Indian Army's Rudra Armed Helos Break Cover in Ladakh
The Indian Army Rudra, the in-service advanced armed version of the HAL Dhruv, briefly broke cover today in Ladakh, confirming the indigenous aircraft’s operational deployment amidst border tensions to the high altitude theatre it was always designed for. An Army Aviation Corps Rudra was fleetingly seen in footage from a combat demonstration today in Stakna for visiting Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh. The Indian Army currently operates over 50 HAL-built Rudras, with more in the pipeline for a total fleet of 78 airframes. The Ind…
Indian Army to get 1.59 lakh ballistic helmets: Defense News
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is finally getting futuristic protective gear in the form of ballistic helmets for its soldiers. Within the next couple of months, the army will have 1,59,000 of these bulletproof helmets, which have been a decades-long requirement. The indigenous helmets will be procured from MKU, an Indian firm which supplies military equipments to the UN and NATO , according to Ministry of Defence (MOD) sources. These helmets are among many major equipment which the army is procuring through the Make in India route…
US Army triggers competition for future long-range assault aircraft
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has launched its future long-range assault aircraft competition, quietly releasing a request for proposals limited to two industry teams. The service has also homed in on a schedule to deliver FLRAA prototypes after debating two different options to stay on schedule. The service weighed the option of pursuing both prototype builds for the airframe and the weapons systems at the same time, or on slightly separate schedules, which would have meant the difference between delivering full prototypes to the Army by the s…
Indian Army’s Future Infantry Soldiers To Get Lethal Weapons And Better Protection
India has never been an instigator of war, but unfortunately has been involved in five major ones since Independence. The Indian Army has proved its mettle and emerged victorious and a huge credit goes to the Infantry. A large part of the 1.4 million strong Indian Army is made up of the Infantry. In war, the artillery pulverises the enemy with heavy gun fire, the armoured corps charge ahead to take over enemy territory. But it’s the Infantry that holds the ground. Just so we understand how important the infantry is, most Chiefs o…
Indian Army ammunition won’t even last 10 days in event of a war, suggests CAG reports
If India were to go to war now, 90 per cent of its available ammunition would not last even for 10 days, inferred the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in a report tabled in Parliament on Friday. It said the ammunition roadmap drawn by the Army in 2012 for building up the stock to 50 per cent by March 2015 and 100 per cent by 2019 has remained far from realization. Coming down heavily on the Defence Ministry, the Army , ordnance factories and quality assurance agencies, the report highlighted that while the Army blamed the Ordnan…
US Army Struggles With War-Zone Inventory
WASHINGTON — As the Defense Department retrogrades mountains of equipment from Afghanistan, the US Army has failed to effectively report $419.5 million worth of equipment that may have gone missing, according to a recent DoD Inspector General’s (DODIG’s) audit. Some 15,600 pieces of equipment lost from the Bagram and Kandahar property redistribution yards were not reported in a timely manner by the unit responsible for tracking it, the 401st Army Field Support Brigade, according to the Oct. 30 audit. Once the inspectors made their …
Army Chief tells commanders to assess security situation
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Saturday asked his commanders to "continuously assess" the situation in view of the security transition taking place in the neighbourhood and directed them to maintain relentless pressure on terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure peaceful polls. In his address on culmination of the Army Commanders Conference here, Gen Singh also expressed satisfaction over the situation in North East and stressed upon all stakeholders to be made a part of the conflict resolution mechanism. Wh…
Defense News: US Army wants $364million for Defender Pacific in FY 2021
New York: The U.S. Army is requesting $364 million to conduct a division-sized exercise in the Indo-Pacific region in fiscal 2021, the service confirmed to Defense News . Yet, the cost breakout details are classified, according to an Army spokeswoman. The exercise is fueled by a rising China , characterized in the National Defense Strategy as a long-term, strategic competitor of the United States. The NDS lays out a world where great power competition rather than counterterrorism will drive the Defense Department’s decision-making an…
US Army will not conduct Typhon live-fire at exercises in Philippines
The U.S. Army will not conduct a live-fire operation of its Mid-Range Capability missile system, known as Typhon, during exercises in the Philippines this spring, according to the service commander in charge of U.S. Army Pacific operations. “We are not planning to conduct live-fire in the Philippines right now,” Maj. Gen. Jeffrey VanAntwerp, deputy chief of staff of operations, plans and training at U.S. Army Pacific, told reporters in a media briefing Thursday. The news comes almost a year after the Army’s 1st Multi-Domain Task Force transpor…
Running out of firing ranges, Indian Army eyeing simulators
NEW DELHI: Spiraling land costs and safety concerns are seeing the 1.3-million strong Indian Army, the fourth largest in the world, fast running out of firing ranges. It is now eyeing simulators for training its soldiers. This major problem, which may even effect the preparedness of the force, came up at the recently concluded Army Commanders' Conference and has made top commanders look for other options. Top Indian Army sources confided that a lot of difficulties is being faced as many states are not ready to renew the leases f…
China-specific strike corps on table
The cabinet committee on security is to shortly take a call on the diplomatic ramifications of raising a new army formation for the China frontier in the east and the north-east. The cabinet committee on security is to shortly take a call on the diplomatic ramifications of raising a new army formation for the China frontier in the east and the north-east. The defence ministry has all but finalised the plan for a proposed “mountain strike corps” that the army has been wanting for the last two years, and officials believe the financial…
India’s Artillery Procurement Saga
Napoleon once said, “God fights on the side with the best artillery.” There is little doubt that the Indian Army’s artillery is in urgent need of modernization. That much was clear after the Kargil War, where artillery played a decisive factor. But delays in procurement are hindering the process. Take 155 mm towed howitzers, a key element of India’s artillery. India hasn’t purchased a new system since the Bofors in 1980s. Senior Indian army officials have also raised concerns over shortages of modern artillery systems, which they beli…
Rheinmetall, Anduril join forces on optionally manned fighting vehicle
WASHINGTON — American Rheinmetall Vehicles and venture-backed defense technology company Anduril Industries are joining forces in a “strategic partnership” to compete in the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle design program, according to a Sept. 6 joint statement from the companies. The Army opened up the competition to design and build prototypes for the replacement of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, releasing a request for proposals to industry this summer. Last year the Army awarded contracts to five teams to develop prel…
Subhash Bhamre: Digitalisation of Indian Armed Forces is at Top Priority
Union Minister Subhash Bhamre on Thursday said digitization of forces is one of the top priorities of the government, an official said. The government intends to create high capacity information network for the Digital Army based on state-of-the-art technologies of the Indian armed forces , the minister said. Talking on the urgent need for a robust, secure, high capacity data networks for Operational Commanders, Bhamre said: "They are also a critical facet of the force modernisation plans of the Indian Army, which will further…
U.S. Army receives CAE system for helicopter training
At the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida, CAE today announced that the United States Army has accepted for training the first UH-72A flight training device (FTD). That system will be located at the U.S. Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) at Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Under subcontract to Airbus Defense & Space, CAE designed and manufactured the UH-72A FTD, which is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Level 6-capable FTD that features an aircraft-specific cockpit…
Running out of firing ranges, Indian Army eyeing simulators
NEW DELHI: Spiraling land costs and safety concerns are seeing the 1.3-million strong Indian Army, the fourth largest in the world, fast running out of firing ranges. It is now eyeing simulators for training its soldiers. This major problem, which may even effect the preparedness of the force, came up at the recently concluded Army Commanders' Conference and has made top commanders look for other options. Top Indian Army sources confided that a lot of difficulties is being faced as many states are not ready to renew the leases f…
Indian Defence Team Meets Sri Lanka Army Chief
A 20-member military delegation of the Army War College of India is currently visiting Sri Lanka on a familiarization tour, the Sri Lankan Army said. Led by Brigadier J.S Sandhu, a Directing Staff at Higher Command Wing, Army War College of India, the delegation includes four senior officers. They called on Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, at the Army Headquarters on Monday, reports the Colombo Page. Lieutenant General Ratnayake expressed Sri Lanka Army's gratitude for the training opportunit…
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Modi may soon visit Indian Army's forward posts in Siachen
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may soon visit Indian Army's forward posts in the Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world, during his tour of Ladakh. The Prime Minister is expected to be in Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to dedicate two hydroelectric projects and lay the foundation stone of a electricity transmission line there next week or in the third week of the month. The Prime Minister may visit Indian Army posts in Siachen in that area during that time, sources said here. …
Indian Army joins Pakistan army in its Resolution Day celebrations
Life at the Line of Control (LoC) between arch-rivals India and Pakistan is intricate and difficult as well, especially in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch that is south of the Pir Panjal range in Jammu region. Reports of exchange of firing between the armed forces of the two countries are routine along the de-facto border. The tension between India and Pakistan escalated after last year’s September cross-border raid on an army base killed 19 Indian soldiers and, in reply, the Indian Army carried out surgical st…
Pakistan's cowardly Act: Three soldiers killed in Kashmir and one jawan mutilated.
Three Indian soldiers were killed "in action" along the Line of Control (LoC) in Machhal, Jammu and Kashmir, while the body of one soldier was mutilated, the Indian Army said on Tuesday. Taking strong objection to the disrespect showed to the martyred Indian soldier, India has forally lodged protest with Pakistan . The Vice Chief of Army Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat has briefed the Union Defence Minister on the incident and Parrikar has told the forces to send the "strongest possible message.". The Defence Mini…
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