NATIONAL
05-01-2016.
DEFENCE NEWS

1.      Bharat electronics LTD had won the Rs 575 Crores contract for the L70 gun upgrade along with the Ordance Factory Board.It has recently delivered the first two upgraded L70 guns to the Indian army.and has to deliver 200 upgraded guns in the next three years.

 

2.      Boeing and Tata group companies have established partnerships in India to manufacture aero-structures.

 

 

3.      India has successfully test fired the 300-km range Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile.The missile is capable of being launched from land,sea,sub-sea and air against sea and land targets.

 

4.      Indian Firm Sure Safety Solutions in collaborations with UK based Maggitt Defence Systems Limited will soon have its first defence manufacturing industry under the Make in India programme in Odhisha District.

 

5.      IAF is most likely to place an order worth $500 million for 20 BAE manufactured Hawk MK132 aircraft next month for its Surya Kiran aerobatics team.

 

6.      Indian Navy has commissioned the first indigenously designed and built torpedo launch and recovery vessel INS Astradharini is capable of speeds up to 15 Knots.The ship also has modern power generation,distribution,navigation,and communication systems.

 

7.      Indian Navy has commissioned INS Kochi,the second trip of the indigenously designed and constructed has been built by the Mazagon Dock LTD.Its speed is excess of 30 Knots.

 

8.      India and US have signed two contracts for the purchase of 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters.The entire delivery is to be completed in 48 months from the signing of the contract.

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