Defence Industry

  New Delhi. INS Vela, the fourth of P75 SCORPENE-class submarine, completely built by Indian shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) through years of technology transfer and partnership with Naval Group was launched on May...

  NEW DELHI. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd - a global pioneer in the development and manufacturing of leading defense technologies - is all set to participate at IMDEX 2019 at the Changi Exhibition Center...

New Delhi. US defence major Raytheon announced on May 7 that it will integrate the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) into the US Marine Corps (USMC) existing force structure under a $47.59 million Other Transaction...

  SINGAPORE. Saab will be present at International Martime Defence Exhibition and Conference 2019 (IMDEX Asia 2019), Changi Exhibition Centre, Singapore, from May 14 to 16. All are invited to visit Saab stall at Stand K15...

  Indian aerospace industrial capabilities have thus far been dominated by a giant conglomerate – Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) – that has evolved through decades. HAL’s predecessor Walchand Hirachand Industries Limited was a privately owned...

  New Delhi. Adding another feather to Make in India programme, a contract has been signed for the construction of 16 Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) ships, eight ships each from M/s...

  Kolkata. In yet another boost to Make in India and indigenisation, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has secured a competitive bid for design, construction and supply of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water...

Rosoboronexport’s Director General Alexander Mikheev visited the Yantar Baltic Shipyard in Kaliningrad. The company’s head met with Governor Anton Alikhanov, Yantar’s CEO Eduard Yefimov, and a delegation of India’s Ministry of Defense, led by...

  China’s Carrier Programme: China has been devoting considerable resources and attention to building up the strength of the PLA Navy (PLAN); with the aim of making it one of the most powerful maritime forces...

  MEXICO. The Mexican company Craft Avia Center in cooperation with the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) is planning to open a technical maintenance center for Ansat type civilian helicopters in...

  DALLAS. The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $362 million contract to recapitalize 50 of the US Army's Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers. The US Army's MLRS recapitalization effort will eventually upgrade its existing...

  MADRID. Navantia and the Ministry of Defense have signed today the contract for the construction of five F-110 frigates for the Spanish Navy. The contract was signed by the Deputy Director of Acquisitions of...

  NEW DELHI. JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia have signed a contract on the supplies of BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles and amphibious...