In a major boost to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Fuel Cell-based Air Independent Propulsion (AIP)  system of DRDO’s Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) will soon be fitted onboard INS  Kalvari. An agreement was signed between senior officials of NMRL and Naval Group France in  Mumbai on January …

INS Vagir, the fifth P75 Kalvari-class submarines, was  commissioned within the Indian Navy in presence of the Chief of Naval Staff,  Admiral R Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and several other senior  dignitaries. The event was also attended by Naval Group’s Executive Vice  President for …

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted a one-week Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) operations & Search and Rescue (SAR) course in Mumbai between January 16-21, 2023. The course was conducted under the aegis of Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) for officers and …

The first ever joint exercise between the special forces of the Indian Army and the Egyptian Army named “Exercise Cyclone-I” is in progress at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan since 14 January 2023. The exercise aims to bolster defence co-operation between the two nations and focus on sharing professional …

Indian Navy is set to commission the fifth Kalvari class submarine Vagir on 23 Jan 2023, Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff will be the Chief Guest for the ceremony. These submarines are being built in India by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, under collaboration with M/s …

Creating 1,200 UK shipyard jobs, hundreds of graduate and apprentice opportunities and an expected 800 further jobs across the UK supply chain, the team comprising BMT, Harland & Wolff and Navantia UK, will deliver three Fleet Solid Support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Set to …

Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business, today officially opened the doors to its new India Engineering Center (IEC) in Bengaluru. The facility is co-located with Pratt & Whitney’s India Capabilities Center (ICC), which opened in 2022 to provide integrated global supply chain …

The wait for the locally-made AK-203 is over. The production of the gun has begun in the Korwa plant of the Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited(IRRPL), a joint venture between Russia and India.  "Russia and India are linked by strong partnership relations. Military-technical cooperation between the …

On 29 December 2022, the French defense procurement agency (DGA) awarded Nexter an order for 50 renovated Leclerc tanks (XLR); Industrial qualification tests are continuing in close collaboration with the DGA and the French army; A first prototype tank was delivered to the DGA at the end of 2022, …

On December 15, the French and Lithuanian Defense ministers signed a technical arrangement for cooperation in the artillery field, including an order for 18 CAESAR 6X6 MkII for the Lithuanian Armed Forces; The Czech Republic ordered 10 CAESAR 8X8 to complete the 52 systems ordered in 2021; These …