Yet Another DHRUV Chopper Accident Calls For Independent & Comprehensive Review Say Experts

Over the last two decades 18 to 22 incidents involving the ALH Dhruv have been reported. Experts say the malaise in the ALH fleet could be related to design & engineering issuesNew Delhi: The ditching of the Navy’s Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv off the coast of Mumbai due to sudden loss of power earlier this month has put the spotlight back on the performance and safety of the indigenous

March 20, 2023
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India Making HUGE SPRINTS Forward In Baval Defence

A Guided Missile Corvette of Indian NavyThe Naval Indigenisation and Innovation Organisation (NIIO) has proposed a collaborative method to accelerate the development of disruptive, indigenous defence technologyby Joseph P ChackoAmong the three branches of the Indian armed forces, the Indian Navy has consistently been at the vanguard of technological and innovative changes. During the country’s

March 20, 2023
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Navy Issues RfI For Procurement of Technical Support Craft

A Combat Support Craft developed BAE Systems of the UKThe Indian Navy under Ministry of Defence, is planning to procure one Technical Support Craft (TSC) from registered Indian Shipyards. With a view to identify probable shipyards who can undertake the construction of  TSC, the Shipyards are requested in a MoD notification to forward information as sought in the RFI. The aim of seeking this RFI

March 20, 2023
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Russia Likely To Continue Supporting India’s Nuclear Sub Program: Navy Veteran

With a fleet of nearly 200 ships, including two aircraft carriers, over 15 submarines, and around 300 aircraft, the Indian Navy is a formidable force in South AsiaRussia has supported India’s nuclear submarine program since its inception in the 1960s and it will continue to do so, according to an Indian Navy veteran.Commodore Anil Jai Singh, who spent three decades (1981-2011) in India’s

March 18, 2023
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Indian Conventional And Strategic Arms Build-Up: Implications For Pakistan: Pak Media

India’s indigenously made and largest vessel Hi-Tech INS Vikrant aircraft carrierSouth Asia’s regional dynamic is both flamboyant and intricate. Various empires have formed, prospered, and perished over the millennia, as innumerable conflicts and struggles for control of resources spread over the globe. However, 2021 was a year of fierce weapons competition between South Asia’s nuclear neighbors,

March 18, 2023
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Royal Navy Warship HMS Tamar Arrives In Chennai

CHENNAI: Royal Navy warship HMS Tamar arrived in Chennai on Friday on a 13-day visit.Commander Teilo Elliot Smith, commanding officer HMS Tamar, along with captain Ian Lynn, naval advisor at the British high commission, Delhi, called on Rear Admiral S Venkat Raman, flag officer commanding Tamil Nadu and Puducherry naval area, at the headquarters in Chennai and discussed matters of mutual interest

March 18, 2023
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22 Yrs After Introducing Tri-Service Commands; MoD Seeks Law To Give Commanders Disciplinary Powers

Army, IAF, and Navy participating in the Biennial Tri-Services Amphibious Exercise -AMPHEXNew Delhi: Twenty-two years after India created its first tri-service command, the defence ministry Wednesday tabled a bill in Parliament that will enable all existing tri-service and future theatre commanders to exercise disciplinary powers over personnel under them.At present, personnel of the Air Force,

March 18, 2023
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