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US-India Defence Ties to Gain Belated Fillip with Industrial Security Annex

Kashish Parpiani - March 24, 2020

The US and India recently concluded the second edition of 2+2 consultative ministerial dialogue. Held between the chiefs of India and the United States’ defence and foreign ministries, the consultative platform stands symptomatic of...

Modernisation of Ordnance Factories as per Comprehensive Modernisation Plan Prepared by OFB

Admin - March 23, 2020

New Delhi: Modernisation of Ordnance Factories has been carried out in the last decade by procurement of state-of-the-art machines as per the Comprehensive Modernisation Plan for the 11th and 12th Five Year Plan prepared...

Ministry of Defence Signs Rs 880 Crore Contract with IWI for Modern LMGs

Admin - March 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Armed Forces' long-standing requirement of a modern state-of-the-art Light Machine Gun (LMG) has finally fructified with the Acquisition Wing of Ministry of Defence inking a capital acquisition contract with Israel Weapons...

Reforms have Boosted Defence Exports, Lok Sabha told

Admin - March 19, 2020

New Delhi: The reforms and various steps taken by the government has boosted defence exports with the authorisation for defence exports in the country growing seven folds in the last two years, Lok Sabha...

OFB Exported Two 52 Calibre Barrels to Swedish Company Bofors

Admin - March 19, 2020

New Delhi: Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) said it has exported two 52 calibre barrels to Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors AB from which it had imported 155 mm howitzer guns in the mid-1980s. In the last...

OFB Observes 219th Foundation Day

Admin - March 19, 2020

New Delhi: Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) observed its 219th foundation day on March 18 with the first one known as the ‘Gun and Shell Factory’ at Cossipore in Kolkata being established on this date...

HAL Conducts First Flight for FOC of LCA Tejas

Admin - March 17, 2020

New Delhi: In a major development for the indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on March 17 conducted first flight for final operational clearance (FOC) standard (SP-21) variant of the...

Indigenous Defence Equipment Manufacturers Witness Huge Increase in Contracts

Admin - March 16, 2020

New Delhi: There has been considerable rise in the contracts given to indigenous vendors in defence sector touching 75.03 per cent in 2019-20 from 39.06 per cent in 2015-16, Rajya Sabha was told on...

Tata Opens Defence Subsidiary NOVA

Admin - March 13, 2020

New Delhi: Tata Sons’ subsidiary Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has opened it’s defence subsidiary NOVA Integrated Systems Limited (NISL) in Hyderabad on March 12 bringing five new defence projects. The defence projects of NISL...

MoD issues RFI for 100 Loitering Munition

Admin - March 13, 2020

New Delhi: As part of the modernisation and upgradation of weapons, the Ministry of Defence has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to procure 100 loitering munition systems for the Indian Army. In late January...

BEL Pays Interim Dividend of over Rs 174 crore

Admin - March 12, 2020

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh received a cheque of Rs 174.43 crore as interim dividend from Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) in New Delhi on March 12. Chairman and...

India Supplying Bullet Proof Jackets to 18 Countries

Admin - March 11, 2020

New Delhi: India is supplying bullet proof jackets (BPJ) to 18 countries, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament on March 11. Responding to a query about the scale of production of the Bullet Proof Jackets...

Defence Exhibition Athens DEFEA to Focus on Revitalising European Defence Industry

Admin - March 11, 2020

New Delhi. Defence Exhibition Athens DEFEA, which is scheduled to take place from June 22-24, is all set to focus on revitalising the European defence industry. Prominent new developments in the field of defence and...