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 A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): India’s state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BDL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bengaluru-based Raddef Private Limited for the joint development, marketing, manufacturing, and sales of indigenous Coastal Surveillance Radar (CSR). “The objective of the agreement, announced at AeroIndia 2025, is to […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): The United Kingdom on Feb. 10, 2025, announced that it has signed a Statement of Intent with India to design and develop an Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) system for the Indian next-generation Landing Platform Dock (LPD) fleet. In a statement during AeroIndia […]
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 Bengaluru (Karnataka): India will host Asia’s largest air show at the Yelahanka air base here beginning Feb. 10, 2025, and it has attracted over 900 aerospace and defence companies, including 150+ foreign and 750+ Indian firms, to showcase their military hardware to the world. India’s […]
By N. C. Bipindra Bengaluru (Karnataka): India’s search for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft for its air force doesn’t stop at its indigenous effort, but goes beyond to Russian Su-57 and American F-35, both of which are flying at Asia’s largest air show AeroIndia here from Feb. 10 to […]
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 New Delhi: Swedish defence major Saab AB will showcase its next-generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW) that it supplied to Ukraine in the Russian war at the AeroIndia 2025, though this weapon system is not on offer to India. The NLAW widens the opportunity for […]
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 A Correspondent Kochi (Kerala): India’s state-run Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on Jan. 20, 2025, laid the keel for the Indian Navy‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC). This is the seventh vessel under an eight-vessel contract awarded to CSL by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on […]
