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 […]
New Delhi: Global defence major BAE Systems has appointed Ravi Nirgudkar as the next managing director of the company in India with immediate effect. His predecessor Nik Khanna has bagged an assignment with the company’s air sector in the United Kingdom and will be taking up the responsibility […]
By Atul Kumar The Indian Air Force (IAF), the fourth largest in the world, presently operates an air fleet that integrates over 95 per cent of foreign-designed aircraft and weapon systems. Besides, it has been suffering from a massive aircraft shortage, including fixed-wing combat jets, trainers (both intermediate […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: The precarious situation that one of India’s private shipyards finds itself over its debts has put the navy in a quandary over how to proceed with a Rs 20,000-crore ($2.65-billion) tender for building four amphibious warships. One of the options being considered […]
New Delhi: In yet another move towards stronger military diplomacy, the United States yesterday gave its approval for a $155-million sale of Harpoon missiles and lightweight torpedoes to India. The Donald J. Trump administration notified the US Congress of its determination to sell 10 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Defence ties between India and the US received a booster shot when President of the United States Donald J. Trump was in New Delhi on Feb. 25. The two nations signed military business deals cumulatively worth nearly $3.5 billion for 24 Lockheed […]
Washington: The United States today approved a $1.87-billion possible sale of an air defence weapon system to India that is expected to boost the modernisation efforts of the armed forces and help in expanding the South Asian nation’s air defence architecture for major cities like capital New Delhi. […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s signature defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, came to a close today in Lucknow, where the last five days witnessed a slew of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding being signed. India’s Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar had informed at the event that over […]
New Delhi: For the first time since buying the American firm Raytheon-made Excalibur precision guided munitions, India’s army today carried out its test-firing with the US-origin M777 Ultra Light Howitzers at the Pokhran field firing range in the Rajasthan desert. Promptly, the US Embassy in the Indian capital […]
