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Rajnath inaugurates Rs 2,900 crore worth 90 key border infra projects

The projects include 22 roads, 63 bridges, one tunnel, two airstrips, and two helipads across 10 border states and Union Territories of northern and northeastern regions

Navy to host workshop on sharing information on the Indian Ocean

The regional maritime security community will review progress in this initiative after gathering in Gurgaon for the Maritime Information Sharing Workshop 2023 (MISW 23)

Going back in time: Process to revive ancient shipbuilding begins tomorrow

The Ministry of Culture has fully funded this project, while the Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of External Affairs will support the project to ensure seamless execution of the international voyage

Indian Air Force endorses the indigenous basic trainer aircraft 'HTT-40'

The HTT-40, which has been indigenously designed and developed by the Aircraft Research & Design Centre of HAL, is based on the training requirements of the IAF

A first: Hyderabad-based pvt sector firm Grene Robotics unveils Indrajaal

Providing 360-degree protection, Indrajaal can defend areas of up to 4000 square kilometres against all classifications and levels of unmanned autonomous threats

Cost of IAF's lesson: 50 squadrons lost

With single-engine, Soviet-era combat aircraft being replaced by twin-engine, Western bloc aircraft, it remains to be seen whether IAF's aircraft, fighter pilots are spared erosion of men, materials

China includes Arunachal Pradesh in new 'standard map' of border areas

India lodges protest, says such steps only complicate border dispute

Aerospace firm Embraer launches campaign for transport aircraft to IAF

Deliveries of the MTA are required to commence within 36 months of signing a contract

DAC approves proposals worth Rs 7,800 cr to purchase defence equipment

The permission was accorded by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the MoD's apex body for clearing capital purchases

Delivery of single-seat Tejas LCA Mark 1 fighters to IAF completed

IAF has also contracted with HAL in 2021 to buy 83 Tejas Mark-1A fighters

Ships, sub, aircraft: 4-nation naval wargame Exercise Malabar concludes

The exercise was conducted in two phases - a harbour (or planning) phase from August 11-15, and a sea phase from August 16-21

CUMI and ideaForge Technology to jointly build cutting-edge drones

CUMI's strength lies in nanomaterial-reinforced composite materials - such as graphene-reinforced polymers - which hold the promise of transforming structural parts for aerospace applications

Boeing commences production of AH-64E Apache choppers for Indian Army

As a part of transferring production of defence equipment from the US to India, Boeing and the Tata Group have formed a joint venture called Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL)

President Murmu to launch new frigate 'INS Vindhyagiri' on Thursday

But the navy is going ahead with its tradition of keeping its warships, or at least their memory, alive

Australia to host Exercise Malabar for the first time from August 11-21

The Malabar series of maritime exercises commenced in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between the Indian and the US navies

Tata-Lockheed Martin JV delivers 200th C-130J Super Hercules empennage

TLMAL empennages are included in C-130Js operated by seven nations, including India

LS gives nod to bill to evolve disciplinary code for tri-services military

A new tri-service legal architecture, it is hoped, will bring in benefits such as maintenance of effective discipline by the heads of ISOs

'Early elections needed in J&K amid ongoing human rights violations'

Notably, up until June 2023, J&K has been denied the right to representation for five years

Lessons from a load carrier

With the Indian Army placing orders for a fresh batch of Stallion trucks, there is an urgent need to simplify military logistics to reduce cost

8th India-Australia Defence Policy Talks held in Canberra on July 24-25

India and Australia share a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership from June 2020, and defence is a key pillar of this partnership