Defence Industry

Vemagal, Karnataka, (India). Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has inaugurated India’s first private-sector helicopter Final Assembly Line for the Airbus H125 at Vemagal in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The H125 helicopter Final Assembly...

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Autonomous Guard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Indian company. The initial deal has an estimated value of $1.9 million. The contract is for the supply of...

Tel Aviv: India has approved a major defence procurement package from Israel valued at around $8.6–8.7 billion in early 2026. India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the package, focusing...

Washington: The Defence Innovation Unit (DIU) is seeking firms that can supply a drone capable of carrying fighter-sized munitions to strike targets hundreds of miles away, a new notice says, citing a growing threat...

Chennai: Yard 18003 (Krishna), the first of the three Cadet Training Ships (CTS) under construction at Larsen & Toubro, Kattupalli (Chennai), was launched on February 16. In keeping with the Naval traditions, Anupama Chauhan...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, February 15 said that India has to be prepared at all times to deal with security challenges. He said, “As a country that is playing an increasingly...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on February 16, 2026, visited DRDO’s Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) in Bengaluru, and reviewed the status of ongoing projects relating to indigenous military gas turbine engine development....

Bengaluru: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, visited Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Bengaluru on February 16, 2026. He remotely inaugurated the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Artificial Intelligence (CoE-AI) located in Pune and formally launched...

Bengaluru, India/ Meudon, France: India joins the ranks of Thales’ five global corporate laboratories for Research & Technology, alongside those in France, the UK, Canada, and Singapore. The launch of Thales Research & Technology...

Kolkata: Reinforcing its commitment towards Aatmanirbharta and GoI’s 'Make in India' initiative, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd commenced construction of two Coastal Research Vessels (CRVs) it is building for the Geological Survey of...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Centum Research and Technology, a Spain-based company specialising in search and rescue, surveillance, and emergency communication, and Globaz Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an Indian company active in defence and aerospace systems integration,...

Vienna. The Hellenic Navy has signed a contract to procure ship-based CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) to be deployed on the Hellenic Navy’s Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention (FDI) Belharra-class frigates, namely HS...

Tel Aviv: The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is dead. Those who still believed in its efficiency could see it buried in Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show.  An informal export-control club, the Missile Technology Control...