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Jeh Aerospace, in partnership with North America’s Solestra Group, has inaugurated a Global Manufacturing Centre (GMC) at its Hyderabad facility under a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement.The centre is designed to expand precision manufacturing capacity for aerospace and defence programmes, strengthen supply-chain resilience, and provide customers with dedicated capacity aligned to global standards.The GMC was formally launched during a visit by Solestra’s Chief Executive Officer Joe DeMartino and Vice President Rocky Barnhart. The facility will function as an extension of Solestra’s North American operations, with dedicated shop-floor machines, space, and workforce aligned exclusively to Solestra’s programmes and quality systems.This model ensures that…

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering Autonomous wingmen, software-defined upgrades, and multi-aircraft teaming. Here’s what Shield AI’s latest Air Force contract means. Source link

Bangladesh’s Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has announced plans to fence parts of the country’s 270-kilometer border with Myanmar. To understand why Dhaka has arrived at this point, one must look back to December 8, 2024, when the Arakan Army (AA) completed its capture of Maungdaw and assumed full control of northern Rakhine State’s border with Bangladesh. For most international observers, the fall of Maungdaw marked a milestone in Myanmar’s civil war – another indication of the military junta’s shrinking territorial control. For Dhaka, however, it meant the disappearance of effective Myanmar state authority along much of its southeastern frontier. Today,…

French President Emmanuel Macron surprised many by departing from standard diplomatic protocol and addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Hindi during a farewell message at the conclusion of Modi’s visit to France.The gesture was captured in a special video message, where Macron began with the words, “Priya mitra Narendra, mujhe bahut khushi hai, daure ke liye swagat karte, France Bharat ki dosti amar rahe.”He then smiled and added, “I hope it was correct,” acknowledging his attempt at Hindi. The lines translated to, “Dear friend Narendra, I am very happy, welcome for the visit, may the friendship between France and India…

Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News Senate authorizers want the Navy to continue pursuing the next-generation destroyer, in addition to the new Trump-class battleship Source link

The Tibet Aid Program (TAP), also known as Pairing up Assistance for Tibet (对口援藏) for China’s Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) was officially launched following the Third National Tibet Work Forum in 1994. Originally it was designed to boost the TAR’s economy, with wealthy provinces from China’s eastern regions funding the new roads, buildings, and power grids. Eventually the program started to include other sectors such as healthcare and education.  Under Xi Jinping, the focus emphasized assertion of soft power with infrastructure developments. This transaction moved the program from simple economic aid to intensification of cultural and political control. The program…

The Indian Army’s 508 Army Base Workshop (ABW) at Cheokki has successfully rolled out its first fully overhauled BEML TATRA 8×8 vehicle, marking a significant milestone in indigenous military maintenance under the aegis of HQ Madhya Bharat Area.This achievement strengthens India’s self-reliance in defence sustainment and enhances operational readiness by extending the life of critical logistics platforms.The rollout of the overhauled TATRA 8×8 represents a major stride towards the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. The TATRA series has long been the backbone of the Indian Army’s logistics fleet, deployed for transporting missiles, rocket launchers, heavy equipment, and bridging systems.With more than…

Defense News Aerospace, Global Defense News Boeing’s F-15EX Eagle II is poised to become one of the U.S. Air Force’s largest tactical fighter programs Source link

On May 21, 2025, Indian security forces killed Nambala Keshava Rao, known as Basavaraju. He was the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the forests of Chhattisgarh. By November, his top military commander Madvi Hidma had also been eliminated. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 30, 2026 said in Parliament that India had achieved a nearly Naxal-free India. Long a political ambition, this is now a genuine operational reality. The numbers are striking. At its peak in 2011, the Maoist insurgency had touched 223 districts across 20 states. By April 2026, only two districts…

Dehradun-based IAR Aviation has unveiled the Cluster Ghost Drone System (CGDS), a swarm-based decoy platform designed to mislead and overwhelm enemy air defence networks.This innovation marks a significant step in India’s indigenous drone warfare capabilities, providing a cost-effective solution to counter advanced radar and missile systems.The Cluster Ghost Drone System is engineered as a swarm of expendable aerial decoys capable of mimicking the radar signatures and flight profiles of combat aircraft or larger drones.By deploying multiple units simultaneously, the system can saturate hostile detection grids, forcing adversaries to expend valuable interceptor missiles and reveal their defensive positions.This approach reflects lessons…