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US House Lawmakers Advance $832 Billion Defence Appropriations Plan for Fiscal 2026

RA News Desk - July 20, 2025

Washington: House lawmakers advanced their $832 billion defence appropriations plan for fiscal 2026 despite strong objections from Democrats over missing budgetary details and social issue fights. The bill’s passage — by a 221-209 margin, with...

US Navy’s Next-Gen Destroyers to Pack More Missiles, Directed-Energy Weapons

RA News Desk - July 20, 2025

Washington: The US Navy is planning for its next-generation destroyer, currently known as the DDG(X), to feature directed-energy weapons and more capacity to carry and launch missiles. According to a report this month from the...

US Plans to Build Fast Boat Facility Near South China Sea

RA News Desk - July 20, 2025

Washington: In a seeming bid to counter increasingly aggressive Chinese activities in the South China Sea, the US plans to finance and construct a fast boat facility on the western coast of Palawan in...

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

RA News Desk - July 19, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 19, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 19, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 19, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 19, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 19, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 18, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 18, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 18, 2025

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

RA News Desk - July 18, 2025

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...