With Lt General Deepak Kapoor all set to take over the reins of the Indian Army on October 1, the Defence Ministry today announced a major reshuffle in the top echelons of the force, naming Lt Gen Milan Lalitkumar Naidu the new Vice Chief of Army Staff.
Another highly decorated officer Lt Gen Tej Krishan Sapru was named to head the army's most prestigious Western Army command.
While, Lt Gen Naidu, at present commander of the Shimla-based Army Training
M&M Axe, custom-made for the Indian army is the local answer to the iconic Hummer It’s mean. It’s muscular. And it’s capable of navigating just about any terrain. No, we aren’t talking the Transformers here. We /photo.cms?msid=2320294 are talking the new Axe from Mahindra defence systems, the all-terrain vehicle custom-created for the Indian Army.
In a chat with us, Brigadier Khutub A Hai, CEO, Mahindra defence systems, spoke about the Axe; why it’s better than a Humvee, and more.
Heavy Vehicles Factory has so far supplied 181 T-90 tanks to Army. No technical problems viz barrel bursting has been observed in T90 tanks. The problem of barrel bursting was noticed earlier in T-72 tank. The bursting of barrel in T-72 tanks occurred in barrels of Russian origin as well as of Indian origin. The problem was
There has been some delay in upgradation of MiG-21 Bison, NavWASS Jaguar and MiG-27 aircraft due to delays in design and developments phase. The projects are closely monitored to mitigate the delay.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi in Lok Sabha today.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) though has a meagre presence of only seven percent women officers as compared to its total strength, it is still better than the Army and Navy, where women officers constitute only 2.6 and 2.9 percent of the services' total strength respectively. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Defence Minister A K Antony stated that several measures have been taken up by the armed forces to attract more women to join the country defence force.
Women are appointed only as Short Service Commission (SSC) officers in some select branches in the three defence forces. In field like medical, nursing and dental services, they are however appointed both in Short Service and Permanent Commissions.
Co-development of a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft has been identified as an important area of cooperation between the Indian and Russian Government. Technical discussions to work out the details are in progress. Efforts are on for finalizing the draft Inter Governmental Agreement in this regard.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Shri Gurudas Dasgupta and Shri CK Chandrappan in Lok Sabha today.
The Army will hold joint exercises in Russia for the first time from September 15 to 19. This is part of a reciprocal arrangement to promote better ties between the two armies.
The first such exercise was held in India last year.
During the exercises, outgoing Chief of the Army Staff Gen. J. J. Singh and other top brass will hold talks with senior Russian army officials.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is looking for a partner in the product maintenance of the three airborne early warning and control system (AEW&CS) aircraft that it is building for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The DRDO had initiated pre-proposal talks with some private and public sector companies, including Larsen and Toubro, Tata Power and Bharat Electronics Limited
The U.S. and India have become pretty close friends in recent years. But what's a little spying between best buds? Especially when there's an opportunity to figure out the secrets of the newest Russian-made fighter, the Su-30MKI? As usual, the excellent Air Forces Monthly mag has the scoop:AFM says that a U.S. RC-135U electronic spy plane just happened to be en route to the U.K from the Middle East at the same time that the Indian aircraft were arriving, giving the U.S. jet a chance to
Shortly after floating the biggest defence tender for purchasing 126 fighter planes, Government today insisted that the Indo-US civil nuclear deal had nothing to do with the procurement of the military equipment. Defence Minister A K Antony said the government wanted the best equipment from whomsover it got that.
"We want the best equipment. This tender is open to all," Antony told reporters after felicitating the members of an IAF team that flew around the world in a microlight.
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