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Dec 30, 2021

Army Sets Up New Quantum Computing Lab

The Army set up a quantum computing laboratory and a centre for artificial intelligence (AI) at a military engineering institute in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow.
The two centres will carry out extensive research in developing transformative technologies for use by the armed forces.
The Army, with support from the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), established the Quantum Lab at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow to spearhead research and training in this key developing field.

India Constructs 24 Bridges, Three Roads at China and Pakistan borders

India Constructs 24 Bridges, Three Roads at China and Pakistan borders
To ensure swift movement of troops at borders with China and Pakistan, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed 24 bridges and three roads, including at the height of over 19,000 feet in Ladakh, in four states and two union territories.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurated these 24 bridges and three roads from Delhi.
Of the 24 bridges, nine are in Jammu and Kashmir, five each in Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, three in Uttarakhand and one each in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Of the three roads, two are in Ladakh and one is in West Bengal.
The projects e-inaugurated by Singh have been completed on important road axis and laterals along the Northern and Eastern borders of the country.

Dec 29, 2021

Five Private Firms to Produce Winter Clothing for Troops

The Defence Research and Development Organisation handed over indigenously-developed technology to five local companies for producing extreme cold-weather clothing for the armed forces.
The technology was handed over as part of the government's efforts to hand-hold Indian defence firms to produce high-quality products required by the armed forces.

Dec 28, 2021

Paras Defence Gets DRDO Contract for Border Surveillance Tech

The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) selected Paras Defence and Space Technologies for handing over the technology of border surveillance systems as developed by Instruments Research & Development Establishment and DRDO.
This technology has been transferred by a licensing agreement for transfer of technology (ToT) for border surveillance systems entered between the company, Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE) and Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
This system shall provide all weather surveillance for day and night monitoring of the border areas, it shall consist of Radar, EO sensors etc., mounted on Pan Tilt platforms. With this ToT, Paras Defence and Space Technologies shall be serving the requirement of the Armed Forces of the nation.
Paras Defence and Space Technologies is primarily engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing and testing of a wide range of defence and space engineering products and solutions. Its product offerings cater to four major segments of Indian defence sector i.e. defence and space optics, defence electronics, electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) protection solution and heavy engineering for defence and niche technologies.

Dec 27, 2021

INS Khukri Decommissioned after 32 Years of Service

India's first indigenously built missile corvettes, INS Khukri (P49), was decommissioned after 32 years of service at Visakhapatnam.
INS Khukri was built by the Mazagon Dock shipbuilders on August 23, 1989.
It had the distinction of being part of Western as well as Eastern Fleets.
In her service to Indian Navy, the ship was commanded by 28 commanding officers.
It traversed a distance of more than 6,44,897 nautical miles, equivalent to navigating across the world 30 times or three times the distance between the Moon and the Earth.
The ship was affiliated with the Gorkha Brigade of the Indian Army.

India Gives Food Aid, Defence Equipment to Mozambique

India handed over two Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) and other self defence equipment to Mozambique to assist in its capacity building as the Central African nation battles growing terror threats. Naval ship INS Kesari entered Port of Maputo in Mozambique to deliver 500 tonnes of food aid as well as the defence equipment, under the eight edition of Mission Sagar by the Navy to assist friendly foreign countries in the region.
These deployments were conducted in solidarity with India's extended Maritime Neighbourhood and highlights the importance accorded by India to these special relationships, 500 tonnes of food aid was shipped by INS Kesari to support the efforts of Government of Mozambique to cope with ongoing drought and concurrent challenges of pandemic.

Dec 26, 2021

Russia to Hold Paratrooper Drills Near Ukrainian Border

Hundreds of Russian paratroopers will hold drills near the Ukrainian border this week, amid a standoff between Moscow and the West over Kyiv's NATO aspirations.
Some 1,200 troops and over 250 vehicles and aircraft will be involved in the exercise that will be split between training grounds in Crimea - which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 - and the nearby Krasnodar province.
The troops would simulate capturing an area as part of an offensive operation.
Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops at staging posts close to Ukraine and demanded that its southern neighbour not be admitted to NATO and that no offensive weapons be deployed there or in other neighbouring countries.

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