Defence Industry

Gurugram. Samtel Avionics (SA), a key player in India’s defence technology sector has secured Rs 75 crore in growth funding from True North Private Credit, the credit arm of one of India's most respected...

New Delhi: INAS 335 - The 'Ospreys', the second Indian Naval Air Squadron to operate MH 60R helicopters, was commissioned at INS Hansa, Goa, in a ceremony presided over by Adm Dinesh K Tripathi,...

Nordholz, Germany. Airbus Helicopters, through the joint venture NHIndustries, has handed over the first NH90 Sea Tiger to the German Navy during a delivery ceremony at the Navy’s base in Nordholz. A total of...

Paris: The Netherlands has ordered Skyranger anti-drone cannons from Germany’s Rheinmetall for less than €1 billion (US$1.2 billion), below the budget flagged to parliament in January. The Dutch will buy mobile versions of the Skyranger...

Christchurch: South Korea and Australia are offering to relieve Washington’s strained defence supplier network, as US defence planners grapple with bottlenecks in munitions production. One partial solution is for overseas-based arms manufacturers to set up...

Haifa / Tel Aviv: Israeli company Elbit Systems announced December 16 that it was notified that the Hellenic Parliament and KYSEA (Government Council for National Security) have approved a budget for the purchase of...

Washington: It might seem inconceivable that the use of drones in future battles would have come to the forefront of discussions of NATO strategy in the 1950s, but that is exactly what happened when...

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman, Samir V. Kamat, has issued a stark call for enhanced investment in defence R&D to prepare for the evolving landscape of future warfare. Speaking at the...

Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group, with 10 manufacturing locations across three countries and more than 1,000 employees, has been supplying aero engines and missile subsystems for global OEMs and Indian DPSUs recently inaugurated its Citadel...

Abu Dhabi, UAE: HORIZON, the Middle East’s largest independent helicopter flight training academy and an entity of EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, has become the first authorised service...

Donauwörth, Germany. Germany has decided to exercise the option for 20 more H145M light combat helicopters (Leichter Kampfhubschrauber or LKH for short) that were part of a contract signed in December 2023, bringing the...

Bengaluru: Thales, in partnership with SFO Technologies, has taken a significant step forward in supporting India’s strategic vision for self-reliance in defence manufacturing. The latest contract, awarded for the production of high-value, technically advanced complex...

Mumbai. RRP Defense Limited and Meprolight Ltd., Israel, a global leader in electro-optics, night-vision and weapon-sight systems, announced their strategic collaboration aimed at delivering next-generation defence technologies to the Indian market. Under this collaboration, Meprolight...