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Airbus India Chief Urges Government to Make SAF Investments Count as CSR Spending, Calls SAF Green Energy Revolution Opportunity

By defence.capital on November 12, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Airbus India’s Jürgen Westermeier emphasizes Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as crucial for decarbonizing aviation and fostering India’s energy independence. Addressing the SAF Summit, he advocates for industry collaboration, highlighting job creation and waste utilization. Westermeier urges corporations and the government to support SAF initiatives for a greener aviation sector and economic transformation.

Airbus, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Sign agreement to Pioneer Waste-to-Sustainable Aviation Fuel R&D in India

By defence.capital on November 6, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Airbus and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya have signed a Joint Study Agreement to develop Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from waste materials. This partnership aims to enhance India’s aviation decarbonisation and circular economy goals by leveraging GSV’s academic strengths and Airbus’ industry expertise, ultimately fostering local SAF production capabilities for India’s aviation sector.

Airbus Helicopters Hosts Safety Symposium to Strengthen India’s Rotorcraft Ecosystem

By defence.capital on October 30, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Airbus Helicopters hosted a symposium on October 30, 2025, in New Delhi to enhance flight safety in India’s rotorcraft sector. The event gathered aviation stakeholders to discuss best practices in accident prevention and safety management, featuring keynotes on proactive safety culture and a roadmap for future safety enhancements in helicopter operations.

Tata Group needs more time to get a fix on Airbus aircraft assembly line

By defence.capital on September 24, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Before signing the contract, they were unsure. After pocketing the deal, they are undecided. “We need some more time,” was the matter-of-factly reply from Indian defence manufacturer Tata Advanced Systems Limited‘s (TASL’s) managing director and chief executive officer Sukaran Singh to a […]

India approves Airbus aircraft for its spy planes for $1.5 billion

By defence.capital on September 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: India has cleared a $1.5-billion proposal to build airborne warning and control systems for the air force taking over six Airbus A321 passenger aircraft off the national carrier Air India, to act as the ‘eyes in the sky’ to keep a watch on military movement in […]

Modi’s big defence push: India nod for $3-billion Airbus cargo planes, to be made locally

By defence.capital on September 9, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

(Editor’s Note: Updated with India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh’s remarks on likely value of contract in paragraph two at 12.30 pm on Sep. 9, and with Airbus statement in paragraph eight and a backgrounder from paragraph 20 at 10 pm on Sep. 8.) By N. C. Bipindra […]

Without offset options, India defence sector future bleak

By defence.capital on May 7, 2021 • ( 14 Comments )

(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rajiv Chib A resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India has forced domestic defence companies to reintroduce strict restrictions. It again threatens to increase […]

Airbus 50-year wait for defence orders gets longer, as India prefers used aircraft

By defence.capital on December 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India may be the world’s second largest arms importer, but its defence market is a notoriously difficult domain to achieve a breakthrough. Airbus SE has not won a single defence order in India in the last half a century. That zero order […]

Dynamatic Technologies signs up with IIT-Kanpur for joint drone development

By defence.capital on November 9, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Bengaluru: India‘s private sector Dynamatic Technologies Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with leading educational institution Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) for joint indigenous development of drones for the use of the armed forces. “Dynamatic will collaborate with IIT Kanpur for joint indigenous development of innovative Unmanned […]

India-made weapons, systems ready for air force induction

By defence.capital on October 11, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

By Atul Kumar The Indian Air Force (IAF), the fourth largest in the world, presently operates an air fleet that integrates over 95 per cent of foreign-designed aircraft and weapon systems. Besides, it has been suffering from a massive aircraft shortage, including fixed-wing combat jets, trainers (both intermediate […]

Saab unsure of Adani as partner for India combat jets project, seeks HAL tie-up too

By defence.capital on September 23, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Swedish Saab AB is unsure of Indian major Adani Group as its strategic partner for the world’s largest combat aircraft programme in India, two years after they joined hands to work on the project. The Swedish defence major now wants to work […]

Rémi Maillard is Airbus India president and South Asia head

By defence.capital on June 25, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi: Global aviation major Airbus has appointed Rémi Maillard as Airbus India president and South Asia managing director beginning Sept. 1 this year. Rémi, currently head of Airbus Services, will succeed Anand Stanley, who will move to Singapore as Airbus Asia-Pacific president. Both report directly to Christian […]

Over 200 agreements at India DefExpo 2020; Here is a compiled list of MoUs

By defence.capital on February 9, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s signature defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, came to a close today in Lucknow, where the last five days witnessed a slew of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding being signed. India’s Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar had informed at the event that over […]

Airbus, Adani sign up for aerospace, civil aviation sector in India

By defence.capital on February 6, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Lucknow: Airbus India and Adani Defence and Aerospace today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at DefExpo 2020 to leverage synergies in aerospace and civil aviation sector. The MoU was signed by Airbus India and South Asia President and Managing Director Anand Stanley and Adani Defence & Aerospace […]

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