New Delhi: India‘s navy has decided to create a vendor base in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands on its eastern sea board to enable support services for warship maintenance at the naval base there. The decision was taken at the Indian Navy‘s Conference for Mid-Year Refit Review […]
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 […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a game-changer decision for the defence sector, India today signed a contract, worth $3 billion, for 56 Airbus C295MW aircraft with troops and military equipment carrying capability, to replace an ageing fleet of HS748 Avro planes for the air force. The Ministry of Defence‘s […]
New Delhi: In a key impact of Defence.Capital‘s efforts, India’s defence ministry today announced that it has adopted a policy framework for synergised use of simulators by the four armed forces for their training solutions. “The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has promulgated the framework for enhanced and synergised […]
New Delhi: India today listed a total of 23 global and domestic aerospace and defence companies that are barred or suspended from doing business since at least 2006. In a mandatory notification, the Ministry of Defence listed globally well-known companies such as the Agusta Westland International Limited from […]
Bengaluru:India‘s state-run aircraft-maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited‘s (HAL’s) ratings from CARE Ratings Limited has seen an improvement, with the rating agency upgrading it to ‘CARE AAA Outlook Stable‘. “The CARE Ratings Limited has upgraded the present HAL long-term ratings from ‘CARE AA+ Outlook Stable’ to ‘CARE AAA Outlook Stable’. […]
New Delhi: India‘s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today invited American companies to invest in the nation and contribute in making for the world from the Indian soil, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rajnath Singh said, at the 18th India-US Economic Summit organised by the Indo-American […]
New Delhi: The Indo-American joint venture, Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL), has recently delivered the 150th C-130J Super Hercules empennage from its manufacturing facility located at Adibatla in Hyderabad, marking a key milestone in the partnership that has contributed significantly to the Indian aerospace industry. The delivery […]
New Delhi: India has handed over a passenger variant of the Dornier maritime aircraft to the Mauritius coast guard, in a naval diplomacy effort at building capabilities of friendly nations in the Indian Ocean Region. An official ceremony was conducted at the Maritime Air Squadron of National Coast […]
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 […]
Kolkata: In a forward-looking step towards transition from ‘Make in India’ to ‘Make from India’, state-run shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with European shipbuilder Naval Group France to collaborate in the surface ship building to cater to the […]
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan): In a significant boost to India’s defence capabilities, the first deliverable firing unit of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) System was handed over to Indian Air Force (IAF) in the presence of Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh at Air Force Station here today. The […]
New Delhi: India‘s air force has placed a $21.2-million order on a domestic Small and Medium Enterprise for a counter-drone system that uses means other than a ‘hard kill’ to destroy hostile unmanned objects. The contract, worth Rs 155 crore, was signed earlier this week between Indian Air […]
New Delhi: India‘s navy today signed a contract with state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the first locally-made anti-drone system, with both hard kill and soft kill capabilities to tackle fast-emerging aerial threats. Naval Anti-Drone System (NADS), developed by the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and […]
New Delhi: India‘s defence research agency today successful flight-tested a new generation surface-to-air missile from the Akash family of locally-made air defence weapon systems, increasing the chances of its induction into the Indian armed forces soon. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the Akash-NG missile […]
