Chennai: Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed an order with Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Chennai for supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army on September 23.The order, worth Rs 7,523 crore, will provide further boos...
Chennai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has commissioned indigenously built Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Vigraha’ in Chennai on August 28.Terming it an important step towards achieving ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’, he said the ship is a ...
New Delhi: In coordination with Sri Lankan authorities, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has been tirelessly engaged in fighting a major fire onboard the Chemical laden container vessel MV X-Press Pearl anchored off Colombo since May 25.The strenuous joint e...
Chennai: In a fillip to government’s ambitious Atamanirbhar Bharat” initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handed over the indigenously-built Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane in presence of DRDO Ch...
Chennai: The CVRDE, a laboratory of the DRDO, on Sunday handed over retractable landing gears for Tapas and Swift unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as 18 types of filters for P-75 submarines to its users, an official statement said.While the re...
Chennai: Lieutenant General A Arun has taken over the reins of Dakshin Bharat Area as the general officer commanding recently at Chennai.Dakshina Bharat Area was previously known as Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala Area.He takes over the...
Pune: Indian Army on Tuesday successfully launched its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in a “top-attack configuration”, hitting a target in the Bay of Bengal.Over a month ago, the naval version of the BrahMos missile was successfully fl...
New Delhi: Navies of India, the US, Japan and Australia concluded their second phase of 24th edition of Malabar naval exercise in the Arabian Sea on Friday.Phase 1 of the exercise was conducted off Visakhapatnam in Bay of Bengal from November 3-...
New Delhi: Navies of India, the US, Japan and Australia on Tuesday commenced their second phase of the Malabar naval exercise in the northern Arabian Sea.The exercise involved two aircraft carriers and a number of frontline warships, submarines and m...
Air WarriorsChennai: A total of 609 air warriors were on Thursday inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) at an impressive Passing-out Parade held at Air Force Station, Tambaram.The air warriors went through 67 weeks of rigorous and intensive traini...