Defence Industry

Australian Defence Force Selects GA-ASI’s MQ-9B for Project Air 7003

  SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), the world’s leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), has been advised that the Australian Government has selected GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian® variant to provide the...

BEL, BEML Roadshow Calls upon SMEs, Start-ups to Showcase Capabilities at DefExpo 2020

  Bengaluru. Leading Defence Public Sector Units (DPSUs) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and BEML Limited at BEL-Bangalore organised a roadshow on December 3 in the run-up to the 11th biennial edition of DefExpo India-2020, scheduled...

149 Capital Acquisitions in Last Three Financial Years in Defence

  New Delhi: During last three financial years (2016-17 to 2018-19), 149 capital acquisition contracts in procurement of defence equipment have been concluded, out of which 58 contracts worth about Rs 1,38,727.16 crores and 91...

DRDO to Offer Complete Access to Its Patents Filed in India

New Delhi: With the aim of encouraging domestic industry, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has offered free access to over 450 patents for commercial exploitation. This unprecedented move is intended to provide a...

Defence Minister Welcomes Synergy Between DRDO and Industry

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on November 22 welcomed the synergy being created between Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and industry for boosting the indigenous development of defence systems and technologies. In a...

Government to Speed up Indigenous Programme of Early Warning Aircraft

  New Delhi: The government intends speeding up indigenous early warning aircraft being impressed by the performance of home-developed early warning aircraft during the Balakot air strikes earlier this year. The acquisition of two larger platforms...

Budgetary Constraints Cuts into Plans for Purchase of Rifles

  New Delhi: Budgetary constraints and speeding up of deliveries appear to have made the Indian Army plan to buy just 1,800 state-of-the-art sniper rifles and 2.7 million rounds of ammunition -- less than a...

Submarine Project: French Firm Naval Group says MDL Natural Partner

New Delhi: French firm Naval Group has called the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) as its natural partner for the Rs 45,000 crore submarine project citing the example of production of Scorpene class submarines...

Government Sets up National Task Force to Bring Academia and Defence Industry Closer

  New Delhi: In a move to bring closer coordination between premier technical and scientific institutions and the defence and security needs, the government has set up a national task force. The task force on ‘DRDO-Academia...

MoD Inks Defence Offset Contracts Valued at US$5.67 Billion

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed defence offset contracts with a cumulative value of US$ 5.67 billion in the last three years, Lok Sabha was told on November 20. In a written...

Lockheed Martin LM-100J Commercial Freighter Receives FAA Type Certificate Update

  MARIETTA. The Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter received its type design update certification from the Federal Aviation Administration on November 15. This particular FAA certification allows the LM-100J to operate from any commercial airfield...

United Arab Emirates Announces Intention to Procure Additional GlobalEye from Saab

  The United Arab Emirates announce recently at the Dubai Airshow, that they intend to conclude a contract amendment for the purchase of two additional GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft from Saab. According to...

Defence Minister Says India Committed to Achieving US$26 Billion Defence industry

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on November 19 exhorted manufacturing companies participating at the Defence & Security Exhibition 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand to become part of Make in India reaffirming the Government’s commitment...
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