Month: March 2024

The Ministry of Defense has entered into an agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bengaluru on March 13, 2024 for the acquisition of 34 Advanced Type Light Helicopters (ALH) after the approval of the Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCS). Two contracts with a combined value of Rs 8073.17 crore have been signed under the (Designed, Developed and Manufactured) category. The deal marks an important step towards indigenization in defense manufacturing of Dhruv Mk III with operational role equipment for the Indian Army (25 ALH) and Indian Coast Guard (09 ALH).…

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The Defense Ministry on March 13, 2024 signed a contract with Armored Vehicles Corporation of India Limited (AVNL) for procurement of 693 armament upgrades of Infantry Combat Vehicle BMP2 to BMP2M. This upgrade includes Night Enablement with Automatic Target Tracker, Gunner Main Sight, Commander Panoramic Sight and Fire Control System (FCS) under the procurement (Indian-indigenously designed, developed and manufactured) category. AVNL has developed an indigenous solution to provide night fighting capabilities and FCS to the existing BMP 2/2K based on the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Bharat Electronics Limited…

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'Agre' and 'Akshay', the 5th and 6th ships of the 08 . The launch ceremony was presided over by Air Chief Marshal VR Choudhary. In keeping with the maritime tradition, AFFWA President Smt. Neeta Chaudhary launched the ships on the invocation of Atharva Veda. The ships are named Aggrey and Akshay, named after the former Abhay class corvettes Aggrey and Akshay of the Indian Navy. The contract for construction of eight ASW SWC ships was signed between MOD and Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata on 29 Apr 19. The Arnala class ships…

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Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia today inaugurated Fly91, a regional airline service and flagged off the first flight service between Manohar International Airport (MOPA) in Goa and Agatti Islands of Lakshadweep. On this occasion, Mr. Harsh Raghavan, Chairman, Fly91, Mr. Asangba Chuba, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and several officials of Airports Authority of India and Ministry of Civil Aviation were also present. He also highlighted the multidimensional development for the civil aviation sector in the country. He reiterated the government's commitment to connect Tier…

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The launching of the second 25T Bollard Pull Tug Boat Bahubali and construction work of the fourth 25T BP Tug Boat Yuvan was inaugurated by Commander Atul Maini, Chairman SSB (Kolkata) on 12 March 2024 at M/s Titagarh Rail Systems Limited, Kolkata. This tugboat is the proud flag bearer of the “Make in India” initiative of the Government of India. In line with the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” initiative of the Government of India, a contract was signed with M/s Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (M/s TRSL) for the construction and delivery of six…

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Union Minister of State for IT & Electronics, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti, Shri Rajiv Chandrashekhar inaugurated India's first FutureLabs Center at C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. Named 'Center for Semiconductor Chips and Systems for Strategic Electronics', this center will play an important role in fostering an ecosystem for next generation chip design, manufacturing and research. Other announcements include announcement of collaboration between C-DAC (T) and Ministry of Railways for development of electric locomotive technology. Additionally, an MoU was signed between C-DAC (T) and Tata Power for development and use of microgrid technology. Transfer…

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