By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a significant business opportunity for local companies in the beginning of a new year, India today approved the $6.5-billion locally-made combat jets procurement for the air force, boosting the aerospace and defence industry that has been fighting hard against COVID-induced negative […]
TV Show Series: Makers of Indian Defence towards Atmanirbhar Bharat By defence.capital on January 5, 2021 • ( Leave a comment ) (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 […]
(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 […]
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s state-run defence technology developer, today entered into an arrangement with the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO) to adopt and install the former’s indigenous eco-friendly biodigester units at the latter’s facilities, as a means to conserve water and […]
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence today signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for procurement of 10 Lynx U2 fire control systems for front line warships of Indian Navy at a cost of Rs 1,355 crore ($185 million) under Buy (Indian) category of the Defence Procurement […]
New Delhi: State-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) today signed a contract with the Indian Navy for initially supplying 20 Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Dazzlers (Laser Dazzlers). The BEL had earlier this month won the contract beating global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in ‘Buy Global‘ category. […]
Boeing Defence India managing director Surendra Ahuja tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that with $1 billion annual sourcing from 225 suppliers, India’s role in his company’s global supply chain in only growing bigger. Ques. In February 2020, during the visit of President Trump to New Delhi, India […]
Larsen & Toubro’s whole-time director and senior executive vice president (defence and smart technologies) J. D. Patil, in this Part 2 of an exclusive interview, tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that L&T holds some of the unique capabilities in the underwater domain that have thus far remained […]
New Delhi: Targeting a $5 billion defence exports by 2025, India today approved the export of its indigenous Akash air defence missile systems to friendly nations, in an indication of its growing confidence in its aerospace and defence manufacturing industry. Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, India is growing […]
Boeing Defence India managing director Surendra Ahuja tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that to fully achieve the objectives of ‘Make in India’, the country needs to provide positive incentives to Original Equipment Manufacturers towards investments in the development and growth of the local aerospace and defence ecosystem, […]
(Editor’s Note: This is a ‘By Invitation’ article written by European missile maker MBDA’s India General Delegate. The article was first published in the Dec. 2020 print edition of Defence.Capital magazine.) By Boris Solomiac As the Indian Navy patrols the seas, it knows it has excellence at its […]
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 […]
India’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this Part-2 of an exclusive interaction earlier this month that India’s national interests, including security interests, are intrinsically linked to the seas and extend across the vast seascape of the Indo-Pacific. Q. The […]
India’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this Part 1 of an exclusive interaction earlier this month that the Indian Navy‘s modernisation focus is based on ‘Ordnance on Target’ as an important measure of combat effectiveness; and acquisition of mission-capable […]
New Delhi: India‘s army is scouting for Indian vendors to meet its needs for three different types of ammunition, all of them over a 10-year period. The requirement will be met through private sector only. The Master General of Sustenance of the Indian Army has issued the Requests […]
