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DEFENCE - November 2018

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Dec 26, 2019

Indian Army's New Gadget for Dog Soldiers

In a bid to boost the operational capabilities of its troops, the Indian Army has developed an audio-video surveillance system integrated with a protective bulletproof jacket, which can be mounted on the Army dogs to track the enemy from a safe distance and provide information about its location and strength.
Once equipped with the gadget, the Army dogs can easily spy on the enemy location from close quarters and transmit information on the receiver from a safe distance up to one-km from the enemy location.
As per Lt Col V Kamal Raj, the army has developed a system wherein the Army dogs act as spy dogs with a camera and a transmitter fitted with the bulletproof jacket. The camera is connected to a receiver which helps in giving the location of the enemy in close operations.

Last Squadron of MiG-27 to Take Final Flight

The Indian Air Force's (IAF) lethal fighter aircraft MiG-27, which proved to be ace attacker during the 1999 Kargil war, is all set to be decommissioned after its last sortie from Jodhpur air base in December 2019.
The last sortie will be carried out by the squadron of the seven MiG-27 fighters. It will be history as no other country operates MiG-27 now.
The MiG-27 ground strike aircraft, which earned nickname of 'Bahadur' from pilots, has had an impeccable track record in its more than three decades of glorious service to the nation. It was procured in the 1980s from the then Soviet Union.

Dec 25, 2019

India Develops Air Defence Gun for Army

The development provides a big relief to the army, as most of its air defence inventory is "obsolete" and the army chief had to push an emergency button to acquire more such guns after the Pulwama attack in February this year, when the Pakistan Air Force retaliated for an Indian attack in Balakot.
India's state-funded Ordnance Board Factory (OFB) – which administers 42 armament and ammunition factories across the country – developed a high rate of fire gun to defend strategic assets in the border region. The initial firing trial has been done internally by the Ordnance Factory Board. The India-made guns will have an effective range of 4,000 metres or more against aerial targets.

Dec 24, 2019

Army Tech Seminar 'ARTECH 2019' for 'Make in India' Defence Industry Begins in Delhi

ARTECH Seminar was launched in 2016 as part of overall vision of 'Make in India' and is conducted every year as a part of events leading up to Army Day celebrations. The seminar is the flagship event of Indian Army which sets the agenda for focus areas of harvesting indigenous capabilities in the defence sector.
The ARTECH platform provides an opportunity to practitioners of military operations, policy makers in the Ministry of Defence, industry, and academia to put forth their contemporary Defence related capabilities. It is also a forum for innovators in uniform to showcase their products and offer these to industry to refine & productionise.
The 5th edition of ARTECH is organised by Indian Army on 'Technologies for Non-Contact, at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantonment.

Dec 22, 2019

UK Approved £4bn US Takeover of Defence Company Cobham

The government approved a US private equity firm's takeover of UK defence and aerospace company Cobham.
Advent International made a £4bn offer to buy Cobham in July, but it was delayed when the government intervened over national security concerns.
The government announced its approval of the deal, which the firm's founding family said was "timed to avoid scrutiny".
Cobham, which employs 10,000 people, has extensive contracts with the British military and is seen as a world leader in air-to-air refuelling technology.
The firm, based in Wimborne, Dorset, also makes electronic warfare systems and communications for military vehicles.

Army Studies Extension of Service

The Indian Army is scrutinising a proposal that seeks to employ its specialised manpower for longer periods by granting soldiers from some of its select wings a service extension of 10 to 18 years — a move that could benefit more than 400,000 jawans.
The army is in the process of identifying cadres — ranging from the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers and Army Air Defence to Army Aviation and Army Medical Corps — where soldiers can discharge their duties and responsibilities efficiently till the ages of 50, 54 and even 58 instead of retiring at 40.
The proposed service extension, backed by army Chief General Bipin Rawat, is different from another scheme being implemented by the army to increase the retirement age of jawans by two years.
The army headquarters asked all seven commands across the country to identify arms and services where soldiers could serve longer but the initial response was not encouraging. The feedback indicated that only about 10% jawans could be eligible for the proposed extended tenure.

US Builds a Force for Space Wars

The United States launched the Space Force with President Donald Trump signing into law the 2020 defence budget that will fund the newest and the sixth branch of US military, to counter increasing threats chiefly from Russia and China to American assets in space.
The US Space Force has been assigned a $40 billion budget and will be staffed with 16,000 personnel. It will be charged with protecting America's navigation and communications satellites from being jammed, blinded and disabled by adversaries, which also include Iran and North Korea.
The Space Force will be the sixth branch of US military after Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guards. The last branch, the Air Force, was created 70 years ago.

Dec 21, 2019

US Restarts Military Training Programme with Pakistan

The US state department approved a resumption of Pakistan's participation in a coveted US military training and educational program more than a year after it was suspended.
The resumption which is subject to approval by Congress. allows Islamabad's participation in the International Military Education and Training Program. The programme provides an opportunity to increase bilateral cooperation between our countries on shared priorities. Local analysts say that the resumption suggests warming of ties between the Pakistani government and the Trump administration.

India Set to Sign Deal for Apache Copters

India is all set to hammer out a deal with the United States for six Apache attack helicopters for the army. The army will deploy attack helicopters for the first time.
The Boeing-manufactured helicopters and associated equipment cleared by the council are expected to cost around $930 million. The Apache purchase is before the cabinet committee on security for final clearance. The deal will be inked in early 2020.
The AH-64E Apache multi-role combat helicopters are being bought under the US foreign military sales programme, Washington's government-to-government method for selling US-built platforms. The deliveries of the helicopters will begin in 2022.

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