Indian Navy Ensign: The Prime Minister will unveil the new Ensign (flag) of the Indian Navy in Kochi to mark the launch of India’s first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. An Ensign is a national flag which is displayed on ships and aircraft, often with the special insignia of a branch or unit of the armed […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Positive Indigenisation List (PIL)
Positive Indigenisation List (PIL): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the third Positive Indigenisation List (PIL) of 780 strategically important line replacement units (LRU), sub-systems and components, with a timeline beyond which they will only be procured from the domestic industry. This is different from the three PILs announced for the armed forces. This was done […]
Exercise Vajra Prahar 2022
Exercise Vajra Prahar 2022: India – USA Joint Special Forces conducted the 13th edition of exercise Vajra Prahar 2022 culminated at Bakloh (Himachal Pradesh). It’s an annual exercise is hosted alternatively between Special Forces India and the United States. Special Forces are the units of a country’s armed forces that undertake covert, counterterrorist, and other […]
F/A 18 Super Hornet Fighter Jets
F/A 18 Super Hornet Fighter Jets: Ahead of Commissioning India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant, the US aviation major Boeing has proposed Indian Navy to choose its F/A 18 Super Hornet fighter jet. The F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III is the world’s most advanced, combat proven, multi-role frontline naval fighter that offers unique and […]
Indigenous Indian Light Tank Zorawar
Indigenous Indian Light Tank Zorawar: With the experience of deploying armour at an altitude of 15,000 ft. to outmanoeuvre the movement of Chinese forces during the stand-off in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army is prioritising the procurement of the indigenous Indian light tank named ‘Zorawar’, for deployment in the mountains. In addition to the light […]
Yudh Abhyas Joint Exercise
Yudh Abhyas Joint Exercise: The upcoming fifteenth edition of the “Yudh Abhyas” joint exercise is expected to take place next month in a high-altitude area in Uttarakhand less than 100 km from the LAC. As per agreements signed by China and India in 1993 and 1996, neither side is allowed to conduct military exercises against […]
BrahMos
BrahMos: A Court of Inquiry (Col) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) into the accidental firing of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in March 2022, which landed in Pakistan, found that deviation from standard operating procedures (SOP) by three officers led to the incident. Services of the officers have been terminated with immediate effect, the […]
Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)
Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy successfully flight-tested the indigenously developed Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. The VL-SRSAM, a ship-borne weapon system, is meant for neutralising various aerial […]
Exercise Pitch Black 2022
Exercise Pitch Black 2022: An Indian Air Force contingent has reached Australia to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2022. The exercise is being held in Darwin till the 8th of next month. This is a biennial, multi-national exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force. The Defence Ministry said that the exercise will see the […]
AK-203 Assault Rifles
AK-203 Assault Rifles: The production of the AK-203 assault rifles by the Indo-Russian joint venture at Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, is set to begin by year-end and the manufacturing equipment required for it will be dispatched from Russia shortly, according to a senior official of Kalashnikov, the Russian company which manufactures the rifles. The production was […]
