Defence Industry

New Delhi: Philippines has expressed interest in buying several defence platforms including the Brahmos missile, said Indian ambassador to the Phillipines Jaideep Majumdar. “There are discussions going on a range of weapons systems between India...

FORT WORTH, Texas. In response to previously reported COVID-19 F-35 supplier delays, Lockheed Martin is taking proactive measures to mitigate impacts and position the program for the fastest possible recovery by adjusting work schedules,...

  SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced on May 18 that it has been awarded a contract for ongoing engineering and logistics sustainment of Gerald R. Ford-class Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) and...

  New Delhi: In a move to encourage domestic industry in the defence equipment sector, the government will make separate budgetary provisions for procuring only India made defence items and will generate a negative list...

  New Delhi: The response from the defence scientists to the COVID-19 pandemic has been “tremendous” and that “this is the right moment to promote indigenous technology and indigenous products and we all have to...

  New Delhi: Sikorsky has officially inked a contract with the US Navy to provide 24 MH-60R helicopter to the Indian Navy for anti-submarine warfare. The US$905 million deal with New Delhi was anticipated, as it...

  SEATTLE. The US Navy received its 100th P-8A aircraft from Boeing on May 14 as the global fleet, which also includes the Indian Navy and the Australian and UK air forces, approaches 300,000 flight...

  Kolkata. No production activity is happening since the beginning of the lockdown on March 23 at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) except for emergency services including security, safety, medical, water, electricity etc...

  Washington: The COVID-19 pandemic has not had an impact on the production and delivery of Apache helicopters, but Boeing is closely watching the international supply chain for signs of slowdown, a company official said. The...

  ST. CHARLES, Mo. The US Navy has awarded Boeing a combined $3.1 billion in contracts for Harpoon and Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) weapon systems in support of Foreign Military Sales...

ORLANDO, Fla. The US Army Contracting Command has selected Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a business of Raytheon Technologies, to train Afghanistan Air Force pilots under a three-year contract valued up to US$145 million. Raytheon will...

  New Delhi: Hyderabad-based Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) premier lab, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), has developed an automated contactless UVC sanitisation cabinet, called Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS). It has been designed to sanitise...

  Jerusalem: Greece’s Ministry of National Defence will lease unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel in a deal that offers up an alternative to pricey acquisitions amid budgetary constraints. The Heron long endurance drones, manufactured by IAI,...