara while the 17 squadron in Ambala would be looking after the Northern borders with China in Ladakh and other areas along with Pakistan.

These aircraft have come to the Indian Navy equipped with the state of the art anti-submarine warfare (ASW) Technology.Also, has on board Telephonics APS-143. The original P-8A Poseidon in the fleet of the USN does not have this.There is OceanEye Aft Radar System; Magnetic anomaly detector. The Weapons System includes Harpoon Block-II missiles and MK-54 lightweight torpedoes.

Called the Indian Multi-Role Helicopter (IMRH), the plan is said to have been progressing as per schedule. The scale model testing has already been completed successfully and the first test flight is expected by 2025-26. The next stage where the prototypes are to be built will require a fund infusion for the estimated Rs 10,000 crore into the project.

The NMSC has been a long pending requirement since the Kargil GoM recommended it and its need was most felt during the 2008 Mumbai massacre when 10 Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) gunmen directed by ISI handlers in Karachi intruded into Mumbai and created mayhem with the maritime security agencies like Navy, Coast Guard and Mumbai Port all at sea figuratively.

India on Monday successfully test-fired the updated version of supersonic cruise missile ‘BrahMos’ from Chandipur’s ITR 5 launchpad.The supersonic cruise missile is capable of hitting targets at more than 400-km range.