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For the first time in Indian military history, two classmates, Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi and Admiral Dinesh Tripathi, will be service chiefs of Indian Army and Navy. Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi and Army Chief Designate Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi studied at the Sainik School, Rewa, in Madhya Pradesh. They were together in the school from class 5th-A in the early 1970s.

Brought to Indian shores in 2007 along with INS Jalashwa, the UH-3H helicopter was inducted into INAS 350 christened 'Saaras' on March 24, 2009 at INS Dega, Vishakhapatnam. 

New Delhi: The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) completed six consecutive developmental trials of the High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) 'ABHYAS' at the integrated test range in Chandipur, Odisha. With improved booster configuration and multiple mission validations, ABHYAS is now production-ready, demonstrating cost-effectiveness and export potential.

Announcing the decision, Thales India head Ashish Saraf said: "We are thrilled to announce our partnership with the Adani Group in India. We look forward to collaborating on the manufacturing of Thales' 70mm rockets in India."

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh termed it as a major boost to the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. The MR-MOCR obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around platforms and assets, thus reducing radar detection.

The Ministry of Defence will collaborate with a private firm working in the space sector for design and development of a “miniaturised satellite” capable of carrying multiple payloads up to 150 kg, officials said on Tuesday.

The context of this aggression shows that it is a facade being put up to mask how rattled China really is—rattled because it feels cornered by the kind of pushback it is now facing from countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on June 23 said it has achieved a third consecutive success in the Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment by demonstrating the autonomous landing capability of the launch vehicle under more challenging conditions. 
 

According to reports, the operation, carried out collaboratively by the Army's 30RR unit and Handwara Police, resulted in the successful arrest of Zakir Hamid Mir, son of Abdul Hamid Mir from Kacrhi village.

In a major boost to India's defence capabilities, the Indian Army has reportedly received its first batch of indigenous man-portable suicide drones, known as Nagastra-1.