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India To Install 'Smart Fencing' Along Its Border With Pakistan

February 3, 2017 @ 11:23 AM

India has planned to start work on installing 'smart fence' along 3,323-km-long the border that it shares with Pakistan soon. The testing for the fence is in final stages and soon work for erecting it along the Indo-Pak border will begin, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in New Delhi today, NDTv reported The new fencing is likely to have a multi-tier security ring comprising an alarm to security force personnel in case of any infiltration bid or attempts to cut the fence
US Navy Destroyer Damaged Off Japan, Causes Oil Spill

February 1, 2017 @ 10:43 AM

A US Navy Aegis destroyer, named Antietam, has grounded off eastern Japan, resulting in an estimated 4,160 liters of hydraulic oil being spilled. Antietam was deployed at the U
India Test-fires Home-grown Guided Pinaka Rocket

January 24, 2017 @ 02:32 PM

Indian Army successfully tested guided Pinaka rocket from launch complex—III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at Chandipur today. Defence sources were quoted as saying by PTI that the test was conducted at 12:45 pm and Pinaka rocket mark-II, equipped with navigation, guidance and control kit, was transformed into a “guided Pinaka"
India To Build Modern Bunkers Along Its Border With China

January 24, 2017 @ 12:56 PM

Indian army is building a large number of modern bunkers in Sikkim as part of its efforts to boost the countrys defenses along the border, shared with China. The new bunkers are being built using hallow block structures that can be transported easily to hill areas after having been constructed in plain areas
France Orders A Fourth Batiment Multi-mission Vessel From Kership

January 20, 2017 @ 03:11 PM

The French procurement agency (DGA) has confirmed an order for the construction of the fourth Batiment multi-mission vessel B2M. This order complements the order of three buildings on December 30, 2013
Home-Grown Fighter Jet Tejas To Feature In India's Republic Day Parade

January 20, 2017 @ 11:33 AM

Indias locally developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will be demonstrated during the countrys Republic day parade on January 26. LCA Tejas is the first advance fly-by-wire (FBW) fighter aircraft designed, developed and manufactured in India
BAE Systems Wins $51 Million For 2017 US Roosevelt Depot Maintenance

January 20, 2017 @ 09:17 AM

BAE Systems is being awarded a $51 million contract for the execution of USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) fiscal 2017 depot maintenance period availability. This is a long-term availability and was competed on a coast-wide (East and Gulf) basis without limiting the place of performance to the vessels homeport, US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
France Deploys Two Additional Reapers To Niger

January 10, 2017 @ 01:40 PM

France has deployed two additional MQ-9 Reaper drones to Niamey, Niger received from General Atomics in support of the country's Operation in the Sahel region. The UAVs arrived at Base Aérienne 101 in Niamey, Niger, at the end of 2016 where the Escadron de Drone 1/33 Belfort has been operating three other MQ-9s since January 2015 in support of the country's Operation 'Barkhane' in the Sahel region, a French military source was quoted as saying by
Indian Army Eyes Replacement Of Cheetah, Chetak Fleet With Dhruv Choppers

January 10, 2017 @ 10:57 AM

The Indian Army plans to replace early variants of Cheetahs and Chetak light-utility helicopters with the home-grown advanced light helicopters (ALH) after string of crashes raise safety concerns. The armys aviation wing would replace 41 Cheetahs and Chetaks with new helicopters from the “ALH reserve stock” and the proposal would be sent for Cabinet committee on security approval soon, Hindustan Times quoted an unnamed defense ministry source as saying last Sunday
India Offers Akash Surface-To-Air Missile Systems To Vietnam

January 9, 2017 @ 01:18 PM

India has offered to sell its home-made Akash Surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to Vietnam threby elbowing into to the Asian arms market. The South-East Asian nation has in the past purchased ships from India and is averse to China making it easier for New Delhi to sell its defence equipment there

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