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DEFENCE - January 2022

Jan 2022

Apr 18, 2023

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence Inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Industry Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) was inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology -Hyderabad. This is the biggest such facility in the country. DRDO Chairman Samir V. Kamat inaugurated the facility at the campus of the IIT-Hyderabad at Sangareddy in Telangana. The centre will take up futuristic projects towards long-term directed research needed for DRDO. He said the DIA CoE IIT-H is the largest centre among all 15 CoEs in the country and DRDO team will work with IIT-H to identify the target projects in each of these domains and execute to complete in a period of 3-5 years.

Apr 17, 2023

ARMY COMMANDERS CONFERENCE TO BE ORGANISED IN HYBRID FORMAT FROM 17 APRIL 2023

Army Commanders' Conference (ACC) is an apex-level biannual event which is an institutional platform for conceptual level deliberations, culminating in making important policy decisions for the Indian Army. The first ACC for the year 2023 is scheduled from 17 to 21 April 2023. For the first time, the ACC is being conducted in Hybrid format exploiting available technology for secure communication, wherein Army Commanders and other senior functionaries will meet virtually on the first day and then travel to Delhi for balance physical meetings on matters which require detailed deliberations.
On the first-day of the conference, agenda points sponsored by various Command Headquarters will be discussed, followed by an update from Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command and sessions by Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters. The forum will also review the progress on the activities charted out as part of 'Year of Transformation-2023' along with progress on Agnipath Scheme, digitisation & automation initiatives, Combat Engineers tasks, work aspects and budget management.
The apex leadership will also brainstorm current / emerging security scenario and review operational preparedness of Indian Army.

Apr 16, 2023

IAF to Deploy Rafale Jets in First Overseas Exercise

India will deploy four Rafale jets, two C-17 aircraft and two IL-78 mid-air refuellers for a nearly three-week multinational air exercise 'Exercise Orion' at France's Mont-de-Marsan military base.
It will be the first overseas exercise for the Indian Air Force's Rafale jets.
The exercise will be conducted from April 17 to May 5.
Besides the IAF and the French Air and Space Force (FASF), the exercise will be participated by air forces from Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States.

Apr 15, 2023

North Korea Tests New Solid-fuel "Hwasong-18" ICBM

North Korea successfully test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile powered by solid propellants, a development that if confirmed could provide the country with a harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States.
The launch was supervised on site by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who described the missile, named Hwasong-18, as the most powerful weapon of his nuclear forces that would enhance its counterattack abilities in the face of external threats created by the military activities of the United States and its regional allies.
North Korea justified its weapons demonstrations as a response to the expanding military exercises between the United States and South Korea, which the North condemns as invasion rehearsals while using them as a pretext to push further its own weapons development.

Apr 14, 2023

Special Forces of Army, Air Force Conduct Mega Exercise in Eastern Sector

The strategic forces of the Indian Army and the Air Force carried out a multi-domain exercise in strategically key areas in the Eastern sector amid the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh.
The exercise was aimed at validating joint plans for strategic airlift of specialised forces employing IAF's fixed and rotary wing platforms by landing and dropping in designated areas for undertaking kinetic actions.
The exercise took place in the backdrop of Beijing announcing Chinese names for 11 more places in Arunachal Pradesh which the neighbouring country claims as southern part Tibet. India had rejected the Chinese move.

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