The Centre appointed former Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria as Chief Nodal Officer for the UPDIC project. The Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) is a project under the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA).
The project is expected to reduce foreign dependency of the Indian aerospace and defence sector.
Bhadauria has over four decades of experience with defence services.
Sep 30, 2022
India Signs deal with Armenia for Export of Missiles, Weapon Systems
After clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijan troops, India would export missiles, rockets and ammunition, including indigenous Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers, to Armenia to help defend the nation against the neighbour Azerbaijan.
India signed an order for the arms export through a government-to-government route, through which the two nations inked contracts for the supply of arms and ammunition to Armenia.
This development came in a bid to push the government's efforts to increase weapons exports, with policy reforms and active support of the government to secure overseas orders.
Sep 29, 2022
Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) Named India's New Chief of Defence Staff
Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd), a former eastern Army Commander and Director General of military operations, was appointed as India's new Chief of Defence Staff, more than nine months after the post fell vacant following the death of Gen Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash.
He was the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Army during the Balakot air strikes in 2019 when Indian airplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan in response to the Pulwama terror strike.
Lt Gen Chauhan (retd) will assume the rank of the four-star General once he takes charge as India's second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). He will be the first retired three-star officer to return to service in four-star rank.
After his retirement as the eastern Army Commander last year, he has been serving as the military adviser in the National Security Council Secretariat headed by NSA Ajit Doval.
Sep 28, 2022
Swedish Weapons Giant Saab to Build Carl-Gustaf M4 Rocket Launcher in India
The facility will be the firm's first manufacturing facility for the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon system outside Sweden. Saab is currently in talks with the army to take the proposal forward. The Carl-Gustaf weapon system has been in service with the Indian Army since 1976, and its earlier M2 and M3 variants have been licence-produced in India.
DRDO Conducts Successful Test Flight of (VSHORADS) Missile
The DRDO successfully flight tested the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile.
The VSHORADS is an air defence system designed and developed indigenously by Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imarat of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The DRDO conducted two successful test flight of the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile from a ground based portable launcher at the integrated test range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
Sep 27, 2022
INS Sunayna in Seychelles Marks India's Maiden Participation in CMF
INS Sunayna reached Seychelles to take part in the annual training exercise 'Operation Southern Readiness' of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF).
This not only reinforces Indian Navy's commitment to maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region but also marks the maiden participation of an Indian Navy ship in CMF exercise.
The ship is scheduled to participate as associate partner in the capacity building exercises being conducted by CMF.
The joint training exercise is being attended by representative delegations from the US, Italy, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and ship participation from the UK, Spain and India.
+91-85588-96644
