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Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has flagged a defence shipbuilding pipeline worth nearly ₹1.5 lakh crore beyond the Next Generation Corvette project, with major naval tenders such as the ₹70,000 crore P17 Bravo frigate program expected to move forward within three months.The company is simultaneously expanding its shipbuilding capacity and positioning itself for growth in commercial shipbuilding.GRSE announced during its post-results earnings call that it sees substantial opportunities in upcoming Navy and Coast Guard programmes. The company highlighted several large-scale projects, including frigates, interceptor craft, mine countermeasure vessels, and landing platform docks.Chairman and Managing Director PR Hari confirmed…

Michael Peck, AF Times The U.S. Air Force is underestimating the lengths maintenance delays at its aircraft maintenance depots Source link

One year after the 7 May 2025 air battle, one of the dominant narratives for Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) shoot-downs of Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters had settled on a specific and now widely recited claim – i.e., PAF J-10C fighters armed with PL-15E beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles engaged at 160–190 km using AWACS-to-missile guidance via the Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system. This account now appears across Wikipedia’s PL-15 entry, multiple defence media aggregators, and YouTube channels on both the Indian and Pakistani sides. However, tracing the claim back to its origins raises questions about how much of…

Kim Jong Un, the autocratic leader of North Korea, met with division and brigade commanders from across the Korean People’s Army on May 17, calling for sweeping changes to the military’s training system and organizational structure.  According to a report published on May 18 in the North’s state-controlled media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the meeting was held at the Party Central Committee headquarters in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, with the attendance of senior military figures including Ri Yong Gil, chief of the KPA General Staff, and Pak Jong Chon, an adviser to the Ministry of National Defense.…

The Indian Navy’s ₹33,000–36,000 crore Next-Generation Corvette (NGC) program, originally expected to be signed in March 2026, has been slightly delayed but is now firmly anticipated to be concluded within this quarter.Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), which secured the lowest bidder status, has confirmed that price negotiations are complete and the contract is at the final stage.The NGC program represents one of the largest naval contracts in India’s shipbuilding sector, with GRSE positioned to construct five advanced corvettes. These vessels are designed for anti-surface warfare and will incorporate stealth features such as reduced radar cross-section, infrared, acoustic and magnetic…

Bret R. Wilhite, The Cadet The 1996 decision in United States v. Virginia fundamentally altered the composition of the Corps of Cadets Source link

At a regional security gathering last week in Bishkek, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said that Russia was “establishing a full-fledged partnership” with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and stated Moscow’s opposition to any new third-country military presence in the country.  On May 14, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member country security council heads met in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, which currently holds the SCO’s rotating chairmanship.  The SCO’s full members are China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as India and Pakistan (since 2017), Iran (since 2023), and Belarus (2024). Afghanistan was an observer from 2012 until the…

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Swan Defence & Heavy Industries (SDHI) to jointly bid for the Indian Navy’s Landing Platform Dock (LPD) program, valued at an estimated ₹35,000–₹40,000 crore.This partnership positions MDL aggressively in the competition to deliver four advanced amphibious warfare vessels, a critical capability for India’s maritime power projection.Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, India’s premier defence shipyard and a Navratna company under the Ministry of Defence, has formally entered into a strategic partnership with Swan Defence & Heavy Industries Limited.This collaboration is aimed at jointly bidding for and executing the Indian Navy’s…

Barry Rosenberg, BrDef Earlier this year, the Army stood up the Capability Program Executive Office for Mission Autonomy (CPE Mission Autonomy) to interconnect all unmanned operations in the… Source link

In light of lessons from Ukraine, Taiwan’s defense strategy over the past three years has increasingly prioritized unmanned systems. In late 2025, the government proposed its largest-ever unmanned systems procurement under a NT$1.25 trillion (approximately US$40 billion) Special Defense Budget, with about one-third allocated to procuring roughly 200,000 drones and 1,320 unmanned surface vessels over 2026–2032, alongside AI-enabled and allied collaborative systems.  After nearly six months of political dispute, all domestic procurement components were cut by opposition parties in May 2026, leaving only Foreign Military Sales (FMS) channels intact. New domestic defense drone procurement drops to zero. This comes as…