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Rear Admiral Krishna D Swaminathan Takes Charge as Western Fleet Commander

  New Delhi: Rear Admiral Krishna D Swaminathan took charge on February 14 as the Fleet Commander of the Western Fleet known as the ‘Sword Arm’ of the Indian Navy. The change of command was...

HAL Signs First MoU with IAI, Dynamatic at DefExpo 2020

  Lucknow: Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Dynamatic Technologies Limited (DTL) inked the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for marketing, manufacturing and selling of IAI’s Unmanned...

Is India prepared to meet threats on two fronts?

If one were to go by the picture given by a Parliamentary Committee headed by veteran BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi on ‘Preparedness of Armed Forces – Defence Production and Procurement,’ it is...

General Bipin Rawat Assumes Charge of India’s First Chief of Defence Staff

  New Delhi: General Bipin Rawat on January 1 assumed office of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and he would be the Principal Military Advisor to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on all Tri-Services...

General MM Naravane Takes Charge as 28th Army Chief

  New Delhi: General Manoj Mukund Naravane on December 31 took over as the 28th Chief of Army Staff helming the 1.3 million-strong force at a time India faces evolving security challenges such as cross-border...

Outgoing Army Chief General Bipin Rawat Named India’s First CDS

  New Delhi: Outgoing Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has been named the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). He will be a four star General with assuming the power of the CDS. He will...

Air Marshal D Choudhury is New Commandant of National Defence College

New Delhi: Air Marshal D Choudhury on December 16 took charge as Commandant of National Defence College from Vice Admiral Srikant in New Delhi. Prior to this appointment, he was senior Air Staff Officer...

Ready for Balakot-like Airstrike says new Air Chief

  New Delhi. RKS Bhadauria who took over as the 26th Chief of Air Staff September 30 from BS Dhanoa said IAF is prepared for any threat from Pakistan and is prepared to conduct Balakot-like...

Defence Technology – An Indian Conundrum

The US has a new command called the Army Futures Command which aims to modernise the Army. It had six priorities- long range precision fire, next generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift platforms, a...

IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa Receives Baton of Chairman COSC

  New Delhi. Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa received the baton of Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) from outgoing Chairman COSC and Chief of the Naval Staff...

Admiral Sunil Lanba, the 23rd Chief of the Naval Staff, Superannuates

  New Delhi. Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, the 23rd Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), relinquished command of the Indian Navy on completion of his tenure and retirement from service on May 31...

Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria Takes Over as VCAS

New Delhi. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria took over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) on May 1. The Air Marshal is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned...

Air Marshal SK Ghotia Takes Over as AOC-in-C Training Command

  New Delhi. Air Marshal SK Ghotia VSM took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of Training Command on May 1. Air Marshal is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, and was commissioned in the...
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