By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India today took the long-awaited decision to dismantle the British-era ordnance factories and to create seven new state-run corporate entities that will handle manufacturing of weapons for the armed forces. The ordnance factories corporatisation move has been initiated to bring in efficiency, […]
New Delhi: French aeroengines major Safran has appointed Jetendra S. Gavankar as its next managing director, a former Indian Air Force officer, for its helicopter engines unit in India. Gavankar took over the new role from his predecessor Satish Kirtikar, who is retiring, according to a statement from […]
New Delhi: India today said it has approved a $68-million funding programme to help startups to boost innovations in defence technologies over the next five years. India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh has “approved the budgetary support of Rs 498.8 crore to Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) – […]
New Delhi: Providing a boost to indigenous manufacturing in the aerospace and defence sector, India’s coast guard today inducted the domestic industry-made Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), enhancing its air operations capabilities. The ALH inducted into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), the fourth of the Indian armed forces, by […]
New Delhi: French defence technologies major Thales today announced the appointment of Ashish Saraf as vice president and country director for India with effect from June 1. In this role, Ashish will lead the company’s India business and will be responsible for the strategic growth of Thales in […]
New Delhi: India today took a few key decisions that will speed up the way its defence acquisitions are done, including reducing the timelines by half. India’s Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar tweeted the decisions, saying the acquisition wing of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Indian […]
New Delhi: India today approved a navy proposal to float a $5.9-billion tender for locally building next generation attack submarines with foreign help, for which state-run Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) are set to compete. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the […]
New Delhi: India today signed a $45-million deal for Airport Surveillance Radars for the navy and coast guard to boost their maritime aviation activities. The Ministry of Defence signed the contract with Mumbai-based Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Limited for procurement of 11 Airport Surveillance Radars with Monopulse Secondary […]
New Delhi: India has begun a search for a foreign vendor to meet its requirement for at least 1,770 future battle tanks, for induction beginning 2030, to meet threats from both China and Pakistan. The Indian Army today issued a Request for Information, third since 2015, to Foreign […]
New Delhi: India has signed a $200-million contract to lease four Israeli-made drones for long-range surveillance mission in the borders with China, where the two Asian neighbours are already in a year-long conflict. The announcement came today from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) that manufactures the Heron Unmanned Aerial […]
(Editor’s Note: Adds SIDM statement on the Second Positive Indigenisation List at Paragraph 16.) New Delhi: India today announced the addition of 108 defence platforms and equipment to a list of items that are banned from imports, further boosting the Narendra Modi government’s resolve to give preference to […]
New Delhi: In line with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today commissioned an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) built by state-run defence shipbuilder Goa Shipyard Limited. India’s Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, Indian Coast Guard Director […]
New Delhi: India’s defence research and development agency has achieved success with a critical technology for aeroengines that will help the nation to take a step closer towards self-reliance in the aerospace sector and enter an elite group of nations with this capability. The Defence Research and Development […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rajiv Chib A resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India has forced domestic defence companies to reintroduce strict restrictions. It again threatens to increase […]
New Delhi: India has tested for the first time the Python-5 air-to-air missile on the ‘Tejas‘ Light Combat Aircraft yesterday, enhancing the attack capability of the indigenous fighter jet beyond visual range. The test firing took place in Goa when a series of the missile trials were completed […]
