Defence Preparedness

DAC Green Lights Proposal To Buy 307 Made-In-India ATAGS Artillery Guns After Years of Firing Trials By Army

Advanced Towed Artillery Gun SystemThe Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), led by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, has granted the initial nod, or the Acceptance of Necessity, to the Indian Army’s proposal to buy the indigenously designed and developed Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS).Following extensive trial firings over several years, the Army had submitted a proposal to the Defence

March 17, 2023
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Indian Navy, Royal Saudi Navy Prepare For India-Saudi Arabia Naval Exercise ‘Al-Mohed-Al Hindi-23’

Indian Navy Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces on Thursday met in Mumbai and gave final touches to preparations for India-Saudi Arabia Naval Exercise ‘Al-Mohed-Al Hindi-23’ planned for May 2023 in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail.The exercise will be the second such Naval Exercise. The first was in August 2021."A team from Royal Saudi Naval Forces met with the Indian side in Mumbai, giving final touches to

March 17, 2023
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Navy To Approach Govt For Three AIP-Equipped Attack Submarines

In the backdrop of the expansion of the Chinese Navy and its belligerence in the Indo-Pacific, India is looking to upgrade its submarine deterrence in synergy with its QUAD partnersThe Indian Navy is expected to approach Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) for acceptance of the necessity for three air independent propulsion (AIP) equipped diesel attack submarines to be built at Mazagon Dock

March 15, 2023
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Amid Border Standoff, China Buys Fresh Lot of Weapons Used In Galwan Clash

These spiked weapons have become a common feature at the LAC between India and ChinaChinese Army has purchased ‘combined maces’ that belong to the category of ‘cold weapons’, which were used in the Galwan clash that claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers in 2020. The purchases come at a time when the two countries are locked in a border stand-off. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has

March 14, 2023
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India’s Expenditure On Defence Imports Down Due To Indigenous Projects

Many significant projects including 155mm Artillery Gun system ‘Dhanush’, Light Combat Aircraft ‘TEJAS’, Surface to Air Missile system ‘Akash’, Main Battle Tank ‘Arjun’, T-90 Tank, T-72 Tank, Armoured Personnel Carrier ‘BMP-II/IIK’, Su-30 MK1, Cheetah Helicopter, Advanced Light Helicopter, Dornier Do-228, High Mobility Trucks, INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Chennai, Anti-Submarine Warfare

March 14, 2023
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AK-203 Rifles In Manufacturing, Testing Stage: Govt On Korwa Plant

Indian soldiers to get new AK-203 assault riflesArmy soldiers will now finally get modern assault rifles in bulk. The long-pending project to manufacture over six lakh AK-203 Kalashnikov rifles at the Korwa ordnance factory in Amethi district of UP has kicked off.Kalashnikov AK-203 rifles for Indian armed forces are currently under manufacturing and testing stage at an Indo-Russian joint venture

March 13, 2023
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Government Sets Target of Achieving Defence Manufacturing Worth Rs 1.75 Lakh Crore By 2024-25

The Indian government has set a target of achieving defence manufacturing worth Rs 1,75,000 crore, including defence exports of Rs 35,000 crore by 2024-25. Minister of state for Defence Ajay Bhatt said the value of production undertaken by private companies and state-run defence manufacturers in 2021-22 was Rs 86,078 crore while the amount was Rs 88,631 crore in 2020-21 and Rs 63,722 crore in

March 13, 2023
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Indian Government Should Consider 65,000-Ton Aircraft Carrier: Navy Veteran

Prime Minister Modi on the deck of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS VIKRANTThe Indian Navy currently operates two aircraft carriers – the Russian-built 40,000-ton INS Vikramaditya and the 44,000-ton indigenously produced INS VikrantThe government of India should "seriously" consider the navy’s request for a much larger third aircraft carrier, a veteran who served in the country’s

March 13, 2023
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Navies of India, Australia, Japan, US, France And UK To Participate In Exercise La Perouse

New Delhi: Personnel, ships and integral helicopters of the Royal Australian Navy, French Navy, Indian Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Royal Navy and the United States Navy will participate in Exercise La Perouse. The third edition of the multilateral exercise La Perouse will be conducted in the Indian Ocean Region from March 13-14.The biennial exercise La Perouse is conducted by the

March 13, 2023
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On Silver Jubilee of Indo-French Strategic Partnership, French Ships Visit Kochi

Two warships of the French Navy, amphibious helicopter carrier FS DIXMUDE, and the frigate LA FAYETTE are visiting Kochi between March 6 and 10 on the occasion of India and France celebrating the 25th anniversary of their strategic partnership.Nearly 800 sailors and soldiers, including 160 officer cadets, as well as an Army embarked tactical group (GTE) are embarked on the Landing Helicopter Dock

March 13, 2023
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