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Geopolitics
BSF raising day parade held in Amritsar
On December 4, Border Security Force- India’s First Line of Defence, organised a ceremonial parade at Guru Nanak Dev University Stadium, Amritsar (Punjab) on the occasion of 58th Raising Day.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
CNS visits Nagaland
Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) visited Nagaland on December 7. This visit coincides with the ongoing activities being undertaken by the Indian Navy as part of the outreach in the North East.
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January 2023
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Indian Navy participates at International Fleet Review
The Indian Navy delegation led by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command and three warships of the Indian Navy participated in the maiden International Fleet Review (IFR) hosted by Bangladesh at Cox’s Bazar on December 7.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Thales awarded contract by French MoD
As high-intensity conflict returns to the world stage, the French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales the Astride-3 contract.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Lockheed Martin, Rafael to collaborate on lasers
Lockheed Martin and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of Israel have signed a teaming agreement that includes jointly developing, testing and manufacturing a High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS) in the US and Israel.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Rafael wins contract for Typhoon Mk30-C
Rafael has announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply its Typhoon Mk30-C counter-UAS, Next Generation Naval Remote Weapon Station (NRWS) to an undisclosed navy in Asia.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Germany blocks sale of chip factories to China
Germany by blocking the sale of two semiconductor factories to cased swallow up its companies of strategic and critical importance.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Giant leap for Japanese defence budget
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Finance minister Shunichi Suzuki and Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Vietnam holds maiden defence еxро
Vietnam showed off its upgraded Cold War-era, Soviet-made air defence systems at its first defence expo, improving their capabilities against modern threats such as cruise missiles and drones.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
US clears Chinooks for South Korea
The release of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) 2022 Strategic Survey puts the US sale of new platforms to South Korea into context with broader strategic concerns in the IndoPacific.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
US Army selects Bell V-280 Valor
Bell Textron, a subsidiary of Textron, has won the US Army’s future long-range assault aircraft (FLRAA) programme competition.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Last Rafale jet delivered to India
The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently shared an update on Twitter on receiving the last of the 36 Rafale jets. \"Feet dry! 'The Pack is Complete'.
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January 2023
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India to receive third S-400 squadron in January
Russia will begin supplying India with the third squadron of the S-400 air defence missile system in January 2023, despite its ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
UP invites Sikorsky to investors summit
A Pradesh led state Finance A Minister Suresh Khanna, visited American aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky's main plant at Connecticut in the United States.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Procurements from MSMEs through GeM cross 41k crores
As s of December 3, Defence Ministry including the Indian Navy has purchased products and services worth Rs 41,936 crore from the government's e-commerce portal GeM (Government e-Marketplace).
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January 2023
Geopolitics
ASTE to open for private participation
The Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), the top training centre of the Indian Air Force, will open doors for the private sector.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
Indian Army approves Make-II PSOS
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the army has approved the project sanction orders (PSOs) of five projects under the Make-II procurement scheme.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
KUWAIT EXERCISES NEW TANKS
Kuwait's new M1A2K tanks were displayed in the emirate for the firsttime during Exercise ‘Pearl of the West 2022’, which was held with French forces from November 25 to December 8.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
AVNL PROPOSES INFANTRY COMBAT VEHICLE FOR INDIAN ARMY
India's state-run Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL) has proposed a Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) for the Indian Army.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
AUSTRALIA'S UUV NAMED 'GHOST SHARK'
An autonomous robotic undersea warfare vehicle is being designed and manufactured in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
KODIAK TO HELP US ARMY BUILD AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Kod odiak has won a contract to help the US Army build autonomous vehicles. The effort will focus on ground vehicles led by the US Army's Robotic Combat Vehicle programme.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
LEIDOS AND MICROSOFT SHOWCASE SYNCHRONISED SOLUTION DURING US ARMY'S PC22
US-based science and technology company Leidos, together with technologies during a US Army experimentation exercise.
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January 2023
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SIKORSKY DEMONSTRATES BLACK HAWK'S AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITIES
Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has successfully demonstrated to the US Army the autonomous capabilities of a Black Hawk helicopter to safely conduct logistics and rescue missions. The demonstration was conducted in collaboration with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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January 2023
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VIETNAM’S GRENADEDROPPING UAV
Vietnamese unmanned systems company RT Robotics has unveiled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system that is capable of dropping up to nine grenades per sortie.
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January 2023
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HYPERSONIC MISSILE TESTED BY USAF
The US Air Force has said that it conducted the first test launch of a fully operational prototype of its hypersonic Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW).
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January 2023
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AIRBUS TO LAUNCH REFUELLING TRIALS WITH UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
Airbus Defence and Space (DS) is to begin trials of a new capability enabling its A330-200 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to aerial refuel an unmanned receiver aircraft autonomously, a company official disclosed on December 12.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
INS MORMUGAO: A HUGE FORCE MULTIPLIER
The much awaited second of the Project 15B stealth-guided missile destroyers built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited- INS Mormugao, was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 18. Interestingly, the ship was commissioned a day before the Goa liberation celebrations.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
TIME FOR A ROBUST BMD SHIELD
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system is a long-range, land-based theatre defence weapon that acts as the upper tier of a basic two tiered defence against ballistic missiles.
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January 2023
Geopolitics
MOBILITY SOLUTIONS FOR THE INDIAN ARMY
While the Indian Army has a significantly large fleet of trucks and utility vehicles, there is a need to further augment the capabilities by adding latest platforms with better fuel-efficiency, faster speeds, larger wheelbases and enhanced axle-load bearing capacities, argues
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January 2023
Geopolitics
65 OF 67 TERROR CASES SOLVED BY NIA
MoS for Home Nityanand Rai has said in Rajya Sabha that the high rate of conviction was proof of the NIA's fairness and transparency.
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