Category: Defence

Panaji: The Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), DG Paramesh Sivamani inaugurated the Waterjet Production & Testing Facility of M/s Marine Jet Power (MJP) India at Goa, marking a significant milestone in India’s pursuit of maritime Aatmanirbharta. With this advanced production and testing facility under the Manufacturing and Transfer of Technology framework, India becomes the third country globally, after the United States and South Korea, to host such a facility. The newly inaugurated facility will ensure the domestic supply chain, enable indigenous testing of waterjet systems and emerge as…

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New Delhi: The Quality Assurance (QA)-Industry Conclave themed ‘Traceability, Speed and Trust – Leveraging Technology for Smarter Quality Assurance’ took place in New Delhi. It brought together senior leadership from the Ministry of Defence, Indian Navy, QA organisations, defence shipyards, public sector undertakings and leading private industry partners on a single platform to deliberate upon the future roadmap for a technology-driven quality assurance ecosystem. The conclave underscored the transformative role of digital technologies in redefining quality assurance processes across the defence manufacturing value chain. Deliberations focused on enabling end-to-end traceability,…

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New Delhi: Indian Navy inaugurated the MILAN Village on 15 Feb 2026 at the Eastern Naval Command, as part of its flagship international naval exercise, MILAN 2026. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, who formally opened the village for the participating navies and walked around the facilities setup to promote global maritime engagement. The thoughtfully curated MILAN Village, has been conceptualised and created as an experience zone that brings together delegates and naval personnel from over 70 countries in an atmosphere…

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Goa: The 5th Edition of the Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC-26) was successfully conducted at Naval War College, Goa on 21 Feb 2026, bringing together Chiefs of Navies and senior maritime leaders from 15 Indian Ocean Region nations. The Conclave reaffirmed the collective commitment of regional partners to strengthen cooperative mechanisms aimed at addressing common maritime security challenges in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Organised by the Indian Navy under the overarching theme of “Common Maritime Security Challenges in the IOR – Progressing Lines of Efforts (LsOE) to Mitigate Dynamic Threats”, GMC-26 underscored India’s…

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Delhi: Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, inaugurated residential accommodation for senior sailors and defence civilians’ of Indian Navy as part of Project Seabird Phase IIA at Naval Base, Karwar on 21 Feb 2026 in the presence of Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, Director General Seabird and other senior officers. The residential accommodation at East of Manzil Creek and Amadalli, consists of one tower of married accommodation for senior sailors comprising 60 Dwelling Units (DUs) and four towers comprising 240 DUs for naval defence civilians. The buildings…

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Mumbai: The 2026 edition of the Vice Admiral KK Nayyar Memorial Lecture was held on 16 Feb 2026, marking the 21st Foundation Day of the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi. The annual lecture honours the enduring legacy of VAdm KK Nayyar, whose intellectual vision and strategic foresight laid the foundation for NMF’s emergence as India’s premier institution for maritime thought and policy advocacy. VAdm Nayyar was not only a distinguished naval officer but also a pioneering strategic thinker. He played a central role in addressing India’s long-standing maritime neglect and fostering…

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Defence cooperation agreement renewed for another 10 years New Delhi: Raksha Mantri  Rajnath Singh and Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs of France Catherine Vautrin co-chaired the 6th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue in Bengaluru, Karnataka.  The two Ministers discussed a range of bilateral security and defence issues including priority areas for co-development & co-production of equipment. They emphasised on the need for a closer defence partnership and connecting the industries of both nations, especially in the field of niche technology.   ​The two Ministers reaffirmed the commitment to…

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H-125 final assembly line is a milestone in India-France strategic partnership: Raksha Mantri “Govt is committed to achieving self-reliance in critical tech & manufacturing high-end products through mutually beneficial partnerships” Mumbai: Prime Minister  Narendra Modi and French President  Emmanuel Macron, virtually inaugurated, from Mumbai, Tata Advanced Systems Final Assembly Line of the Airbus H-125 Light Utility Helicopter, located at Vemagal, Karnataka. Raksha Mantri  Rajnath Singh, French Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Catherine Vautrin, Union Minister of Civil Aviation  KR Naidu and Minister for Large & Medium Industries,…

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New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is undertaking sustained aerial firefighting operations in the Northeastern region of the country, responding to active forest fires in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. At Walong, Arunachal Pradesh, IAF helicopters have successfully extinguished a major wildfire. A total of 139,800 litres of water was dropped during multiple sorties to contain and eliminate the blaze in the affected area. Simultaneously, firefighting operations are continuing over Dzukou Valley in Nagaland. The IAF Mi-17 V5 helicopters are undertaking water-bucketing missions, drawing water from Padumpokhiri Lake, Dimapur, to…

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ASEAN is a central pillar of India’s Indo-Pacific strategy, shared security is the foundation of regional prosperity:  Rajnath Singh RM invites ASEAN partners to benefit from India’s defence technology ecosystem matured due to self-reliance efforts Delhi: On the sidelines of the MILAN 2026 Naval exercise, Raksha Mantri  Rajnath Singh held an interaction with visiting Navy Chiefs and Naval delegations from nine ASEAN member states in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on February 19, 2026. The meeting underscored India’s commitment to its ‘Act East Policy’ and the vision of Mutual and Holistic Advancement…

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