New Delhi: India‘s leading engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate Larsen & Toubro‘s (L&T’s) defence arm was today awarded the coveted ‘Green Channel‘ status for major naval weapon delivery systems. The Ministry of Defence‘s (MoD’s) Directorate General Quality Assurance (DGQA) accorded the status to […]
New Delhi: After dithering for nearly three years on the fate of a Rs. 20,000 crore ($2.65 billion) programme for building four amphibious warships for the navy, India has retracted the tender issued in 2013, deciding to rewrite the project requirements to meet the modern threat perceptions and […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a major boost to the private sector, India‘s defence ministry today said it has signed a Rs 2,580-crore (slightly over $350 million) contract with Larsen and Toubro and Tata Power Company Limited, apart from a public sector enterprise, for the supply […]
New Delhi: India’s state-run Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and private firm Larsen & Toubro have been chosen to battle it out for a Rs 45,000-crore ($6.3 billion) tender for building six next generation conventional submarines for the Indian Navy. Five Original Equipment Manufacturers — French Naval Group, […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence has postponed its key meeting to discuss and approve procurement proposals of the armed forces worth $12 billion. The meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, was scheduled to happen today, but will now take place […]
(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 […]
Hazira (Gujarat): India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today flagged off the 51st K9 VAJRA-T howitzers for the Indian Army manufactured by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at its facility here, marking a success in the ‘make in India’ project for the South Korean-origin weapon system. At the ceremony, […]