HAMMER Precision Weapon System
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and France’s Safran Electronics & Defence have signed a Joint Venture Cooperation Agreement to manufacture the HAMMER precision Weapon System.
- The HAMMER (Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range) is a smart, precision-guided, air-to-ground weapon designed to strike hardened targets with high accuracy from stand-off ranges.
- It is also known as a glide bomb.
- Developed by: Originally developed by Safran (Sagem), France, and now set for joint manufacturing with BEL in India.
Exercise Suryakiran
- India and Nepal will launch the 19th edition of Exercise Suryakiran from November 25 to December 8 in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
- Exercise Suryakiran is a bilateral, annual, battalion-level military exercise conducted alternately by India and Nepal to enhance defence cooperation, coordination, and military preparedness.
- Aim: To improve operational synergy in jungle warfare, counter-terrorism operations, mountain warfare, and integrate modern technologies for improved interoperability and tactical coordination.
