Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defence budget exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aimed at strengthening strike-back capabilities and coastal defence through cruise missiles and unmanned systems, according to a report by the Economic Times. Continue Reading
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on December 23 handed over the first indigenously designed Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), SAMUDRAPRATAP (Yard 1267), to the Indian Coast Guard Continue Reading
An Indian designed, developed and manufactured submachine gun named for the late defence minister Manohar Parrikar has beat foreign competition in an order to supply submachine guns to the elite National Security Guards’ (NSG).
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Speaking at his Mar-a-Lago golf club in Florida alongside Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan Continue Reading
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on December 21 plans to build a new, larger, and more modern aircraft carrier to replace the ageing Charles de Gaulle and enhance France’s maritime power. Continue Reading
The closing ceremony of the fifth edition of the Joint Military Exercise HARIMAUSHAKTI between the Indian Army and the Malaysian Army was held on December 18 at the Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan. Continue Reading
H.E. Mr. Didier Vanderhasselt, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to India, called on Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Ministry of Defence, in New Delhi on 16th December 2025. Continue Reading
Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, called on Major General Ibrahim Hilmy, Chief of Defence Force of the Maldives National Defence Forces, during his maiden visit to Malé. Continue Reading