New Delhi: India today approved a navy proposal to float a $5.9-billion tender for locally building next generation attack submarines with foreign help, for which state-run Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) are set to compete. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the […]
New Delhi: The Indian Navy today began a fresh process for leasing 24 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH), issuing a Request for Information (RFI) to foreign vendors. The last date for replying to the RFI is June 18. According to the RFI, the navy plans to keep the helicopters with ground-support equipment for […]
India’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this Part-2 of an exclusive interaction earlier this month that India’s national interests, including security interests, are intrinsically linked to the seas and extend across the vast seascape of the Indo-Pacific. Q. The […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India will next week take a decision on the domestic and foreign companies eligible to compete for the $3-billion Naval Utility Helicopters contest, for which the Indian Navy had issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) in February 2019. The Defence Acquisition Council […]
