BRO Signs MoU with GRSE for Construction of 70 Modular Bridges in Border Areas
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of 27 carriageway double-lane class 70 modular bridges in border areas.
The MoU includes fabrication, supply, erection, and launching of 27 double-lane bridges of carriageway 7.5 meters of load class 70 along with the Northern and North Eastern border states.
The two-year contract, worth around Rs. 60 crore, was inked by Director General BR Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry and Officiating Chairman and Managing Director of GRSE Commodore P.R. Hari.
Mar 17, 2022
M. A. Ganapathy is NSG Cchief, Kuldiep Singh to Head CRPF
Mar 16, 2022
Army Carries Out Airborne Insertion Exercise
The Army carried out a two-day airborne insertion and rapid response exercise in the country's peninsular region in sync with its overall approach to maintain operational readiness.
The exercise involved advanced aerial insertion techniques, or air dropping of soldiers, combat free fall and integrated battle drills by airborne and special forces troops.
The exercise involved advanced aerial insertion techniques, including combat free fall and integrated battle drills by airborne and special forces troops.
Mar 15, 2022
India Emerges as the Largest Importer of Arms in 2017-21
The latest report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Trends in International Arms Transfer, 2021, released in March 2022, revealed that India and Saudi Arabia had emerged as the largest arms importers of arms between 2017-21, each accounting for 11% of all global arms sales. The report placed India at the top of the list. Egypt, Australia and China were the next three largest importers with respective shares of 5.7%, 5.4% and 4.8%.
Paradoxically, India was the only country among the top five whose imports had declined during the said period. The 21% decline in India's imports in 2017-21 compared with 2012-16 were possibly because of the growing emphasis on the indigenous design and manufacture of defence equipment by state-owned and private sector companies.
Germany to Buy US-made F-35s to Replace Aging Bombers
Germany said that it will replace some of its aging Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that Germany also will upgrade its Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets for electronic warfare - a capability that's also currently fulfilled by the Tornado jets. The Eurofighter will be replaced from 2040 with the Future Combat Air System, or FCAS, that's being jointly developed with France and Spain.
The German military does not have nuclear weapons of its own, but as part of the system of nuclear deterrence developed during the Cold War it maintained bombers capable of carrying U.S. atomic bombs, some of which are stationed in Germany.
Mar 14, 2022
In a First, 100-year-old Rashtriya Indian Military College to Open its Doors for Girls
For the first time in its 100-year history, Dehradun's Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), which takes students from class VIII onwards and is regarded as a premier preparing ground for those aspiring to join the armed forces, will admit girls. "After the government opened the doors of National Defence Academy (NDA) to women, RIMC decided to follow suit. We will be admitting five girl students in July.
Established in March 1922 by the then British-Indian government, RIMC was meant to impart military training to the Indian youth, who could later be inducted as military officers in the then British-Indian Army. Since its inception, RIMC has trained only boys and acts as a feeder institute for NDA and the Naval Academy.
Australia's AARC Tie up with India's CLAWS
In March Lt Gen Richard Burr, the Chief of the Australian Army visited India for three days. The Australian Army Chief paid a visit to the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), an Indian Army think tank in New Delhi.
Lt. Gen Richard Burr met with Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Manoj Pande, Chairman, Board of Governors, CLAWS, and Director CLAWS, Lt Gen Dr Ranbir Singh (Retd). CLAWS research efforts and outreach strategies were briefed to the visiting General. On the sidelines of the tour, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) and the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) to create academic cooperation and engagement.
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