New Delhi: In just over a year from today, the Indian Navy will add fifth Scorpene submarine to its fleet, a serious addition to the sagging conventional underwater fighting capabilities, taking the strength to 17 by 2021. This has been made possible with the successful launch of the […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to offload up to 15 per cent of its share in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has met with opposition from employees of India’s lone, state-run aircraft manufacturer. But industry veterans feel a gradual disinvestment of the nation’s aerospace […]
Bengaluru: India‘s lone, state-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has got delivery of the first front fuselage of the indigenous ‘Tejas‘ Light Combat Aircraft‘s Final Operational Clearance variant from the private sector city-headquartered Dynamatic Technologies Limited. “Dynamatic has built the first front fuselage for the FOC version of […]
Bengaluru/New Delhi: India‘s lone aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed up a $54-million deal with digital technology company Tech Mahindra to implement a project for overhaul of its business operations. In a statement, HAL said it has got Tech Mahindra for a Rs 400-crore ($54-million) contract […]
New Delhi: India today inducted its fourth anti-submarine warfare warship in six years, shoring up navy’s fighting capabilities against underwater threats, primarily from China‘s submarines that have sneaked too close to its territorial waters in the recent years. Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane commissioned INS Kavaratti, […]
(Editor’s Note: Corrections in paragraph 3 and 4, to read the economic package as Rs 2,000,000 crore or Rs 20 trillion or $266 billion, and production target Rs 30,000 crore as $4 billion respectively.) By Ayaskant Das The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has fallen short of its production […]
New Delhi: India today said its locally developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has competed and demonstrated its capability in hot weather in high altitude conditions in the Himalayas for about 10 days recently. The LUH, an army variant, is now ready for Initial Operational Clearance (IOC). The trials […]
New Delhi: India today inducted its second ‘Tejas‘ Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) squadron at Sulur air base in Tamil Nadu, marking the seriousness with which its air force takes the indigenous fighter jet and what’s in store for the ‘Make in India‘ programme. The Indian Air Force (IAF) […]
Lucknow: India-developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) from the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) stable received its Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) today, as the Indian armed forces see a large demand for the three-ton class of rotary wing assets to boost their aviation operations. With the IOC in place, […]
Lucknow: India’s lone aircraft maker, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), today signaled the future of its business, by signing up with Israeli and Indian firms to carry out marketing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to domestic customers, even as its order book for Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer and […]
Lucknow: India major Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) today signed up a partnership MoU with American firm General Atomics to probe opportunities to develop and integrate power generation, storage, control and distribution technologies to surface and underwater naval platforms to meet Indian requirements. “We have been relentlessly working towards […]
New Delhi: India’s Bharat Forge Limited Chairman and Managing Director Baba N. Kalyani participated in a brief webinar in association with Digital India Learning. Kalyani shared his overall perspective on how India’s defence industry has emerged rapidly in last four to five years due to changes in government’s […]
