What’s in News: India and China announced that their armies have begun to disengage from Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area of Eastern Ladakh. The friction points that remain now are Demchok and Depsang, which China has constantly refused to …
Why in News: Prime Minister commissioned India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant into the Indian Navy. About INS Vikrant INS Vikrant / Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC-1) is the first indigenously built aircraft carrier, constructed by Cochin Shipyard Ltd. …
Why in News: The Indian Navy’s new ensign was unveiled by Prime Minister About the New Flag In a bid to do away with the “colonial past”, the Saint George’s Cross has been removed from the Indian Navy’s new flag. …
About LCH The light combat helicopter (LCH) was designed and built indigenously by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It is a two-seater attack helicopter derived from the existing Dhruv helicopter. The LCH can be deployed in various roles, including tracking slow-moving …
What is it? To boost indigenous manufacturing, the Government had issued “positive indigenisation lists” consisting of items that cannot be imported and can only be procured from domestic industry. Why in News: The Defence Minister released the third positive indigenisation …
About Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework was launched by the Government with the aim to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace Sector by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia and promote …
Why in News: The total offset commitment by foreign defence companies to be fulfilled in India for various defence deals during the last 15 years, was $6.83 billion till August 01, 2022 of which they fulfilled offset claims worth 82.13% …
What’s in the news? The Union Government has listed out measures taken for promotion of Micro, Small & Medium enterprises (MSMEs) in defence sector: In the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020, there are specific reservations on Orders up to Rs 100 …