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Hong Kong: China responded with mocking derision when Taiwan unveiled its first Indigenous Defence Submarine (IDS), which displaces approximately 2,700 tons, at a ceremony in Kaohsiung on 28 September. Taiwan is planning to construct up to eight such submarines and, despite China’s rhetoric, they will present significant challenges to China’s military in any potential conflict.Senior Colonel Wu
London: The United Kingdom has awarded three UK companies a 4 billion pound ( USD 4.9 billion) contract to design and manufacture a nuclear-powered attack submarine as part of the country’s AUKUS programme with Australia and the United States, Al Jazeera reported.The first of the submarines will be delivered into service in the UK in the late 2030s and the first Australian ones will follow in the
The Space Force sees nuclear fission reactors as a solution to replace solar panels for operations in the darkness of deep space.
The panel’s work has been mostly classified, but was focused on linking useful unmanned tech to real operational issues.
The former commander of the US Air Force’s Kessel Run software development center argues in this op-ed that the American military must play nicer with allies in tech development and cyberspace if it’s to win there.
In May 2022, the Defence Ministry signed a contract with BDL for the supply of Astra MK-I missiles and associated equipment for the IAF and the Navy at a cost of ₹2,971 croreAstra, an indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile, being test-fired by TEJAS Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) LSP-7, in BangaloreThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has placed two contracts with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL
If the US cuts aid, Egyptian authorities may have to either attempt to assuage the human rights concerns — or look elsewhere for some or all of the $1.3 billion in annual military funding it currently receives from Washington.
The list of weapon systems and platforms includes the 180 Light Combat Aircraft TEJAS Mk-1A, 156 Light Combat Helicopters, Light Utility Choppers and many other weapon systems which are supposed to form a large chunk of the service in coming timesThe Indian Air Force is taking up some of the biggest indigenisation projects in defence sector as the force led by Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in a delegation-level meeting with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, in WashingtonExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington on Friday and held a “productive conversation” on deepening bilateral defence cooperation, including in the co-production of military hardware articles. He also met US Commerce
Astra Microwave Products Ltd informed that the company has receives orders worth an aggregate amount of Rs 96.49 crore from the India Air Force. The order includes the supply of B-Kits, testers and trainer-specific A-Kits for SDR sets of MIG-29 upgraded aircraft within 12 months from the letter of intent (LOI).Earlier, the company bagged orders worth Rs 158 crore for the supply of satellite