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DRDO Establishes COVID-19 Testing Facility at DIHAR, Leh

Admin - July 24, 2020

Leh. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established a facility at Leh-based laboratory Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) to enhance the rate of Covid-19 testing to identify the pandemic cases...

Government Grants Permanent Commission to Women Officers in Indian Army

Admin - July 24, 2020

New Delhi. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued the formal Government Sanction Letter for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers in the Indian Army paving the way for empowering Women Officers to...

CENTCOM: F-15 Flies Near Iranian Airliner over Syria; Iran Objects

Admin - July 24, 2020

Washington: An American F-15 fighter jet flew about 1,000 metres from an Iranian passenger airliner over Syria while conducting what it called a “standard visual inspection” of the aircraft, officials from US Central Command...

Air Force Commanders’ Conference: IAF Reviews Preparedness, Deliberates on Roadmap for Next Decade

Admin - July 24, 2020

New Delhi: With the continuing tension along the Sino-Indian border on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the three-day Air Force Commanders' Conference (ACC) which concluded on July 24 had a series of discussions...

EDGE to Acquire Lockheed Martin Shares in Middle East’s Leading MRO Provider AMMROC

Admin - July 24, 2020

Abu Dhabi-UAE. EDGE, the Abu Dhabi based advanced technology group for defence and beyond, today announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the remaining 40 per cent stake currently held by...

NATO Airlift Management Program Expands C-17 Training Capability with Boeing Services Contract

Admin - July 23, 2020

LONG BEACH, California. Boeing will provide aircrew training support for the Strategic Airlift Capability’s multinational fleet of C-17 aircraft under a new US Air Force Foreign Military Sale contract for a C-17 Weapon System...

US, UK Launch Military-space Competition for Startups

Admin - July 23, 2020

London: UK and US governments have turned to startups and inventors in a competition to adapt commercial technology solutions to answer pressing challenges in the military space sector. The two countries have jointly put up...

INDOPACOM Head Wants Aegis Ashore in Guam by 2026

Admin - July 23, 2020

Washington: The head of US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) hopes to have an active Aegis Ashore system in Guam by 2026 as part of a concept he calls “Homeland Defense System Guam.” Adm. Phil Davidson told...

ManTech Wins IT Contract to Support US Navy Ship Maintenance

Admin - July 23, 2020

Washington: US Defense contracting firm ManTech has won a $87 million contract for IT work on US Naval Sea Systems Command’s ship maintenance mission, the company announced on July 22. Under the five-year contract, ManTech...

Lawmakers Pressure Lockheed Martin to Pay Back Pentagon for F-35 Parts Problems

Admin - July 23, 2020

Washington: Lockheed Martin’s F-35 programme head refused to commit to fully compensating the US Defense Department for delivering parts not ready to be installed on the jet, which may have resulted in more than...

China Remains in Ladakh Despite Pull out Promise: Report

Admin - July 23, 2020

New Delhi: People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China does not appear to be in a mood to de-escalate the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as it has continued deployment of around...

Indian Navy’s Largest Solar Power Plant Commissioned

Admin - July 23, 2020

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command commissioned Indian Navy’s largest three MW Solar Power Plant at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala on July 22, via virtual conferencing in...

Navantia Australia Completes LHD Design Upgrade

Admin - July 23, 2020

A consortium of Navy, CASG, Naval Ship Management, Owen International, AGI and Navantia Australia collaboratively worked through an engineering change to install the new Advanced SGSI system in a very tight timeline, which has...