San Diego: Indian Navy Vice Chief Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar met with U.S. 3rd Fleet commander Vice Admiral Steve Koehler during a visit to San Diego on June 28.The purpose of the meeting, held at the invitation of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, focu...
New Delhi: The defence ministry has implemented SPARSH [System for Pension Administration (Raksha)], an integrated system for automation of sanction and disbursement of defence pension.This web-based system processes pension claims and credits pensio...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today held an online interaction with Minister of National Defence of Vietnam Lt Gen Phan Van Giang.During the interaction, both Ministers reviewed the progress on the current initiatives and expressed commit...
New Delhi: Indian Navy and Indian Air Force are participating in the integrated operational exercise with the US Navy Carrier Strike Group Ronald Reagan in the Indian Ocean Region, off Thiruvananthapuram. The exercise which began on June 23, will con...
New Delhi: For the first time, Indian Army has selected it two women officers to train them as helicopter pilots at Combat Army Aviation Training School at Nashik in Maharashtra.This development comes months after army chief General Manoj Mukund Nara...
File picNew Delhi: Indian and Thailand navies on Wednesday began their 31st edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT). The exercise is aimed at keeping the Indian Ocean safe and secure for international trade.Being held at their...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has invited Swedish firms to invest in the dedicated defence corridors of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.During a webinar on on India-Sweden Defence Industry Cooperation, Singh said that the Swedish companies c...
Visakhapatnam: Three indigenously built advanced light helicopters (ALH) MK III were inducted into the Indian Navy on Monday.The induction ceremony of 322 Dega Flight was held in the presence of Vice-Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Comman...
New Delhi: Despite logistics and manpower issues caused by the second wave of pandemic, shipments of engineering goods remained robust in the month of May, 2021.“Like previous two months, exports of engineering goods saw a substantial year-on-y...
Tel Aviv: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently signed a $200 USD million contract to provide unmanned aerial systems (UAS) services to India, relating to IAI’s Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).This is the fourth major UAS transaction t...