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Responding to questions related to helicopters and artillery guns raised in Parliament on March 14, 2012, Defence Minister AK Antony informed about the proposal of procuring 187 Light Utility Helicopters (LUHs) under a design and

To expand bilateral defence cooperation Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne visited Bangladesh in March 2012. Over four days of this visit, he met President M Zillur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed,

India and Oman agreed to extend the tenure of the existing bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Military Cooperation, signed in December 2005, for a further period. On December 28, 2011 the documents were signed by the

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith’s three-day visit to India in December ’11 is considered significant in progressing defence cooperation between the two countries. Received by Defence Minister AK Antony, Defence Secretary

Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Leh, a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed a unique herbal formulation “Performax” of ten important herbs known to have

The Indian Army recently acquired its first ‘Remotely Operated Vehicle’ (ROV) ‘Daksh’, which has been designed to handle and clear improvised explosives devices (IED) and other hazardous objects. The first batch of six units of a

Defence Minister AK Antony stated in Parliament that as per the assessment of the…

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha on December 12, 2011, Defence Minister AK Antony stated that the number of Field Firing Ranges (FFRs) has declined in the last few decades. The drop has been from 104 to 66 (12 acquired and 44

On 6th Nov 2013 the two border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh- conducted the first ever Retreat Ceremony at Petrapole-Benapole post on the International Boundary between the two countries. Indian Border Security Force (BSF)

Cutting across party lines, Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Consultative Committee attached to Defence Ministry, at a meeting on 06 November 2013, appreciated the successes of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in