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India donates Mi-25 helicopter to Afghanistan

By sangeeta Saxena on December 30, 2015

New Delhi. 23 December, 2015. India has donated the first of four Mi-25 assault helicopters to Afghanistan ,which will be operated by the Afghan Air Force (AAF)…

Japanese cabinet approves largest defence budget

By sangeeta Saxena on December 30, 2015

Tokyo. 24 December, 2015. Japan’s biggest ever annual defence budget, was approved recently, attracting a major world attention.The cabinet approved 5.05 trillion yen ($41.8 billion)…

Israel’s missile defence chief dismissed

By sangeeta Saxena on December 29, 2015

New Delhi. 28 December, 2015. Israel’s missile defence head Yair Ramati was sacked for a “grave breach of information security” and relevant authorities would…

Modernisation of Ordnance Factories on the cards

By Harmeet Singh on December 28, 2015

New Delhi. December, 2015. Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) prepares a modernisation plan in line with Five Year Plan of Government of India. The plan is implemented…

Review of Service Conditions of Armed Forces

By Harmeet Singh on December 28, 2015

New Delhi. December, 2015. Lateral induction of serving Armed Forces personnel into CAPFs is at the stage of inter-departmental consultations. Besides, service conditions of Armed…

Women Pilots in the Armed Forces

By Harmeet Singh on December 28, 2015

New Delhi. December, 2015. Government has accorded approval for women to join as Short Service Commission officers in the fighter stream of the Indian Air…

HAL gives the country an aviation Heritage Centre

By Harmeet Singh on December 28, 2015

Bangalore, 14 December, 2015. Another aviation first comes to Bangalore, India’s aviation hub. The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum, a first…

A replica of Tejas in Bangalore installed

By sangeeta Saxena on December 27, 2015

Bangalore. 11 December, 2015.T. Suvarna Raju, Chief Managing Director, HAL, unveiled a full-scale model of the light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas, placed at the city’s iconic…

PM Narendra Modi with ITBP Commandos in Afghanistan

By sangeeta Saxena on December 26, 2015

Narendra Modi, Hon’ble PM with ITBP commandos at Embassy Of India, Kabul (Afghanistan). PM spent some time with ITBP officers and men. ITBP has been…

AMENDMENTS TO OFFSET GUIDELINES

By sangeeta Saxena on December 23, 2015

New Delhi. 23 December, 2015. The Ministry of Defence has initiated various policy measures to address the concerns of the industry for ease of doing…

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