New Delhi: Indian company Jindal Defence, part of O P Jindal Group, today announced its advent into small arms manufacturing in India. In a move aimed towards empowering indigenous manufacturing, Jindal Defence has signed a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Taurus Armas S.A., of Brazil for manufacturing an […]
New Delhi: India and Brazil today agreed to work jointly on cyber-defence and defence systems, among others, and on an action plan to strengthen their strategic partnership that could shape the way the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) could be reformed. After a bilateral meeting between the visiting […]
New Delhi: India multinational, multi-sector major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said its revenue from the defence sector during the third quarter this fiscal had witnessed a decline of 66 per cent over the correspondng quarter of last year, as the company received orders worth Rs 168 crore […]
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, […]
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, […]
New Delhi: India and Finland today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their defence cooperation, on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue event here. India’s Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Finland Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Jukka Juusti signed the agreement to further defence cooperation […]
New Delhi: India today appointed General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff, as the first-ever Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Rawat will take over his new role in the government tomorrow. On Saturday, the Narendra Modi government had amended the laws pertaining to the army, navy and air […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has come out with a set of new guidelines to govern India-Russia Joint Ventures for spares, and committed orders to such business entities are among the attractions. The eight-page policy document envisages allowing even single-vendor situation to sign contracts. Single-vendor situation […]
Snapshot CDS to handle, prioritise procurement of three services, but capital acquisition will be governed by prevelant rules Post to go to a four-star officer, with permanent position on par with forces chiefs Will be the secretary of the newly created department of military affairs To be the […]
New Delhi: India’s cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved agreements on security cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan respectively to fight terrorism and organised crime. The approvals came ex-post facto for both the agreements that were signed on Oct. 29 and Nov. 20 by India, […]
By Ayaskant Das, Staff Writer New Delhi: India’s $3.15-billion plan to buy 62 Airbus C-295 medium lift transport aircraft for its air force and coast guard is all set to go to the central cabinet for a decision, people familiar with the development said today. The proposal to […]
Snapshot The air-launched BrahMos missile provide a stand-off range capability to the Indian Air Force Today’s test is the third such successful firing of BrahMos missile from IAF’s Sukhoi jet New Delhi: In a twin success today, India successively tested the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from land and […]
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. […]
New Delhi: India and Russia may soon get their first export customer in Philippines for their joint venture BrahMos missile, even as New Delhi is engaged in price negotiations with Manila for a possible sale. The deal could be concluded in 2020 and the end customer could be […]
New Delhi: Hit hard by media criticism of slowdown in major defence projects under the ‘Make in India‘ initiative, the Narendra Modi government today said it was expediting the three key procurement programmes for next generation submarines, naval utility helicopters and the 114-combat jets, cumulatively worth $23 billion. […]
