Army To Procure 170 Armoured Recovery Vehicles

BEML Armoured Recovery Vehicle WZT-3New Delhi: The Indian Army has begun the process of procuring 170 Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARVs) to enhance its operational capabilities. The ARVs will be procured under the framework of the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) initiatives, officials said.The Indian Army on Tuesday began the process to procure 170 Armoured Recovery

September 5, 2023
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Maritronics India To Manufacture Specialised Equipment For Defence Sector

Marine equipment and spare parts supplier Maritronics India on Monday announced its foray into specialised equipment manufacturing for the defence sector. The company, in a statement, said it is in the process of setting up its own manufacturing facility in Chennai, which is expected to start production in the next one year.This is a significant step towards reducing dependency on imports in the

September 5, 2023
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Defence Minister To Inaugurate 90 BRO Projects On September 12

Rajnath Singh will visit Samba district and inaugurate Devak bridge on Bishnah-Kaulpur-Phulpur road, he said. The bridge is a part of the 90 infrastructure projects of the BRO. The Union minister will also likely take part in the northern tech event at IIT-Jammu during his visit, he said.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on September 12 inaugurate 90 infrastructure projects of the Border Roads

September 5, 2023
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DRDO Restructuring Must Not Be Delayed

The government last week announced the formation of a nine member panel, comprising former defence personnel, academia and industry, under the chairmanship of Vijay Raghavan, former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government, to undertake a detailed assessment of the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization). This follows years of complaints on its functioning and output by all

September 5, 2023
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India Now Developing Own Defence Production Technologies: Ex-Defence Secretary

Former defence secretary Ajay Kumar on Tuesday said India is now developing its own defence production technologies independent of foreign OEMs. He said earlier domestic companies mostly relied on licensed technology transfer from foreign OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for producing certain goods."Foreign OEMs put a lot of restrictions on the production process, limiting the units

September 5, 2023
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ISRO Elevates Aditya-L1 To Earth Orbit 40,000 Km Away: What Does It Mean?

India’s space-based Sun observatory completes second orbital adjustment, preparing for journey to Lagrange 1 PointAditya-L1, India’s first space-based Sun observatory, has completed its second orbital adjustment, now revolving in an elliptical orbit measuring 282 km at its closest point and 40,225 km at its farthest around the Earth, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday.

September 5, 2023
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China Agitates Neighbours As It Maps Out Territorial Claims

Hong Kong: On August 28, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources published a “standard map” of China, which amounted to a unilateral assertion of whatever territory it wants to claim. Beijing said the new version was introduced to “eliminate problem maps”, but China has succeeded only in upsetting numerous neighbours.So far, five ASEAN countries have issued public statements denouncing China’s

September 5, 2023
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