Bharat Electronics Limited and Safran Electronics & Defense have signed a Joint Venture Cooperation Agreement to manufacture the HAMMER precision-guided weapon system in India, enhancing the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The 50:50 joint venture will focus on indigenization, with BEL leading assembly and support, boosting India’s strategic autonomy in advanced munitions.
Olee.Space appointed M. V. Gowtama as its Strategic Production Advisor, leveraging his decades of experience in India’s defense electronics sector to enhance indigenous capabilities in defense technologies. His leadership aims to align Olee.Space’s innovations with India’s vision for technological self-reliance and strengthen international defense partnerships.
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
In an interview ahead of DefExpo-2022, Lockheed Martin India’s vice president and chief executive William L. Blair tells our editor N. C. Bipindra that hundreds of domestic suppliers, including over 140 MSMEs, feed into the joint ventures set up by the American defence major in India. The F-21 […]
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: 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 space launch vehicle programme, the first to be taken up entirely by private players, has witnessed a spirited response from three entities, including a consortia led by the Adani Group and the other by Larsen & Toubro. When one of the entities bags the contract […]
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 […]
New Delhi: India‘s navy and state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) will jointly set up a Technology Incubation Forum, to promote innovation and creativity in developing futuristic technologies. Indian Navy and BEL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here today at the naval headquarters here, according to an official […]
(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 […]
