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NEW DELHI. Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Saurabh Kumar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Union of Myanmar. A 1989 batch officer Kumar is Indian Ambassador to...

  SEOUL. The Seoul Peace Prize Committee has decided to confer the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in recognition of his dedication to improving international cooperation, raising global economic growth, accelerating...

NEW DELHI. The Indian Navy has inducted a Submarine Rescue System with a Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) along with associated equipment. This System has a Side Scan Sonar for locating the position of the...

  BREMEN. Airbus will deliver the first European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft from its aerospace site in Bremen, Germany on November 5, 2018. An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM to...

  CHENNAI. Continuing with its remarkably reliable performance, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched the fourth Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) on November 2 ahead of schedule for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The vessel was launched at...

  NEW DELHI. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has appreciated the Indian Navy’s efforts in the area of indigenisation, self-reliance and support to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government. Sitharaman was speaking at the second...

  ZURICH. Chosen by Airbus Defence and Space, RUAG Space will be in charge of the development of the structure and thermal subsystem of the ESPRIT module – the European System Providing Refuelling, Infrastructure and...

SAAB HAS received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) regarding technical support of Gripen C/D. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 136 million and delivery will take place during 2019. The...

BUCHAREST, Romania. The Romanian government has signed an agreement with the US Army and transferred funding to the US government for the purchase of three additional Raytheon Patriot® Air and Missile Defense Systems from...

TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts. The US Army awarded Raytheon Company a $191 million contract for Ku-band radio frequency radars. KuRFS, an advanced electronically scanned array system, fills an immediate US Army operational need for a counter-unmanned...

New Delhi. The Fourth Round of India-Australia Maritime Dialogue was held in Canberra on November 2. Indian delegation was led by Indra Mani Pandey, Additional Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs), Ministry of External...

  New Delhi. Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Sanjay Kumar Verma has been appointed Indian Ambassador to Japan. A 1988 batch officer Verma is presently Additional Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Headquarters...

  New Delhi. Lt Gen PS Rajeshwar took over as the 12th Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman, COSC in New Delhi on November 1. Prior to assuming the appointment as Chief of Integrated...