Larsen & Toubro’s whole-time director and senior executive vice president (defence and smart technologies) J. D. Patil, in this Part 2 of an exclusive interview, tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that L&T holds some of the unique capabilities in the underwater domain that have thus far remained […]
New Delhi: Targeting a $5 billion defence exports by 2025, India today approved the export of its indigenous Akash air defence missile systems to friendly nations, in an indication of its growing confidence in its aerospace and defence manufacturing industry. Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, India is growing […]
Boeing Defence India managing director Surendra Ahuja tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra that to fully achieve the objectives of ‘Make in India’, the country needs to provide positive incentives to Original Equipment Manufacturers towards investments in the development and growth of the local aerospace and defence ecosystem, […]
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 […]
(Editor’s Note: This is a ‘By Invitation’ article written by European missile maker MBDA’s India General Delegate. The article was first published in the Dec. 2020 print edition of Defence.Capital magazine.) By Boris Solomiac As the Indian Navy patrols the seas, it knows it has excellence at its […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has bought a “small quantity” of the Israeli SPICE 2000 stand-off missiles and the Spike anti-tank guided missiles earlier this month to meet its immediate requirement, amidst a military face-off with China in the Ladakh border. The quantity purchased of the […]
New Delhi: India will host the AeroIndia-2021 air show in Bengaluru only on business days from Feb. 3 to 5, to conform to global COVID-19 pandemic safety standards and precautions. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, who carried out a review of the air show preparations, directed the organisers, […]
India’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this Part-2 of an exclusive interaction earlier this month that India’s national interests, including security interests, are intrinsically linked to the seas and extend across the vast seascape of the Indo-Pacific. Q. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Fulfilling a 12-year-old commitment and a two-year rigorous testing, American aerospace and defence major Boeing Co. today said it has “proved” its F/A-18 combat jet can operate off a ski-jump ramp, giving a boost to its pitch for a possible 57-aircraft Indian […]
Hyderabad (India): India has opened a new Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility here, becoming only the third nation globally after the United States and Russia to have such large capabilities in terms of size and operations. The facility was opened yesterday by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh […]
New Delhi: In a boost to armed forces‘ capability to fight the enemy better and to counter inimical forces, three key defence systems developed locally by India‘s defence research agency were inducted into the army, navy and the air force today. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh handed over […]
(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-headquartered think-tank. The views expressed are that of the author’s.) By Commander (Dr) Jayakrishnan N. Nair Wearables are revolutionary products that could impact our armed forces in the coming years. Napoleon Bonaparte quotes: “To have good soldiers, a […]
