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DEFENCE - November 2018

Nov 2018

Nov 17, 2019

India successfully Conducts Night Trial Of 2,000-Km Range Agni II Missile

India conducted successfully the first night trial of 'Agni-II', its versatile surface-to-surface medium range nuclear capable missile from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
The missile has a strike range of 2000 km, the sources said soon after it blasted off from a mobile launcher at the Launch Complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR).
'Agni-II', an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) has already been inducted into the armed forces.
A defence official said this was the first time that the sophisticated missile was testfired at night.

Nov 16, 2019

Indian Ocean Focus Area for Defence Cooperation between India and the UK

The Indian Ocean is emerging as a focus area for defence cooperation between India and the UK, with the two sides planning sophisticated naval exercises and London deploying an officer to a key Indian surveillance facility.
The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship built for the Royal Navy and capable of carrying 70 aircraft, will operate in the Indian Ocean region on her maiden voyage after entering service in 2020.
The move reflects the importance attached to security and freedom of navigation in the region.
HMS Defender, a Royal Navy destroyer, visited Goa in November 2019, and the 2021 version of the bilateral naval exercise Konkan 21 could be the most complex and sophisticated so far.
The UK is also placing a liaison officer at the Indian Navy's Information Fusion Centre in Gurugram, a facility for friendly nations to exchange non-sensitive information on merchant shipping in the region.
The centre integrates India's coastal radar systems to generate a real-time picture of waters around the 7,500-km coastline, and France too has deployed an officer at the facility.

Nov 15, 2019

Air Chief Bhadauria Flies Sortie In India-Made HTT-40 Trainer Aircraft

Showing strong support for indigenisation, IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria flew in the under development HTT-40 trainer aircraft.
ACM RKS Bhadauria, CAS flew HTT40, tested its flying capabilities for one hour. First serving Air Chief to fly in prototype as Chief of Air Forc.
The plane is still under development by the HAL. The IAF chief has been associated with the indigenous trainer aircraft project for a long period now as he had assured full support to it since he was the deputy chief of air staff.

Supreme Court Strikes Down All Rafale Review Petitions

The Supreme Court refused to go back on its December 14, 2018 order, rejecting a probe into the controversial Rafale deal.
It also closed a contempt case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had incurred the court's wrath over allegedly attributing his chowkidar chor hai remarks to the court.
Though Gandhi later claimed that the remarks were made in the thick of campaigning and apologised for it, the bench was yet to formally let him off on contempt charges.

Nov 14, 2019

LCA Tejas' Naval Variant Makes Successful Night-Time Arrested Landing

A night-time arrested landing of light combat aircraft (LCA) Navy was successfully carried out at Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) Goa.
The arrested landing of the naval variant of LCA Tejas was carried out at INS Hansa in Goa.

DRDO Organises Workshop to Leverage Academic Expertise

With an aim to leverage academic expertise from across the country and increase synergy with academia, a workshop titled 'DRDO-Academia Interaction for Achieving Leadership in Future Technologies' was held at DRDO Bhawan.
Defence R & D (research and development) has a huge potential to absorb innovation, which is not limited to R & D organisations alone but can sprout from any corner of the country.
This workshop is one of the multi-pronged approaches, where defence R & D should obtain a special status in the overall scheme of things.

Nov 13, 2019

DRDO Grants Free Patent Access To Boost Indigenous Production

To boost indigenous production and give a fillip to the 'Make in India' policy, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to grant the Indian industry free access to patents held for technologies developed by it.
A new policy formulated by the DRDO recently states that no licence fee or royalty will be applicable on the use of Indian patents held by the research agency. There are hundreds of such patents covering missile technology, aeronautics, naval systems, life sciences, armaments, combat engineering, electronics and communication material.

First Woman Officer Appointed as Defence Attache

The Navy has now selected its first woman officer for the post of a defence attaché abroad, which comes a month after the IAF posted Wing Commander Anjali Singh as the deputy air attaché at the Indian embassy in Moscow.
Lt-Commander (equivalent to an Army Major) Karabi Gogoi, a naval engineer currently posted at the Karwar base in coastal Karnataka, has been selected for the post of the assistant naval attaché, also at the Indian embassy in Russia.
The appointments of Wing Commander Singh and Lt-Commander Gogoi are the first for woman officers to have been selected for defence diplomacy in the maledominated environs of the armed forces. If the former as an aeronautical engineer specialises in handling fighter jets, the latter has experience in warship construction and maintenance.

First Indo-US Tri-Service Drill

The first Indo-US tri-service exercise with focus on amphibious humanitarian relief operations began in the Bay of Bengal. 'Tiger Triumph' was announced by US President Trump during the 'Howdy Modi' event.
The exercise will be held off Visakhapatnam and Kakinada till November 21, 2019.
India is fielding its amphibious warships, INS Jalashwa and INS Airavat, survey ship INS Sandhayak, Army troops from the 19 Madras and 7 Guards battalions, and MI-17 helicopters and rapid action medical teams (RAMT) from the IAF.
The US, in turn, has deployed its amphibious warship USS Germantown, along with troops from the 3rd Marine Division.

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