Archive For April, 2019
India and the US have identified small air launch unmanned aerial vehicles and a lightweight small arms technology project along with aircraft maintenance for defence collaboration, a top Pentagon official has said. The US statement came as defence officials from the two countries held their latest round of Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) talks […]
Indian Air Force fighter bases are facing serious issues related to shortage of hangars and blast pens for the soon-to-arrive Rafale and Sukhoi fighter jets. Fund crunch in the Defence Ministry has almost brought work on new blast pens and hangars to a stop. The hangars being constructed to house the Rafale, besides the maintenance […]
Highlights The port will give India better access to the South East Asian markets It will also give India a strategic hedge at a time China is increasing its presence in the Strait of Malacca The port will be key to India’s Indo-Pacific strategy India is developing its maiden deep-sea port in Indonesia’s Sabang, not […]
India’s aerospace scientist and Chief of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), Dr G Satheesh Reddy, has been conferred the Missile Systems Award 2019 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr Satheesh is the first Indian to win the award, which recognises his leadership role in the Indian missile programme. AIAA is the […]