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Indian Defence Minister reviews plan to deal with COVID-19

New Delhi. 27 March 2020. Defence Minister of IndiaRajnath Singh held a review meeting with senior officials of Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the action plan of the Ministry…Read more ›

Tagged with: Admiral Karambir Singh, Air Chief Marshal, Armed Forces, Chief Of Air Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, COVID-19, Defence Minister of India, Defence Secretary, Dr. Ajay Kumar, General Bipin Rawat, General M M Naravane, Indian Defence Minister, R K S Bhadauria, Rajnath Singh

UK MOD’s COVID19 battle plan

London. 25 March 2020. On 18 March the Defence Secretary announced new measures to enable armed forces personnel to support public services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.The Royal…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, battle plan, Ben Wallace, Co-ordination Centre, COVID-19, Defence Secretary, Joint Military Command Scotland, RAF A400M, Royal Air Force, transport aircraft, UK MoD

Indian Navy inducts LCU L-56

New Delhi. 30 March 2019. Yard 2097 (LCU L 56), the sixth of the class of LCU MK IV ships, have been built and delivered by M/s GRSE Ltd at…Read more ›

Tagged with: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Defence Secretary, Indian Navy, LCU L-56, LCU MK IV ships, Lt Cdr Gopinath Narayan, M/s GRSE Ltd, Vice Admiral BK Verma, Vice Admiral MS Pawar

RAF Typhoons launch for the first time with the Meteor Air-to-Air missile

Farnborough. 16 December 2918. RAF Typhoons launched from RAF Lossiemouth this morning for the first time with the Meteor Air-to-Air missile in defence of UK airspace during a…Read more ›

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BAE Systems has been awarded a £1.5bn contract for delivery of the seventh Astute class submarine and a further £900m for the next phase of the Dreadnought submarine programme.

The Secretary of State for Defence, The Right Honourable Gavin Williamson, announced these contracts today during a visit to the Company’s submarine site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. During his…Read more ›

Tagged with: BAE Systems, BAE Systems Submarines MD, British service, Cliff Robson, Defence Secretary, Dreadnought submarine programme, Gavin Williamson, HMS Agincourt, HMS Ambush, HMS Artful, HMS Astute, Naval Systems, Rolls Royce, Royal Navy’s seven-strong fleet, seventh Astute class submarine

Sanjay Mitra – The Next Defence Secretary

Sanjay Mitra, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is to succeed G. Mohan Kumar as the next Defence Secretary on the 24th of May, 2017. Sanjay Mitra is…Read more ›

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