By A Correspondent New Delhi: India today decided to buy dual-role BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles for the navy, providing an impetus to the indigenous defence manufacturing mission set by the government. The deal was signed between the Ministry of Defence and BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) here for […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: Chennai-based start-up Zuppa OEG GEN5 Technologies Private Limited is now working on the development of ‘Zuppa Vector‘, a unique fixed-wing drone for mapping and surveillance. Having Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities, Zuppa Vector could soon be aiding Indian provinces’ drive to map […]
New Delhi: India‘s navy has decided to create a vendor base in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands on its eastern sea board to enable support services for warship maintenance at the naval base there. The decision was taken at the Indian Navy‘s Conference for Mid-Year Refit Review […]
New Delhi: European aerospace major Airbus today appointed Sunny Guglani as the head of Airbus Helicopters for India and South Asia. He will be based in New Delhi. Guglani, 37, will be responsible for growing Airbus’ civil, parapublic and defence helicopter business in the region, including aftermarket services. […]
New Delhi (India)/Ottawa (Canada): CYDEF, a Canadian cybersecurity solutions provider, today said it has tied up with Indian Aerospace and Defence Consultants of India (ADCAI) to offer its proprietary cybersecurity solutions and to build a firewall for Indian institutions against cyber attacks from forces inimical to India. “CYDEF […]
New Delhi: The United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, will sail to India in the autumn on its maiden operational deployment. As a representation of the ‘Indo-Pacific tilt’ in the UK’s foreign policy, the HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier – the largest ship ever built […]
Hyderabad: India‘s army and air force today got the first delivery of a medium range surface-to-air missile (M R SAM) kit from the city-based Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems Private Limited, a joint venture between the Indian Kalyani Group and Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Limited. The roll-out event […]
New Delhi: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a GMR-led consortium, today announced that Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has once again emerged as the ‘Best Airport by Size and Region’ in Asia-Pacific for 2020. The airport’s efforts have been recognised by Airports Council International (ACI) for Airport […]
New Delhi: American defence giant Lockheed Martin Corp. ‘s offer to India for its air force’s fighter jet requirement, F-21, will be the biggest draw of the company at this year’s AeroIndia show at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru from Feb. 3 to 5. Lockheed Martin will be […]
(Editor’s Note: This is a partnered post for a television show series that Defence.Capital is a part of.) Atmanirbhar Bharat, a clarion call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeks to put India on a path of self-reliance and self-sufficiency, making the nation a bigger and more important […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has bought a “small quantity” of the Israeli SPICE 2000 stand-off missiles and the Spike anti-tank guided missiles earlier this month to meet its immediate requirement, amidst a military face-off with China in the Ladakh border. The quantity purchased of the […]
Hyderabad (India): Cyient, a global digital engineering and technology company, has bagged a partnership with SPRINT, a business innovation support programme, to accelerate innovation in the United Kingdom‘s space sector and to strengthen the mutual focus on industry collaboration. The partnership will enable Cyient to identify new business […]
New Delhi: India should join other global powers to stop China from backing Pakistan and only if the China-Pakistan nexus is broken can the question of Kashmir between New Delhi and Islamabad be resolved, a senior Uighur leader, currently in self-imposed exile in the United States, has said. […]
New Delhi: Vistara, a full-service carrier, has got delivery of its first Airbus A321Neo that offers India’s first flatbed on a narrow-body aircraft. The addition to the Vistara fleet would help the Tata Sons Limited and Singapore Airlines Limited joint venture airline to expand its international operations. The […]
(Editor’s Note: The currency conversion in paragraph one has be corrected to reflect accurate figure in US Dollars.) New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence today delegated financial powers up to Rs 300 crore ($40 million) to the armed forces to make emergency procurement of weapons and equipment to […]
