After failure to purchase in previous attempts, Indian Navy, on Thursday, sent out fresh Request for Information (RFI) for 3/4 mine counter measure vehicle (MCMV) and four Landing Platform Dock (LPD).
The Indian Navy intend to lease in service/decommissioned MCMV through Government to Government deal. On the other hand the four LPDs will be procured under Buy (Indian-IDDM)/ Buy (Indian) category of Defence Acquisition Procedure-20.
Indian Navy is participating in the sea phase of Exercise Malabar 2021 from 26 – 29 August 2021 along with the US Navy (USN), Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) visited IAF units and flight test establishments/ facilities of DRDO and HAL at Bengaluru on 23 & 24 Aug 21. On arrival, CAS was received by AVM Jeetendra Mishra VSM, Commandant Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE). He also took to sky in initial operational LCA Tejas.
The Indian Armed Forces have been undergoing rapid modernisation over the years. There has been a progressive upgradation of our weapon systems and platforms in keeping with our threat perceptions. However, due to budgetary constraints and other factors we have not been able to achieve our desired end state. At the same time our main adversaries China and Pakistan have also kept on their modernisation drives and today pose a serious threat to our sovereignty by resorting to provocation at the borders and within our hinterland.
In a major development that could turn out to be a trendsetter uplifting the scenario of the state both economically and socially, UP may soon start manufacturing the Next-Gen state of the art ‘BrahMos missile’.
To establish Uttar Pradesh as the country's largest and advanced defence manufacturing centre, the Defense Industrial Corridor of UP will further gain momentum as Domestic and foreign companies working in the defence sector have taken the initiative to invest in the first Defence Industrial Corridor of the state.
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and MBDA are establishing a facility for the Final Assembly, Integration and Test (FAIT) of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) missiles in India.
In all 19 companies allotted land to make defence equipment in Aligarh node of Defence Corridor
Thousands of people to get permanent employment in the corridor covering Lucknow, Kanpur, Chitrakoot, Jhansi, Agra and Aligarh districts
Dorf Ketal's Group Company, Trentar Pvt Ltd, announced the launching of their Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) manufacturing division and the appointment of Dhruv Arora as the CEO of the Division. Dhruv Arora is a veteran and has been part of the evolution of the UAV industry for the past 18 years. He is well known in the Global Drone Industry for his innovation, design, and technical capabilities.
