By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): Indian private sector defence firm Samtel Avionics Limited and European security solutions company Hensoldt Avionics on Feb. 12, 2025, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore possibilities of establishing a co-production facility in India through an industrial partnership for the latter’s products such […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): India’s state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and France’s Safran Electronics & Defense on Feb. 11, 2025, announced the signing of a partnership to create a joint venture for the manufacturing, customisation, sale, and maintenance of HAMMER (Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range) Smart […]
During AeroIndia 2025, Boeing Defence India managing director Nikhil Joshi tells our editor N. C. Bipindra that the American company’s India sourcing has grown five times in a decade, with over 300 suppliers. Boeing also employs 6.500 engineers, based at its engineering and technology centre at Bengaluru and […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): French technology major Thales Group‘s United Kingdom arm and Indian state-run missile maker Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on Feb. 10, 2025, announced the agreement signing for an initial supply of Laser Beam Riding Man Portable Air Defence Systems (LBRM) to the Indian armed […]
By N. C. Bipindra Bengaluru (Karnataka): In a bid to shed the ‘failed product’ negative image, India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has rechristened its Hindustan Jet Trainer-36 (HJT-36) as ‘Yashas‘ after extensive modifications to the aircraft to overcome its ‘spin’ troubles that led to ‘unacceptable’ accidents. On […]
By A Correspondent Hyderabad (Telangana): Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL)has delivered the 300th fuselage for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter from its state-of-the-art facility here. A company statement on Feb. 10, 2025, said, “These fuselages are manufactured for customers around the world, including the US Army.” This includes […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence on Feb. 8, 2025, signed a contract with state-run Bharat Electronics Limited to buy 28 target detection systems for its naval ships. The EON-51 systems for 11 New Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels and three Cadet Training Ships are worth […]
By N. C. Bipindra India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed contracts with its state-run companies and a private sector firm to boost the firepower of its army’s Pinaka air defence rockets. An MoD statement on Feb. 6, 2025, said the deal, worth Rs 10,147 crore (~US$1.2 billion), will […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India has signed a contract with Russia to buy Kalibr-PL anti-ship cruise missiles to provide firepower to its Kilo-class submarine fleet. The contract was signed in the presence of India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, the Ministry of Defence announced on the X […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In pursuance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s vision of ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047’’ (Developed India by 2047) with technologically advanced and ‘Aatmanirbhar’ (Self-Reliant) armed forces, India’s budget for 2025-26 fiscal has provisioned Rs. 6,81,210.27 crore (~US$79 billion) to the Ministry of […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): India’s state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has achieved a turnover of Rs. 5643.25 crore (US$651 million), registering a growth of 36.97% during the third quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal over its Rs. 4120.10 crore (US$475 million) recorded in the corresponding period of the […]
By N. C. Bipindra Mumbai: Indian firm JSW Defence Private Limited, part of the US$24-billion JSW Group, today announced a “strategic partnership” with Shield AI Inc., a leading American defence technology company, to indigenise and manufacture Shield AI’s ‘V-BAT‘ fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in India. “This collaboration […]
By N. C. Bipindra Hyderabad (India): Indian precision manufacturing firm Raghu Vamsi Group, a tier 1 supplier to global aerospace majors such as Boeing Co. and GE Aviation, has fully acquired the PMC Group in the United Kingdom to strengthen its core capabilities and expand to the oil […]
By N. C. Bipindra As a rookie in journalism three decades ago, the first lesson given to us by our seniors and editors was that ‘Dog bites man is not news, but man bites dog is, and that is a goldmine.’ Many of us, who have transitioned from […]
By N. C. Bipindra China dreams of turning the People’s Liberation Army, or PLA, into a “world-class” military by the end of 2049. Two out of every ten and seven of the top twenty-five of the world’s largest defense companies are from China. But does high volume necessarily […]
