Permanent Commission For Women Subject – Defence Context – ‘Why disqualify the 72 women Army officers?’ Concept – To know about Permanent Commission For Women, please click here.
Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 Subject – Security and defence Context – The DAC approved a few amendments to the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP), 2020, as part of business process re-engineering to ensure further ease of doing business for the industry as well as measures to enhance procurement efficiency and reduce the timelines. […]
Defence Acquisition Council Subject – Security and defence Context – Army to get 25 advanced light helicopters at ₹3,850 crore. Defence Acquisition Council approves acquisition proposals for ₹13,165 crore. Concept – To know about Defence Acquisition Council, please click here.
Akash missile Subject – Defence and Security Context – DRDO tests Akash Prime missile Concept – The development of the Akash surface to air missile (SAM) was started by the DRDO in the late 1980s as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. Named after the original Sanskrit term for sky or […]
SIMBEX Subject: Defence Context: The 28th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) was conducted from 02 to 04 Sep 21. Concept: It was initiated in 1994, SIMBEX is the Indian Navy’s longest uninterrupted bilateral maritime exercise with any foreign navy. Sustaining the continuity of this significant engagement despite the challenges of the […]
Drone Rules 2021 Subject – Defence and Security Context – The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified the Drone Rules, 2021, under which the weight of a fully loaded unmanned aircraft system has been increased from 300 kg to 500 kg to include heavy payload-carrying craft for use in the logistics and transportation sectors. […]
Automated Facial Recognition System Subject – Defence Concept – AFRS will be a mobile and web application hosted in NCRB’s (which manages data for police) data centre in Delhi but used by all police stations in the country. AFRS works by comparing the new image of an unidentified person often taken from CCTV footage with the […]
Fatah-1 Subject – Defence Context – Pakistan tests indigenous rocket system Concept – Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test launched a indigenously developed guided multilaunch rocket system, Fatah1. The weapon system will give Pakistan Army the capability of precision target engagement deep in enemy territory. The Army said the rocket was capable of delivering conventional warheads.
IAC-1 Subject: Defence Context: The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) 1, which will be called INS Vikrant once it enters service with the Indian Navy about a year from now, started sea trials — one of the last phases of trials on Wednesday Concept: The INS Vikramaditya, currently the Navy’s only aircraft carrier that was commissioned […]
India-China deal on Gogra and Hot Springs likely soon Subject : International Relations / Defence Context : India and China are set to hold the 12th round of Corps Commander-level talks aimed to resolving the standoff in Eastern Ladakh soon and an agreement for disengagement at Gogra and Hot Springs is likely to […]