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PM Narendra Modi, PM of Japan Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian PM Anthony Albanese at the Quad Leaders’ Summit, Tokyo, May 24, 2022

Quad to spend over $50billion on infrastructure in Indo-Pacific in 5 years

The Quad summit being held in Tokyo, on 24 May, decided to extend over $ 50 billion of infrastructure assistance and investment in the...
155mm artillery shells

Ordnance undertaking idle as negligible orders for artillery shells in four years

Recently Dhanush — the indigenous artillery gun on the lines of Bofors howitzers — cleared the final hurdle. Even as advanced versions are also...
Submarine launched Blackwing UAV

DRDO issues RFP for Underwater launched Loitering Munition and Submarine launched UAV

India's Ministry of Defense has issued an Expression of Interest(EOI) to Indian Industrial Partners under the Technology Development Fund Scheme for the development of...
The IAF operates three variants of the Mi-17 class, including the latest Mi-17 V5, Mi-17 1V and older versions

IAF reduces private industry role in Mi-17 overhaul programme

Redefining its requirements for outsourcing the repair and overhaul of its Russian-origin Mi-17 class helicopters to the private industry, the Indian Air Force will...
Indian Navy's hospital ship Patanjali

Indian Navy issued RFI for the construction of a National Hospital Ship

The Ministry of Defence, Government of India, issued a Request for Information to buy one National Hospital Ship for the Indian Navy from registered...
Indian Army's Wargaming Centre will asssits in developered AI-powered wargames with Rashtriya Raksha University

Army signs contract for developing AI-powered wargame centre

The Army Training Command on May 13 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gandhinagar-based Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to develop a ‘Wargame Research...
India has the third strongest air force in 2022

India beats China to become the world’s third strongest air force in the Global...

The World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) has ranked the Indian Air Force (IAF) third in the Global Air Powers Ranking for 2022...
DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conducted maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile from a Seaking helicopter on 18 May

Navy, DRDO successfully hold maiden test of anti-ship missile

Giving a boost to self-reliance in niche missile technology, the Indian Navy in association with the Defence Research and Development (DRDO), on 18 May,...
Multi-role Fighter Aircraft

Air Chief: 8 OEMs have responded to RFI of 114 MRFA jets

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, in an interview to a website, has said that the Air Force in...
North Agalega Island in the south-west Indian Ocean

Satellite imagery shows “Indian Military Base” in Agalega, Mauritius

India is building military infrastructure on Mauritius’ Agalega Island to increase its presence in the western Indian Ocean. Over the last few years, a...

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