Tag: Navy

India Clears ₹1 Lakh Crore Defence Deals for Indigenous Systems to Boost Combat Readiness

By defence.capital on July 3, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

In response to strategic shifts post-Operation Sindoor, India’s Defence Acquisition Council approved over INR 1 lakh crore in procurements for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Key initiatives include the induction of Surface-to-Air Missiles, Electronic Warfare Systems, Armoured Recovery Vehicles, and undersea warfare enhancements such as Mine Counter Measure Vessels, aiming to strengthen national defence capabilities.

American Military Analyst on Operation Sindoor: Victory for India, Defeat for Pakistan, Loss for China Arms Industry

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

By John Spencer India’s transformation into a modern defence power began in 2014, when Prime Minister Modi launched the “Make in India” initiative. The goal was clear: reduce dependence on foreign arms imports and build a world-class domestic defence industry. The policy incentivised joint ventures, opened the defence […]

Operation Sindoor: India PM Modi refers to Buddha and Shakti (Power) to warn Pakistan on terror

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

By A Correspondent New Delhi: India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, 2025, warned Pakistan of a nuclear catastrophe, referencing the 1974 and 1998 Indian nuclear weapons tests, albeit in a veiled threat, by talking of Gautama Buddha‘s birth anniversary today and Shakti (Power) in the same […]

Operation Sindoor: India accepts Pakistan request for ceasefire, with American push

By defence.capital on May 10, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India, on May 10, 2025, accepted Pakistan‘s request for a ceasefire under Operation Sindoor following a United States backchannel diplomacy to stop military operations of the last four days. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in a statement, said the Director General of […]

Operation Sindoor: India’s combat aircraft hit Pakistan terror camps without crossing the line

By defence.capital on May 7, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra (ADDS: Media briefing by India at 10:30 a.m. on May 7, 2025, and additional background.) New Delhi: India punishes Pakistan again. This time, India’s army and air force carried out coordinated precision strikes on nine terror camp locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, targeting […]

India signs $7.5-billion contract with France for 26 Rafale Marine, Dassault to build fuselage facility

By defence.capital on April 28, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

India signs $233-mn deal to buy NAMIS anti-tank weapons, light vehicles

By defence.capital on March 27, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By A Correspondent New Delhi: India‘s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed contracts with state-run Armoured Vehicle Nigam Limited for the procurement of Nag Missile System (NAMIS) tracked version of anti-tank weapon platforms and Force Motors Limited and Mahindra & Mahindra Limited for around 5,000 light vehicles for […]

American Liquid Robotics, Indian Sagar Defence to jointly develop autonomous surface vessels

By defence.capital on March 19, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: American firm Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sagar Defence Engineering Private Limited, an Indian unmanned systems startup, to co-develop and co-produce Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASV). The agreement builds on the joint US-India Roadmap for […]

Thales to provide sonar suite for Netherlands’ future Orka-class submarines

By defence.capital on March 19, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By A Correspondent New Delhi: Thales, a partner of both Naval Group and the Royal Netherlands Navy, will provide a comprehensive suite of high-performance sonar systems for the future class of submarines that will replace the Walrus-class vessels in service today. “The contract will provide the submarines with […]

Trump confirms American F-35 contest with Russian Su-57 for India 5th Gen combat jet deal

By defence.capital on February 14, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: It is official now. US President Donald Trump has effectively set up a contest between American F-35 and Russian Su-57 for India‘s big-ticket need for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft to catch up with arch-rival China on high-end combat jets. Trump, after meeting […]

American Boeing’s India sourcing touched US$1.25 billion in a decade: Nikhil Joshi

By defence.capital on February 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

During AeroIndia 2025, Boeing Defence India managing director Nikhil Joshi tells our editor N. C. Bipindra that the American company’s India sourcing has grown five times in a decade, with over 300 suppliers. Boeing also employs 6.500 engineers, based at its engineering and technology centre at Bengaluru and […]

India signs $73 million deal with Bharat Electronics for navy target detection system

By defence.capital on February 8, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Russia to arm India Navy submarine fleet with anti-ship Kalibr cruise missiles

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

By A Correspondent New Delhi: India has signed a contract with Russia to buy Kalibr-PL anti-ship cruise missiles to provide firepower to its Kilo-class submarine fleet. The contract was signed in the presence of India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, the Ministry of Defence announced on the X […]

India shipyard lays keel for navy’s 7th anti-submarine warfare craft

By defence.capital on January 29, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

By A Correspondent Kochi (Kerala): India’s state-run Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on Jan. 20, 2025, laid the keel for the Indian Navy‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC). This is the seventh vessel under an eight-vessel contract awarded to CSL by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on […]

India shipyard GRSE signs defence innovation MoU with Apollo Micro Systems