Cope India Exercise Subject : Defence Concept : The `Cope India’ exercise between India and US from April 10 to 21 will “further enhance operational capability and interoperability between the two air forces”. Background Cope India began in 2004 as a fighter training exercise held at Air Station Gwalior, India. The exercise has […]
Defence acquisition proposals valued at ₹70500 cr. Cleared Subject : Defence The Defence Acquisition Council is the highest decision-making body in the Defence Ministry for deciding on new policies and capital acquisitions for the three services (Army, Navy and Air Force) and the Indian Coast Guard. The Minister of Defence is the Chairman of the Council. The objective of the Defence […]
Govt tables bill for better functioning of tri-services organizations Subject :Defense Concept : The government on Wednesday tabled a bill in Lok Sabha to empower commander-in-chiefs or any other officers posted in tri-services organisations with disciplinary and administrative powers in respect of personnel serving in them. This has a direct impact on the […]
India remains world’s largest importer of arms: SIPRI report Subject : Defense Concept : As per the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India has remained the world’s largest arms importer between 2018 and 2022 despite there being a drop in imports by around 11% between 2013-2017 and 2018-2022. According […]
Malabar exercise Subject: Defence Context: Malabar Exercise It is an annual exercise between the navies of India, Japan, and the U.S. held alternately in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It began in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between India and the U.S. Then it got permanently expanded into a trilateral format with the […]
TROPEX Exercise 2023 Subject: Defence Concept: Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise TROPEX for the year 2023, conducted across the expanse of IOR for four months from Nov 22 – Mar 23, culminated this week in the Arabian Sea. Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 2023) This operational level exercise is conducted biennially […]
Naval LCA lands on Vikrant, first aeroplane to touch down Subject : Defence Concept : The naval version of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas landed on INS Vikrant, which is an indigenous aircraft carrier, marking the maiden landing of a fixed-wing aircraft on INS Vikrant. INS Vikrant was commissioned into the […]
Women officers in command soon Subject: Defence Section :Msc Concept: The Indian Army has initiated the process for the selection of women officers for command postings such as the rank of Colonel, which hitherto have been the domain of male officers. The vacancies for the Special No. 3 Selection Board were announced by […]
Government starts process to buy 100 more K9-Vajras Subject :Defence Context: The Defence Ministry has started the process for the procurement of 100 more K9-Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers which are built in India by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) using technology transferred from South Korean defence major Hanwha Defense. About K9-Vajra: The K9 VAJRA-T […]
Project 75: fifth Kalvari class attack submarine delivered to indian navy Subject :Defence The fifth Scorpène submarine, Vagir of Project – 75 Kalvari Class submarines has been delivered to the Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai. INS Vagir: It is having “superior stealth features” like advanced acoustic absorption techniques. The […]