L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited director Arun Ramchandani tells our editor N. C. Bipindra in an interview during DefExpo-2022 that ‘Sea Ceptor‘ offering to the Indian Navy for its air defence requirement is a futuristic technology. The company is currently making MICA missile equipment in Coimbatore in Tamil […]
New Delhi: India today said its defence research agency has successfully fight-tested the locally made Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) for a minimum range, boosting the ground forces’ lethality against enemy battle tanks. Today’s test has also increased the chances of the weapon system’s induction into the […]
New Delhi: India today signed a contract with a domestic defence major to supply 1,300 Light Specialist Vehicles at a cost of $146 million for its army. These vehicles would be inducted in the Indian Army in four years. India’s Ministry of Defence firmed up and signed the […]
New Delhi: India‘s defence public sector Bharat Dynamics Limited today signed a $164-million (Rupees 1,188 crore) deal with the Ministry of Defence to supply 4,960 French-origin MILAN-2T Anti-Tank Guided Missiles to the Indian Army. The Acquisition Wing signed the contract for the repeat order of the missile, based […]
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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 […]
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 […]
New Delhi: India today announced to the world that it has successfully carried out all tests on its locally designed and developed anti-tank guided missile that will now get into the production phase ahead of induction into the army. The final user trial of the third-generation NAG missile, […]
India Aerospace & Defence Daynote: Oct. 3, 2020 WHAT TO WATCH India Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh, to provide all-weather connectivity to army and civilians in the region.Oct. 3, 2020. 10 AM India Time. India Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Manali, visiting […]
New Delhi: India‘s locally designed and developed laser-guided anti-tank missile continued its successful run during trials, with a hit on target at a longer range than previously attempted, in a boost to the ‘Make in India‘ effort of the Narendra Modi government. The latest test were held today […]
New Delhi: India today said it has successfully test fired an anti-tank missile with laser guidance from the indigenous Arjun Main Battle Tank, a technological achievement that could enable the Indian Army to induct the indigenous weapon soon. The development comes at a time India is faced with […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s infantry soldiers will soon get to deploy a third generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) designed and developed by the domestic industry, as the army seeks to identify vendors to manufacture 2,330 missiles and 101 launchers, with six simulators for training purposes. […]
New Delhi: American arms major Lockheed Martin will explore ‘Make in India‘ opportunities and partnerships with Indian industry and suppliers in a bid to strengthen defence ties between the two nations, while at DefExpo-2020 in Lucknow between Feb. 5 and 8. The company said it has currently integrated […]
(Correct: An earlier version of the story had called the MBDA a French firm. MBDA is jointly owned by Airbus (37.5%), BAE Systems (37.5%), and Leonardo (25%).) New Delhi: India’s navy has launched a search for a Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SR-SAM) and European firm MBDA has offered […]
New Delhi: India will soon begin induction of a new assault rifle from the American firm SiG Sauer‘s stable for its soldiers posted along the Pakistan and China border, almost 15 years after it first began a search for new infantry weapons to replace the indigenous INSAS rifles. […]