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 […]
Kolkata: India’s state-run Garden Research Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) today touched a key milestone under the navy’s next generation frigates project, with a keel laying for the second of the three warships it would build under the programme. India’s Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral G. […]
New Delhi: Israeli CONTROP Precision Technologies Limited, a company specialising in electro-optics and infrared (EO/IR) for defence and homeland security solutions, has won a tender from India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the supply of its iSky-50HD systems, for use on unmanned air platforms. The iSky-50HD […]
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: American arms major Lockheed Martin will explore ‘Make in India‘ opportunities and partnerships with Indian industry and suppliers in a bid to strengthen defence ties between the two nations, while at DefExpo-2020 in Lucknow between Feb. 5 and 8. The company said it has currently integrated […]
New Delhi: Indian Army is readying for the modernisation of its armoured and mechanised forces, with the induction of Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV), Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) and Arjun MkII Main Battle Tank slated for the coming decade. Especially, the FICV’s induction is scheduled for the […]
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, […]
Kochi (Kerala): India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1), under construction at the Cochin Shipyard Limited since 2009, is ready to go for basin trials and will be doing its sea trials in mid-2020. This was the takeaway from a review of the construction of the IAC-1 carried out […]
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu): India today opened a new air base here in Tamil Nadu and deployed the first Sukhoi combat jet squadron in South India at the new fighter aircraft station. The new base of the Indian Air Force will focus on defending the peninsular India and for […]
New Delhi: India today test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile with a 3,500-kilometre range from an under-water pontoon, imitating a nuclear-armed submarine. According to a tweet by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the India-made weapon system, codenamed K-4, was fired off the state’s coast. The […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence has postponed its key meeting to discuss and approve procurement proposals of the armed forces worth $12 billion. The meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, was scheduled to happen today, but will now take place […]
New Delhi: Six Indian parliamentarians toured the United Kingdom‘s brand new aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, on Jan. 16, as part of the UK-India Chevening Parliamentarian Fellowship Programme. They were given the opportunity to see the bridge, aircraft hangar, and flight deck of the warship, which is […]
(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 […]
Thiruvananthapuram: American firm ANSYS, in association with Indian company Digilog Technologies Private Limited, recently inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Simulation for Space Application (CASSA), to enable fast-track simulation of knowledge and skills. CASSA will impart training, seminars, webinars, demonstration and discussion of advanced simulation technologies from ANSYS. Vikram […]
