Ministry of Defence (MoD) Archives - Page 6 of 16

Aatmanirbharta: Beyond Rhetoric

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - August 14, 2023

Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2020 with a Rs 2,000,000 crore (US$ 262 billion) package (10 percent of India’s GDP), the Aatmanirbhar Bharat campaign aims to foster self-reliance across various sectors....

Ministry of Defence Signs Rs 2725 Crore Contract with MDL for Submarine INS Shankush’s MRLC

Admin - July 1, 2023

New Delhi: As an important step towards the development of MDL as a Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) hub for supporting the industrial ecosystem of India, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract...

IBM and Directorate General Resettlement Sign MoU to Empower Ex-Servicemen to Pursue Corporate Careers

Admin - June 29, 2023

New Delhi: IBM announced on June 29 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Directorate General Resettlement (DGR), to engage Ex-servicemen in work opportunities and facilitate their seamless integration into the...

Warships to Weapons: Heading the Aatmanirbhar Efforts GRSE Signs Contract for Ten 30mm Naval Surface Guns

Admin - May 25, 2023

Kolkata: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd., a leading warship-building company of India has been awarded the contract for supply of Ten 30 mm Naval Surface Guns by the Ministry of Defence (MoD)/Indian Navy. The...

SAS Technology’s UAS SARISA Firing Test with Thales FZ-90 Rocket (Hydra 70) Completed Successfully

Admin - April 28, 2023

Athens: SAS Technology wrote a new page in the history of the Greek and international defence industry on Tuesday (April 25,2023) as it completed successfully the aerial firing of the SARISA UCAV with a...

India – Thailand to Discuss Defence Cooperation, Explore New Initiatives During 8th Defence Dialogue in Bangkok

Admin - April 20, 2023

New Delhi: At the invitation of Government of Thailand, Special Secretary, Ministry of Defence Nivedita Shukla Verma will pay an official two-day visit to Bangkok from April 20. During the visit, the Special Secretary...

Defence Diplomacy Must Find Its Rightful Place in India’s Global Trajectory

Lt Gen A B Shivane - April 19, 2023

The 21st Century poses multiple, complex, and dynamic global security challenges that nation-states face today. The world is seeing a transition to a multi-alignment world order shaped by intensified competition for resources and markets...

Chasing a Daunting Target

Amit Cowshish - April 17, 2023

India has emerged yet again as the largest importer of arms, concurrently sliding back in exports. It exposes the vacuity of the official hype over rising levels of local manufacturing and the spurt in...

Ex-Servicemen’s Leadership: A Paragon For Governance and Development

Lt Gen Dr SK Gadeock - April 12, 2023

“We will form an army of poor, where every poor will be a soldier and we will win the war against poverty on behalf of their strength” —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India The term...

GRSE Launches the ‘Most Silent’ Ship – INS Androth, Second in a Series of Eight ASW SWCs

Admin - March 22, 2023

Kolkata: Highlighting the strategic importance of the chain of 36 islands in the Arabian Sea that are part of Indian territory, INS Androth felt water under her keel for the first time on March...

India’s Dependence on Russia Must End

G. Mohan Kumar - May 14, 2022

The Ukraine-Russia war may well be a watershed in international relations signalling the emergence of new paradigms and alignments in the world. Putin’s cold-blooded pursuit of aggression as a means of achieving political ends...

Indian Army to Procure Protected High-Mobility Vehicles for Difficult Terrains

Admin - May 13, 2022

New Delhi: Within a week, the Ministry of Defence has sent out two request for information (RfI) – one for procuring small size surveillance drones to be deployed in the Himalayas and the second...

Indian Navy to Launch Two Frontline Warships – Surat and Udaygiri Next Week

Admin - May 13, 2022

New Delhi: Indian Navy will launch two frontline warships – Surat and Udaygiri in a landmark event in the history of indigenous warship building at Mazgaon Docks Limited, Mumbai on May 17, 2022. Defence...