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DEFENCE - January 2019

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Jun 19, 2023

India Moves Ahead with Creation of Theatre Commands for Integrated war-Fighting

India is resolutely advancing its efforts to establish theatre commands, aiming to build an integrated war-fighting machinery in a cost-effective manner. After addressing various concerns, a consensus was reached among the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force regarding the plan.
The revised proposal entails the establishment of three integrated theatre commands, each led by a senior three-star general (Lieutenant Generals, Air Marshals, or Vice Admirals). These commands will be responsible for managing the northern borders with China, the western front with Pakistan, and a maritime command in peninsular India.

First Batch of 19,000 Agniveers Passes Out, to Join Army

The first batch of 19,000 Agniveers, who commenced training on January 1, passed out of training centres across the country. Oath-taking ceremonies were conducted to mark the culmination of their training.
Now, the Agniveers will undergo advance training and are scheduled to join their respective Army units in last week of July or first week of August. More than 19,000 Agniveers had begun training at 40 centres across the country in specially curated courses.

DRDO, Indian Navy Demonstrate Command and Control of TAPAS UAV from Ground Station to Warship

In a remarkable feat, the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the transfer of command and control capabilities of TAPAS (Tactical Advanced Platform for Aerial Surveillance) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
The demonstration involved commanding the UAV from a distant ground station to the onboard INS Subhadra, a warship situated 148 km away from Karnataka's Karwar naval base.
TAPAS UAV operated at an altitude of 20,000 feet above sea level and completed three-hour and 30-minute flight, with the INS Subhadra assuming control of the operations for 40 minutes.
The TAPAS UAV, developed by DRDO, is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle. The vehicle, which was publicly showcased during its first flight at Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru, has a range of more than 18 hours and can operate at altitudes of up to 28,000 feet. It was developed in response to the ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Tracking, and Reconnaissance) requirements of the tri-services.

Jun 18, 2023

Defence Ministry Approves Acquisition of 31 MQ-9 Reaper Armed Drones from US

The Ministry of Defence approved the acquisition MQ-9B Reaper armed drones from the US during a Defence Acquisition Council meeting led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
India will procure 31 armable MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones made by General Atomics, an American energy and defence company. The three services are likely to each receive an equal number of these drones, which are designed for border region surveillance: eight for the Indian Army, eight for the Indian Air Force, and maybe fifteen for the Indian Navy.

Jun 17, 2023

INS Vikramaditya Back in Action, Navy to Get 2 more Romeo Helicopters

The Indian Navy will later this month (June 2023) receive two MH-60 Romeo anti-submarine warfare helicopters, which will be deployed on board the INS Vikramaditya that has been operationalised after an exhaustive refit lasting nearly two and half years.
As per reports, the two helicopters will be delivered to India by the US government around the time (in June) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an official visit to the country.
With the two, the Navy will have a total of five of these state-of-the-art helicopters, which will be deployed on the INS Vikramaditya, India's only operational aircraft carrier.
While the Navy commissioned indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in September last year, it is not yet operational and is set undergo four-five months of 'guarantee refit' later this month. Under this, the ship and its machinery will be examined like any new vessel under a guarantee period.
The Navy had announced the culmination of an exercise that showcased its capability and power to operate two aircraft carriers, with both INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant sailing together with their fleets. This involved the coordinated deployment of more than 35 aircraft in the Arabian Sea.

Jun 16, 2023

MEIL Group Company Bags Order from Defence Ministry

ICOMM, a group company of Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL), bagged a Rs. 500 crore order from the Ministry of Defence. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) inked a contract with ICOMM Tele Limited for the procurement of 1,035 of 5/7.5 ton radio relay communication equipment containers. The delivery of the containers is scheduled to commence from the current Financial Year 2023-24.
The radio relay containers will address a long overdue requirement of mobile communication detachments of the Indian Army. The containers will be utilised to provide a protected environment for communication equipment to function in a failsafe and reliable manner. The containers would be mounted on authorised specialist vehicles and moved as per operational requirements.
ICOMM would produce the containers with all equipment and sub-systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers.

Jun 15, 2023

'Sanshodhak' 4th Warship of Indian Navy Launched

'Sanshodhak', the fourth of four ships of Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project, being built by L&T/ GRSE for Indian Navy was launched at Kattupalli, Chennai. The chief guest of the Launch Ceremony was VAdm Adhir Arora, Chief Hydrographer to Government of India. In keeping with the Naval maritime tradition, Tanvi Arora launched the ship. The ship named 'Sanshodhak', meaning 'Researcher', signifies the primary role of the ship as a Survey Vessel.
The contract for building four SVL ships was signed between MoD and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata on October 18, 2018.
SVL ships will replace the existing Sandhayak Class survey ships, with new generation hydrographic equipment, to collect oceanographic data. The Survey Vessel (Large) ships are 110 m long, 16 m wide with a displacement of 3,400 tons.

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