By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Before signing the contract, they were unsure. After pocketing the deal, they are undecided. “We need some more time,” was the matter-of-factly reply from Indian defence manufacturer Tata Advanced Systems Limited‘s (TASL’s) managing director and chief executive officer Sukaran Singh to a […]
New Delhi: India today placed a $1-billion order for 118 locally-made ‘Arjun‘ main battle tanks for its army, boosting self-reliance in the critical area of heavy combat vehicles and boosting its battle readiness against its archrivals China and Pakistan. “(The) Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed the order with […]
Bengaluru: India‘s Dynamatic Technologies Limited will be making the American Boeing Company‘s newest tactical fighter jet F-15EX Eagle II aerostructures at its facility in the southern city of Bengaluru. “Dynamatic Technologies has been awarded a contract for manufacturing assemblies for Boeing’s newest tactical fighter, F-15EX Eagle II. This […]
New Delhi: India‘s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today invited American companies to invest in the nation and contribute in making for the world from the Indian soil, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rajnath Singh said, at the 18th India-US Economic Summit organised by the Indo-American […]
Mumbai: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, today announced that one of its businesses, Godrej Precision Engineering, has received an order from the state-run Defence Bio-engineering and Electromechanical Laboratory, (DEBEL) to manufacture oxygen generators to support India’s oxygen buffer plan. DEBEL is a Bengaluru-based […]
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan): In a significant boost to India’s defence capabilities, the first deliverable firing unit of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) System was handed over to Indian Air Force (IAF) in the presence of Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh at Air Force Station here today. The […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated with India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh’s remarks on likely value of contract in paragraph two at 12.30 pm on Sep. 9, and with Airbus statement in paragraph eight and a backgrounder from paragraph 20 at 10 pm on Sep. 8.) By N. C. Bipindra […]
New Delhi: India‘s navy today signed a contract with state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the first locally-made anti-drone system, with both hard kill and soft kill capabilities to tackle fast-emerging aerial threats. Naval Anti-Drone System (NADS), developed by the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and […]
Chennai: India today commissioned a new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) into the coast guard, enhancing the maritime force’s ability to protect national interest in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and showcasing the maturing of its private shipyard owned by Larsen & Toubro into a reliable defence shipbuilder. Minister […]
New Delhi: India today said it has signed a $184-million contract with domestic firm Mahindra Defence Systems Limited to supply 14 anti-submarine warfare system to its navy. The contract, worth Rs 1,340 crore in Indian currency, was signed here under the ‘Buy and Make (Indian)‘ category of defence […]
New Delhi: India‘s defence research agency has developed an advanced chaff technology for the air force that will aid in safeguarding fighter jets against hostile radar threats. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started the process of induction of this technology after completion of successful user trials. Defence […]
Hyderabad: Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL), a joint venture between the Indian Tata Group and American Boeing Co., today announced the delivery of the 100th fuselage for the AH-64 Apache combat helicopter to Boeing from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility here. “The fuselage will be transported to Boeing’s AH-64 […]
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‘s navy and state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) will jointly set up a Technology Incubation Forum, to promote innovation and creativity in developing futuristic technologies. Indian Navy and BEL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here today at the naval headquarters here, according to an official […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India is exploring options for selecting a vendor for producing 1,750 future infantry vehicles for its army that will replace the current inventory of Russian-origin personnel carriers. The project may cost up to $7 billion or Rs 52,000 crore, some industry veterans […]
