By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has signed an INR 64,000-crore (~US$7.5 billion) government-to-government contract with France to buy 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets for the Indian Navy aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya. Under the deal, French plane-maker Dassault Aviation shall build a fuselage production […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): American defence firm RTX‘s Collins Aerospace has signed an agreement with Indian state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to establish a Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the HAL Accessories Complex in Lucknow. The licensing and spares agreement will enable the facility to […]
In an interview ahead of DefExpo-2022, Boeing Defense India’s managing director Rear Admiral Surendra Ahuja (Retired) tells our editor N. C. Bipindra that over one-fourth (26 percent) of Boeing’s sourcing from India comes from micro, small and medium enterprises. Boeing’s F/A-18 pitch for the Indian Navy includes a […]
