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Rappid Valves (India), a precision-engineered industrial and marine valve manufacturer, has secured strategic defence and naval orders worth ₹29.86 crore.These orders come from leading participants in the defence and naval ecosystem, reinforcing the company’s growing presence in India’s shipbuilding and maritime defence sector.The development highlights the increasing role of specialised domestic suppliers in supporting India’s naval modernisation and maritime self-reliance.The newly secured contracts span multiple Indian Navy programmes. They involve the supply of mission-critical valve systems and related components for naval platforms. This strengthens Rappid Valves’ credentials as a trusted domestic supplier for defence and shipbuilding applications, where reliability, stringent…

WSJ Defense secretary says Washington will make alliance budget funding contingent on European military spending Source link

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil — Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer plans to nearly double its output of the KC-390 Millennium airlifter by the end of the decade, according to a company executive. “As demand is growing, not only to meet the current commitments we have with customers, but also looking to the future, looking ahead [at] what’s coming, we are in ramping up mode,” Marcio Monteiro, the chief marketing officer of Embraer’s defense division, said in a June 10 briefing with reporters here.   Embraer this year anticipates building six aircraft. “Towards the end of the decade, we expect to reach…

The Pentagon office that lends money to weapons developers would be allowed to take equity stakes in private companies deemed critical to national security under draft provisions of the 2027 defense policy bill.“We have allowed them to take equity in certain sectors. We have, what I think, is a very robust reporting regime and ethics regime, and we are working to reorganize or rationalize equity at the department by co-locating it with the loan authority at the Office of Strategic Capital and leaving the industrial-based fund, IBAS, as a tool for smaller dollar grants…as it’s traditionally been used,” a congressional…

Following strong criticism from educationists and historians for its blurring of an image of a figurine of a nude young woman in its history textbook for Class IX students, India’s National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been forced to back down. It has agreed to replace the altered image of the iconic figurine with its “original version.” “The correction is being implemented immediately in the digital version of the textbook, while the revised print editions will carry the original version of the image,” NCERT Director Dinesh Saklani told news agency ANI. An autonomous body under the federal…

NIBE Limited has successfully demonstrated its Garudastra 120mm vehicle‑mounted mortar system to the Indian Army at the Infantry School in Mhow, showcasing rapid shoot‑and‑scoot manoeuvres, high‑volume firepower, precision GPS‑ and laser‑guided strikes, and Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact (MRSI) capability.The trials underscored its ability to deliver accurate indirect fire support while enhancing battlefield survivability and mobility.The demonstration was conducted under a No Cost‑No Commitment evaluation, reflecting the Army’s interest in assessing advanced indigenous systems without immediate procurement obligations. Garudastra moved into a temporary firing position and was combat‑ready in under thirty seconds. It fired two rounds in less than fifteen seconds before…

Sitilides & Khaerani, NI A recent agreement with Indonesia expands the U.S. military’s reach over China’s energy and trade lifeline Source link

WASHINGTON —The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) inked a pair of conditional loans totaling $1.2 billion this week within the rare earth elements sector, according to department announcements. Today the department announced it has singed a $725 million conditional loan with Denver-based Energy Fuels — a company specializing in uranium production — to support the buildout of a new, US-based rare earth separation and metallization facility. “The company’s increased production will directly support permanent magnet facilities across the broader US industrial base and improve supply chains for other specialty defense and industrial products,” the department wrote in the announcement. …

Before SpaceX IPO, Investors in China Secretly Acquired A businessman with ties to Chinese military contractors was among the overseas investors who acquired stakes in SpaceX while it was still a private company. An entity linked to the Qatari royal family also took a stake.The new details come from a private investor list obtained by ProPublica that sheds light on a particularly delicate issue for Elon Musk’s rocket company: which people in countries like China bought into the company, and how. SpaceX built its business off sensitive U.S. government work like making spy satellites for the Pentagon. While there is no ban…

People in parts of Papua New Guinea are facing an unusual problem. Floating volcanic rock is making boat travel difficult, blocking access to fishing grounds and disrupting daily life in coastal communities. The source of the pumice is the ongoing Titan Ridge eruption from an underwater volcano in the Bismarck Sea. Since May 9, the eruption has produced vast amounts of pumice – a lightweight, porous volcanic rock that floats on the ocean surface. Reports from Manus Province in the country’s northeast describe chunks of pumice accumulating along coastlines and waterways in enormous “rafts” 2–5 meters thick. In some locations,…