A contract was signed by the Indian Navy with M/s Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Vishakhapatnam, for construction of two Diving Support Vessels (DSV) to augment...
India along with 23 other Indian Ocean Nations, participated in a major Indian ocean-wide tsunami mock exercise (drill) on in September, 2018.
The Exercise, known...
Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Army Exercise 'KAZIND' will be conducted between the Indian and Kazakhstan Army from 10 to 23 Sep 2018 in Otar region, Kazakhstan.
This...
Union government of India has approved conferment of Central Group 'A' Service and Cadre.
Review of Group 'A' Executive Officers of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)...
Eighth edition of the Indo-Maldives joint military exercise, 'Ekuverin' was held at Belagavi, about 505 km from Bengaluru.
The bilateral annual exercise was a 14-day...
An Indian Air Force Embraer transport aircraft specialised to conduct Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) function, successfully carried out Air to Air Refuelling...
The Prime naval submarine INS Kalvari was dedicated to nation at Mumbai. The INS Kalvari is a diesel-electric attack submarine that has been built for...
Indian defence minister dedicated to the nation two crucial bridges in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh. Out of the two, he first inaugurated the Injupani Bridge,...
Southern Naval Command continued ‘OP Sahayam’, an Indian Navy exercise for undertaking Search and Rescue (SAR) and providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR)...
After scaling of Mt Everest in 2005, IAF launched a unique and unprecedented series of mountaineering expeditions 'Mission Seven Summits' with an aim to...
The President of India Ram Nath Kovind, presented the President’s Colour to the Submarine Arm of the Indian Navy in Vishakhapatnam in recognition of...
The Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio frequency seeker against target Banshee, has been successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at ITR...
India’s indigenously developed 3rd generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Nag has been successfully flight tested twice by DRDO on 8-9-2017 against two different...
Pakistan and Russia are holding two-week long joint military drill focussing on counter-terrorism operations to enhance military ties between the two countries.
The joint exercise...
An Indian Coast Guard ship ‘Shaurya’ was commissioned at Goa. The 105-metre new generation OPV was designed in-house by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL).
The vessel...
The Indian Navy will soon commission the stealthiest diesel-electric attack submarine, the INS Kalvari.
INS Kalvari is currently undergoing the final stages of sea trials.
The...
The Defence Minister inaugurated an Academy for Excellence and two state-of-the-art testing facilities — EMC Test facility and Near Field Antenna Test Range at...
Dr. Jagdish Mukhi, Lieutenant Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, commissioned IN LCU L52 into the Indian Navy at Port Blair.
IN LCU L52 is the second Landing...
The President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented Colours to all five Ladakh Scouts Battalions and the Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre.
It has been 54...
The Border Security Force (BSF) signed an MoU with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The MoU will enable NSDC to provide “Skill training...
A tank biathlon is a mechanised military sport developed by the Russian military with some similarities to the winter sport of biathlon.
It utilizes the...
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of Supercarrier, the largest warship ever built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy...
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an international event of military music performance undertaken by the Armed Forces. In fact, the Royal Edinburgh Military...
Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) launched the first two Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPVs) Shachi and Shruti at their shipyard in Pipavav, Gujarat. The ships are...
The field trials are being carried out on two long-range ultra-light howitzers in Pokhran which the Indian Army received from the USA.
The M777 howitzer...
Spike is an Israeli fourth generation man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge HEAT warhead, developed and designed by the...
China has launched a new 10,000-ton warship at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard.
Measuring about 180 meters long and over 20 meters wide, the new Type 055...
Details of defence agreements signed with Russia over the past five years is as under:
-Agreement for training of Indian armed forces personnel in the...
The maiden flight of 2nd Prototype (PT-2) of Basic Trainer Aircraft (HTT-40) has been successfully completed on 19th May 2017 without any glitch.
The aircraft...
The Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) is conducting jointly with the US, the second edition of United Nations Peacekeeping Course for African Partners (UNPCAP-02) in...
The ₹60,000-crore P75(I) submarine programme will be the first defence deal to be announced under the ‘Strategic Partnership’ (SP) policy announced by Union Cabinet...
Naval co-operation between India, US and Japan epitomises the strong and resilient relationship between the three democracies.
The MALABAR series of exercises, initiated in 1992...
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) was successfully flight tested from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha...
A Chinese naval fleet held a scheduled military exercise with Russian navy in St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad to strengthen their cooperation.
The "Joint Sea-2017" exercise...
The first indigenously built Floating Dock (FDN-2) for the Indian Navy was launched at Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) Shipyard at Kattupalli near Chennai.
Floating...
India successfully test fired its first all weather tracked-chassis Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM).
The missile was launched from a mobile launcher in the Integrated...
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee congratulated DRDO on the successful test-firing of the indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II Missile.
Missile was successfully test fired from the...
The Anti-Tank Guided Missile Nag was successfully flight tested in the desert ranges of Rajasthan.
The Fire and Forget 3rd generation ATGM Nag is incorporated...
Indian Naval Ships (INS) Karwar and Kakinada were decommissioned recently.
INS Karwar (M67) was the first of the Natya class minesweepers acquired from the erstwhile...
The Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the newly built Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) of the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) at Chitradurga in...
Indo-Thailand Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Table Top Exercise 2017 is in progress at Chiang Mai, Thailand between the Indian Air Force and...
The union government has notified the Seventh Pay Commission for serving military personnel.
Three issues raised by the services were approved which include increasing the...
China has launched its new aircraft carrier. The carrier, called Type 001-A was transferred from dry dock into the water at the Dalian shipyard of the...
As part of "SIMBEX-17’, a bilateral Naval Exercise between Navies of Singapore and India, lndian Naval Ships Shivalik, Sahyadri, Jyoti and Kamorta and one...
The Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise involving multiple agencies and being conducted by Indian Navy’s Western Nava Command conducted at...
Balikatan is the name for the annual military exercises between the Philippines and the United States. It is a Tagalog word meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder".
The “Balikatan”...
Four nation military drills involving U.S., British, French and Japanese troops were held around Guam and Tinian islands, U.S. islands that are about 1,500 miles...
Chinese military successfully test-fired a new type of missile into waters near the Korean Peninsula. The test took place recently in the Bohai Gulf...
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Mobile Application for grievance redressal of the Central Armed Police Forces...
South Western Command’s Corps ‘Strike One’ successfully carried out the firing of the advanced BRAHMOS Block III land attack cruise missile system in the...
The first Nepal-China joint military exercise 'Sagarmatha Friendship-2017’ concluded in Kathmandu.
The ‘Sagarmatha’ is the Nepalese name of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.
This ten-day...
India successfully carried out a fresh user trial of 3,000 kilometre range Agni-III ballistic missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
The test was...
China launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier. The carrier was released into open water from a shipyard in the port of Dalian, northeastern Liaoning...
In continuation of the Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and West Coast of Africa, three Indian warships INS Mumbai, Trishul, and...
Indian Navy successfully undertook the firing of BrahMos Land Attack Supersonic Cruise Missile from a ship.
This variant of Long Range BrahMos Missile was fired...
Twelfth iteration of Indo - Mongolian Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant was held at Vairengte in April 2017.
Mongolian Army was represented by nine officers...
There are the following 04 Defence Public Sector Undertaking Shipyards in the country:
(i) M/s Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd - Maharashtra
(ii) M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders...
Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya successfully carried out the maiden test of the newly installed Barak short range surface-to-air missile.
During the firing carried out in...
India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, capable of carrying a 300 kg warhead, from a test range along the Odisha coast.
The cruise...
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have successfully test-fired a domestically built Hormuz-2 ballistic missile.
A floating target was destroyed from a distance of 250...
China has inducted J-20 stealth fighters in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), along with the Y-20 transport planes and H-6K bombers, which...
INLCU L51 was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command at Port Blair.
LCU 51 IS First...
Navy Chief Sunil Lanba inaugurated the first ever ‘Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS)’ at INS Rajali.
The IAAMS is an ambitious project of the...
The Indian Navy’s iconic Tupolev-142M anti-submarine warfare aircraft was decommissioned after serving as a mainstay in guarding the Indian Ocean region for almost three...
The details of defence agreements/MoUs signed during the last three years and current year are as under:
S. No.
Country
Defence Agreement / MoUs
1.
Bangladesh
MoU between the Coast...
The details of joint military exercises conducted with foreign countries during the last three years and the current year are as under:
Joint Exercises conducted...
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the ‘Standard’ to 125 Helicopter Squadron and ‘Colours’ to Mechanical Training Institute of Indian Air Force, at...
The Indian Navy, successfully conducted the maiden firing of an Anti-Ship missile from the first of the indigenously built Kalvari class submarines, during a...
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over three of its products for induction into the Indian Army.
The products are namely (i) Weapon...
DRDO conducted the successful launch of the interceptor missile Advanced Area Defence (AAD) from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
The endo-atmospheric missile, capable of intercepting incoming...
Defence Security Corps (DSC), which was raised on 25 February 1947 as ‘Defence Department Constabulary’, celebrated its 70th Raising Day on 25 February 2017.
DSC...
The Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Nova Integrated Systems Ltd (NISL), a subsidiary of Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL), to execute the...
The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, gave in-principle approval for the Rs. 800-crore project to set up 38 radar stations...
