Appointments

Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty Takes Over as Commander of the Western Fleet, ‘Sword Arm’ of Indian Navy

Mumbai. The ‘Sword Arm’ of Indian Navy, the Western Fleet, underwent a change of guard on November 15, 2022. A ceremonial naval parade was held at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, and the baton of the...

Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh Takes Charge of Army Southern Command in Pune

New Delhi: Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh November 1 assumed charge of the Pune-headquartered Southern Command of the Indian Army. The senior infantry officer is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and Indian...

Bhanu Prakash Srivastava Takes Additional Charge as CMD, BEL

  BENGALURU. Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, who is Director (Other Units) of BEL since April 20, 2022, assumed Additional Charge as Chairman & Managing Director and Director (Marketing) on November 1, 2022. He was serving as General...

Giridhar Aramane Takes Charge as New Defence Secretary

New Delhi. Giridhar Aramane, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, assumed the office of Defence Secretary on November 1, 2022. Before taking charge, Aramane laid a wreath at National...

Sanjeev Kishore Takes Over as New Director General Ordnance (C&S)

 New Delhi: Sanjeev Kishore, a 1985 batch officer of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS), has taken over as the Director General Ordnance (C&S) with effect from October 1, 2022 upon the superannuation of...

Lt Gen Anil Chauhan Appointed New Chief of Defence Staff

  New Delhi. It has been less than ten months long wait for the country to get its next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) since the tragic death of its first CDS General Bipin Rawat...

Manoj Jain Takes Charge as Director (R&D) of BEL

  Bengaluru. Manoj Jain took charge as the Director (R&D) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on September 26, 2022. He was General Manager of the Electronic Warfare & Avionics SBU at BEL's...

Lockheed Martin Announces New Leader For Greenville, SC Site

GREENVILLE, S.C., Lockheed Martin has announced that Danya Trent, vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ F-16 Programs, will now also serve as site lead of the company’s Greenville, South Carolina facility. In this role,...

Dinesh Kumar Batra Takes Charge as CMD of BEL

  Bengaluru. Dinesh Kumar Batra, Director (Finance) & CFO, has taken additional charge as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) with effect from September 1, 2022. As Director (Finance)...

Lockheed Martin Names Tim Cahill as Missiles and Fire Control’s Executive Vice President

BETHESDA, Md., Lockheed Martin announced today that Tim Cahill will be the new executive vice president of the company's Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) business area. The appointment is effective November. 1. Cahill is currently senior vice president...

Government Appoints Samir V. Kamat as New DRDO Chief

New Delhi: The government has appointed Samir V. Kamat as the new chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The Appointments Committee of the cabinet on August 25, 2022 appointed Dr Samir V....

Boeing Names Brian Besanceney as New Communications Chief

ARLINGTON, Va., The Boeing Company today named Brian Besanceney as the company's senior vice president and chief communications officer effective September 6, 2022. A corporate affairs leader with more than 25 years of strategic communications and...

HAL Gets New Chief Executive Officer M K Mishra

  Bengaluru: Mihir Kanti Mishra took over as Chief Executive Officer of India’s leading defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Bangalore Complex.  Prior to this, he was heading Aerospace Division as General Manager. Mishra joined HAL...
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