New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s state-run defence technology developer, today entered into an arrangement with the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO) to adopt and install the former’s indigenous eco-friendly biodigester units at the latter’s facilities, as a means to conserve water and […]
Larsen & Toubro’s whole-time director and senior executive vice president (defence and smart technologies) J. D. Patil, in this exclusive interview, tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that lack of warship building orders is killing India’s private sector shipyards. Ques. Please provide our readers with an overview of […]
India’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this Part 1 of an exclusive interaction earlier this month that the Indian Navy‘s modernisation focus is based on ‘Ordnance on Target’ as an important measure of combat effectiveness; and acquisition of mission-capable […]
New Delhi: India‘s army is scouting for Indian vendors to meet its needs for three different types of ammunition, all of them over a 10-year period. The requirement will be met through private sector only. The Master General of Sustenance of the Indian Army has issued the Requests […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India signing a deal for 93,895 Close Quarter Battle carbines will be a key milestone for United Arab Emirates‘ CARACAL to invest 49 per cent in a Joint Venture with a domestic manufacturer with full technology transfer, the company’s top executive has […]
New Delhi: The air force’s role would the key to India‘s victory in any future conflict with its immediate adversaries, Indian Air Force‘s Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria today said. He was clearly referring to India’s nuclear-armed rivals in the region, China and Pakistan. Here are […]
New Delhi: India‘s army is scouting for Indian vendors to meet its needs for nine different types of ammunition, all of them over a 10-year period. The requirement include ammunition for bullets to artillery weapons. The Master General of Ordnance of the Indian Army has issued the Requests […]
New Delhi: India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh today threw open the draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020 that aims at further increasing indigenous manufacturing and reducing timelines for procurement of defence equipment for the public to receive inputs from the stake-holders. The draft DPP, prepared by a high […]
(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, […]
Bangkok: India is committed to achieving $26-billion defence industry by 2025, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today said at an industry event here, exhorting global arms manufacturers to join the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Narendra Modi government. Speaking at the ‘India Rising’ event, organised by the […]
New Delhi: India has established a joint venture between two state-run enterprises to produce 60,000 tonnes-a-year of high end aluminium alloy used in the strategically important aerospace, aviation and defence sectors. India’s defence ministry-run Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) and mining ministry-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) have […]
New Delhi: India’s Narendra Modi government has targeted a $26-billion defence industry by 2015, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh said today. The target is expected to boost the sagging economy of the country. which has seen the Gross Domestic Product growth decelerating to an over five-year low at […]
