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India -France Strategic Partnership Advances, MoD Recommends Safran as Preferred Partner for Fighter Jet Engine Development

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has recommended France's Safran as the preferred partner for India's ambitious ₹61,000 crore fighter jet engine development program. This landmark decision represents a pivotal moment in India's defence...

AK-203 ‘Sher’ Assault Rifle: Fires 700 Round Per Minute, Engages Targets Up to 800 Metres

New Delhi: The AK-203 'Sher' assault rifle, produced in a joint Indo-Russian venture in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, represents a significant technological leap for the Indian armed forces. Manufactured by the Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited...

Massive Boost to Firepower: India Successfully Test Fires Prithvi-II, Agni-I and Agni Prime

New Delhi: In a major boost to the country’s strategic firepower, India successfully test fired three major missiles within a span of 24 hours – Prithvi-II, Agni-I and Akash Prime with the last named...

US Air Force’s NGAP Programme Facing Two-Year Delay

Washington:  The US Air Force’s next-gen engine prototype effort is facing a two-year delay and will not complete before fiscal 2030, the service confirmed. Under the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) programme, engine makers GE...

NATO Unveils Eastern Flank Defence Plan

Wiesbaden: The US Army and its NATO allies are embarking on the execution of a new “Eastern Flank Deterrence Line” plan that aims to enhance ground-based capabilities and drive military-industrial interoperability across the alliance,...

Indigenous Diving Support Vessel ‘INS Nistar’ Commissioned into the Indian Navy

New Delhi: INS Nistar, the first indigenously designed and constructed Diving Support Vessel, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Minister of State - Defence Sanjay Seth in Visakhapatnam on July...

Modernisation of the Royal Thai Navy’s Do228 Fleet: Third Aircraft Successfully Delivered

OBERPFAFFENHOFEN. The modernisation of the Royal Thai Navy's (RTN) Do228 fleet has successfully reached the next milestone as General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) delivered the third modernised aircraft to the RTN in U-Tapao, Thailand....

EDGE Signs Agreements with Hungary’s 4iG SDT to Localise Defence Solutions for European and African Markets

Abu Dhabi, UAE: EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, and 4iG Space and Defence Technologies (SDT), one of the leading telecommunications, IT, and space and defence industrial groups in Hungary...

Bilateral Cooperation: Kuwait and India Sign MoU to Boost Civil Aviation 

New Delhi: Kuwait and India have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance bilateral cooperation in the field of civil aviation. The talks focused on strengthening air transport ties between the two countries,...

DRDO to Develop Indigenous AWACS, Receives Approval

New Delhi: The centre has officially sanctioned a major ₹20,000 crore project for the development of indigenous Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS), marking a significant advancement for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and...

First Set of Tejas MK-1A Wing Assemblies from Larsen & Toubro Received by HAL

New Delhi: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) achieved a landmark in India's indigenous defence manufacturing by receiving the first wing assemblies for the Tejas MK-1A from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at L&T's Precision Manufacturing &...

IIT Kanpur’s C3iHub Launches Cybersecurity Startup Incubation Program Cohort VII with Rs 30 Lakh Funding Opportunity

Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur’s C3iHub has launched applications for the seventh cohort of its flagship Cybersecurity Startup Incubation Program. The program is being launched in collaboration with the institute’s Technology Business...

RRP Defence Ltd’s Dedicated Entity Vimananu Ltd Partners Franco-American CYGR to Manufacture Advanced Drones in India

Navi Mumbai. In a significant stride toward strengthening India’s self-reliance in aerospace and defence technology, RRP Defence Ltd (RRP Group, India), through its dedicated entity "Vimananu Ltd", and CYGR (Franco-American) have announced a strategic collaboration to set up a...
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