Israel’s leading defence technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. and Abu Dhabi based technology company Group 42 (G42), Friday joined hands to explore collaborations in the research and development of effective solutions to combat SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease.
German electronic and sensor giant HENSOLDT has signed an agreement to acquire the Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Defence & Security business units of South African firm Tellumat. The acquisition will see HENSOLDT further expand its portfolio as well as its presence in Africa, said the company.
India’s ministry of defence Thursday cleared a slew of proposals to buy Sukhoi-30 MKI and Mig-29 Russian combat jets, long-range indigenous cruise missiles and beyond visual range (BVR) Astra missiles for Indian Air Force and Indian Navy as it prepares to face an aggressive China.
Taufkirchen based German defence electronics and sensor giant HENSOLDT has been awarded a contract by Airbus Defence and Space to develop and produce a new Active Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar for the German and Spanish Eurofighter fleets.
American defence and aerospace major Boeing recently achieved a major milestone for its tank killer AH-64 Apache helicopters with the delivery of a total 2,500 helicopters to the US Army and 15 other nations. The 2,500th Apache Attack Helicopter, an E-model, was delivered to the US Army from the Boeing’s production line in Mesa, Arizona.
In a major decision, India Monday imposed a ban on 59 Chinese mobile applications including short video makers Tiktok and Helo, file sharing app Shareit, web browsers like UC Browser and CM Mobile Browser and CS Cam Scanner saying that these Chinese mobile apps posed threat to safety and security of India.
European Defence and Aerospace major Airbus has appointed Rémi Maillard as President of Airbus India and Managing Director of South Asia region, effective September 01, 2020. Rémi Maillard, currently Head of Airbus Services, will succeed Anand Stanley who will move to Singapore as President, Airbus Asia-Pacific.
Israel’s leading defence electronics manufacturer Elbit Systems Limited Monday said that it has won a $38 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to provide operation, maintenance and logistic services for the Textron T-6 trainer aircraft fleet of the Israeli Air Force.
Israel’s leading missile manufacturer RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems is participating in Poland’s ‘Ottokar-Brzoza’ tender (formerly known as Tank Destroyer) in co-production with local Polish Conglomerate PGZ, which is competing, in part, with BWP-1 and KTO ROSOMAK Armored platforms.
Rostec Corporation: Rosoboronexport JSC, Russian government’s nodal agency for handling all kinds of weapon export from the country, will showcase the latest Russian weapons for all segments to foreign buyers at the Army 2020 International Military Tactical Forum, also known as Army Forum 2020. The annual event will be organized in August this year near Moscow.
Jim Taiclet Lockheed Martin: In major leadership reshuffle at one of the world’s largest defence and aerospace giant, a former military pilot and Gulf War veteran James D. Taiclet Monday assumed the charge of Lockheed Martin Corporation as its new President and CEO. Jim Taiclet succeeds Marillyn Hewson, who will be Executive Chairman of Lockheed Martin’s board of directors.
A senior Indian Army officer of the rank of Colonel, and two soldiers Monday night lost their lives in a violent face off with the soldiers of Chinese Army (PLA) in the Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh while the number of casualties on Chinese side has not been confirmed by Chinese authorities.
Hyderabad based infrastructure giant Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) Monday announced its foray in the country’s defence sector as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government seeks to reduce the country’s dependence on imported weapons by involving private defence companies. MEIL invest Rs 500 crores on new defence manufacturing unit near Hyderabad.
Bhogapuram Airport Andhra Pradesh: India’s leading airport developer and operator GMR Group has won a long-term contract for the development and operational management of a Greenfield airport near Vishakhapatnam in southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
In a major relief to domestic defence industry, India’s defence ministry Friday allowed them four more months time to complete the delivery of weapon systems and services as their supply chains have been affected due to Covid-19 lockdown measures, while also clarifying that any deadline extension request from foreign defence companies will be considered on case by case basis.
Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have moved back their troops at several locations in Eastern Ladakh as a confidence building measures to facilitate further talks on Wednesday.
Leading aircraft engine manufacturer and energy giant Rolls-Royce Friday joined United Nation’s initiative Race to Zero campaign for building a sustainable and net zero carbon future by aligning its business to the goals set under United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign.
OFB Strike: India’s ministry of defence Friday formed a high-level committee under the officers of the department of defence production (DDP) and Indian Army to address the concerns of defence employee unions and officers association about the government’s decision to corporatize Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) factories.
European Defence and Aerospace giant Airbus has appointed head of its India operations Anand Stanley as new President of Airbus Asia-Pacific. Anand Stanley will lead the strategy and future positioning of Airbus and its divisions across the region, one of the key markets for the company.
OFB Strike: More than 82,000 employees of state owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) have threatened an indefinite strike against the Modi government’s decision to corporatize 41 units of the OFB. The three defence employee unions alleged that the present decision of Modi government to corporatize OFB was against the past agreement between them and the defence ministry.
Make in India: India’s defence ministry Tuesday placed an order for supply of 156 Sarath BMP-2 Infantry Combat Vehicles for Indian Army. Public Sector Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) will supply 156 BMPs in a deal of Rs 1094 crore deal.
Dr Vivek Lall, a prominent defence industry veteran of Indian origin, has been appointed as Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation. Dr Lall earlier worked with US defence majors like Lockheed Martin and Boeing and was instrumental in clinching the bilateral defence deals worth $18 billion with India.
Indian Air Force Wednesday operationalised second squadron of indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas at Sulur airbase in Southern state of Tamil Nadu. Air Force Chief RKS Bhadaria inducted LCA Tejas in Flying Bullets squadron.
On Thursday (May 21, 2020) the government notified 26 of these 127 items under clause 3(a) of the public procurement order of 2017, which makes it mandatory for the procuring entities to source them only from Indian suppliers, whereas in the earlier scheme of things it was not mandatory and only preference was to be given to Indian suppliers.
In order to allay the apprehensions that Covid-19 pandemic might delay the delivery of F-35, US defence major Lockheed Martin has taken several steps, including reaching an agreement with the machine worker’s body IAM, to implement an alternate week work schedule.
US Defense and Nuclear Technology giant General Atomics (GA-EMS) has won a major contract from the United States Navy for providing an ongoing engineering and logistics sustainment operation for Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) systems installed on Ford Class Aircraft Carriers.
Indian Air Force Chief RKS Bhaduaria Monday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, saying that the IAF was ready to strike terror camps inside Pakistan if a terror attack on India was linked to Pakistan.
FDI in India: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday announced the government’s decision to increase FDI in Defence sector from present 49% to 74%.
US Department of Defense has awarded a $905 million contract to US defence giant Lockheed Martin Sikorsky to supply 24 MH-60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters to Indian Navy under a foreign military sale (FMS) route.
US Defence and Aerospace major Boeing has delivered its 100th Boeing P8A Poseidon long-range maritime patrol aircraft to the US Navy. Boeing P8A Poseidon, also known as submarine killer, is also in the service of Indian Navy & Australian and UK Air Forces.
Boeing Defense and Space has bagged a $3.1 billion contract from the US Navy for supplying Harpoon missiles and Stand-off Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) to support the US Government’s foreign military sales (FMS) programme. The supply of these weapons will continue through 2028.
In order to conduct the first hand assessment of Indian Army’s preparedness along Pakistan border, India’s Army Chief General M M Naravane visited forward areas of the Sapta Shakti Command in the states of Rajasthan and Punjab for two days.
India has set an ambitious target of becoming a net exporter of defence technology on the occasion of 21st Pokhran anniversary that is celebrated in the country National Technology Day.
Vizag Gas Leak: Indian Air Force Saturday lifted 8.3 tonnes relief material to help Andhra Pradesh Government to contain the leak of toxic Styrene gas from South Korean company LG Chem’s plant near Visakhapatnam.
Defence News India: India’s defence ministry Friday signed a $160 million (Rs 1,200 crore) contract with Tata Power SED (TPSED) for the modernisation of military infrastructure in the country. The contract, which is the second phase of the programme, will cover 37 airfields of Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Coast Guard. The modernisation of…
A MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Nawanshahr in Punjab on Friday morning. The pilot decided to eject the aircraft after it failed to respond his instructions.
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has won a $40 million contract to supply missile components for medium range surface to air missile (MRSAM) to be delivered to Indian Air Force (IAF).
DRDO supported Defence Institute of Advanced Technology Pune announced the development of Atulya microwave steriliser that kills the Sars-CoV-2 virus by differential heating in the range of 560 to 600 Celsius temperatures.
Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd (DRAL) on Monday resumed operations at its Mihan special economic zone (SEZ) in Nagpur in Maharashtra. The JV between Dassault Aviation and Reliance ADA Group manufactures part for Falcon 2000 and Rafale fighter jet at DRAL facility.
A brand new Boeing Apache helicopter of Indian Air Force has made emergency landing near Hoshiarpur in Punjab. IAF said the crew and helicopter was safe.
In its latest coronavirus related order, the Indian army said only medical establishments will continue to work with full strength and all non-essential movement will be restricted across all its units.
India-US Missile Deal: Trump has cleared sale of Boeing’s Harpoon Block II Missile and Raytheon’s Lightweight Torpedoes to India in a $155 million deal.
DRDO has developed a lightweight HMDS helmet for Indian Air Force pilots flying Sukhoi 30 MKI, Mig 29, Mig 21, LCA Tejas and Mirage 2000 aircrafts.
Defence News: Israel’s leading missile manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd achieved the sale of $2.7 billion (9.7 billion Shekels) in 2019, an increase of 3.9% over the corresponding period of 2018, according to the financial results released by the company on Thursday. According to the financial data released by Rafael on March 26, the…
Organisers of prestigious French defence exhibition Eurosatory 2020 have decided to postpone the event due to outbreak of global pandemic of novel coronvirus.
Defence News: Global outbreak of novel coronavirus has disrupted defence industry with most of the military exercises and defence exhibitions being cancelled. The organisers of Defence Exhibition Athens (DEFEA-2020) have decided to postpone the prestigious event to the next year. The DEFEA which was scheduled to be held at Athens in Greece in June this…
India’s defence ministry has roped in Indian Army, IAF, Indian Navy and also DRDO and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to wage an all out war against Corona virus that has killed 16 people in the country and over 25,000 across the globe.
Indian Air Force said that it is fully committed and ready to help civilian authorities in the country’s war against the deadly corona virus. IAF has designated Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore (CHAFB) its first lab for COVID-19 testing.
Indian Army Wednesday received 277 more people rescued from corona-hit Iran and housed them at its Jodhpur quarantine facility. These included 273 pilgrims, of them149 are women and 6 children.
COVID-19: Indian Army has decided to work with bare minimum staff following the call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a complete 21 day lockdown in the country. It also closed its headquarters for a day on Wednesday.
Msta-S 155mm howitzer: Rosoboronexport for the first time demonstrated the capabilities of new howitzer gun developed by UralVagonZavod to foreign customers.
COVID-19: Indian Army has decided to drastically reduce staff at its headquarters at South Block in New Delhi to contain the outbreak of novel coronavirus. Now it will work only with 15% of the staff deployed at the headquarters.
India’s state owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has set up a 285 bed facility across several states to help civil administration in their bid to augment the health facilities to treat corona virus patients.
To reduce the high cost of acquisition, Defence Procurement Policy 2020 adds a new category for leasing of equipment not used in the actual warfare.
India today signed a contract with Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) for purchase of more than 16,000 ‘Negev‘ light machine guns (LMGs), for the Indian Army at a cost of Rs 880 crores.
India has rescued 195 more citizens from coronavirus-hit Iran and these people have been kept at Indian army’s quarantine facility in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
This maiden flight of Tejas in full operational clearance version lasted for forty minutes and it was flown by Air Commodore KA Muthana (Retd) from the HAL’s Bengaluru airport.
The new Nova facility will be used in design, development & production of command posts, combat management systems, radars and electro-optic products.
Rajnath Singh said bullet proof jackets are being exported to 18 countries but in view of the strategic requirement names will not be disclosed.
Total FDI inflows in the defence sector in the last five years remains at a low of just $2.48 million and total FDI inflows in the last two decades (April 2000 to December 2019) too remain at abysmally low level of just $8.82 million (Rs 52 crore)
The Pratt & Whitney India website offers a better representation of our engine portfolio and its capabilities,” said Ashmita Sethi, Managing Director of Pratt & Whitney India
Rolls-Royce India has signed an MoU with the IIT Madras to promote and explore opportunities for joint research programs. Rolls-Royce will also send its engineers to IIT Madras for higher studies but they will have to qualify for the programme.
Indian Army has initiated the procurement process for 100 loiter munition systems. It is expected to issue the final tender by September 2020 with the delivery of loiter munition systems to be completed within 18 months from the date of contract.
The contract includes dismounted launchers, signifying that the SPIKE LR2 will now be used by both the infantry and cavalry of Slovak Army.
Pratt & Whitney Thursday announced that AIESL, a subsidiary of India’s national carrier Air India, would perform the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for its latest Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines in the country,
The BDL manufactures ballistic missile Agni (Fire), surface-to-air missile Akash (Sky), Advanced Lightweight Torpedo, Counter Measure Dispensing Systems, Milan 2T and Konkurs anti-tank missiles for Indian military.
The first session of the seminar focused on two issues – Evolving Warfare: an insight into the changing realm where the speakers discussed emerging trends of warfare.
The RaiDer-X is also capable of detecting explosives in pure form and it can also detect explosives when they are mixed with other contaminants to conceal them.
Indian Coast Guard ICG Varad: Private sector defence major Larsen & Toubro Friday delivered the fifth offshore patrol vessel ICG Varad to India’s coastal guarding force. The 2100 tonne class ship has been built by L&T Shipbuilding Limited at its Kattupalli shipyard in Tamil Nadu.
Apart from the Integrated L-40 stages, HAL has been manufacturing the riveted structures, propellant tanks, feed-lines of PSLV, GSLV MKII & GSLV MKIII rockets.
LCH is a 5.5 ton class combat helicopter designed and developed by HAL. It is powered by two Shakti engines with similar features of Advanced Light Helicopter.
India’s defence export is growing. In the last two years, our export has been Rs 17,000 crore but by 2024 it can reach Rs 35,000 crore, said the defence minister.
India Defence News: In a strong message to Pakistan based terror groups, Indian defence minister Wednesday said that the country’s forces now don’t hesitate in crossing the border to protect the country against terrorism. The Surgical Strikes of 2016 and Balakote Air Strikes of 2019 are testimony to this change. This is certainly a New…
While six Romeo Seahawks helicopters are expected join Indian within 12 months, the rest 18 helicopters will be delivered over the next two years after that.
The new Army House complex will be spread over an area of 39 acres, It has been designed as a multi-storey green building and it will follow Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) norms.
Vice Admiral GS Pabby emphasised on the need to ensure quality refits of ships and submarines while maintaining the safety of personnel and material.
During Parrikar’s tenure, the army launched a surgical strike across the Line of Control to destroy terror camps to avenge the killing of 19 soliders in Uri.
The file to procure Tejas fighters could be cleared before March 31 and HAL could start deliveries three years after signing the contract.
Permission for exporting defence equipment worth Rs 5,883 crore ($822 million) in the first 9 months of the current financial year has already been granted.
Shripad Naik said the ships targeted delivery was affected due to delay in supply of aviation equipment from Russia.
Airbus estimates that the country’s aircraft services market – maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) – will grow to over $6.3 billion in next five years.
Thales said the lightweight monocular night vision device has the widest field of view and provides unprecedented mobility and night combat capability.
After scrapping the initial tender to procure 126 medium sized fighter jets, India issued a fresh tender in April 2019 to procure more than 100 fighter jets.
Boeing said: F/A 18 will boost the growing maritime and defence relationship between the United States and Indian navies.
Defence News India: Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd (KSSL), the defence arm of Kalyani Group and Arsenal Joint Stock Company, Bulgaria Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic alliance for manufacturing small arms and ammunition in the country. KSSL and Arsenal will develop manufacturing capability AR 7.62 x 39mm Assault Rifle and…
General Atomics’ Scott Forney said the pact will bring advanced power, energy, and weapon system capabilities to India.
In September 2019, Kyrgyzstan’s DASTAN Corp and Bharat Forge inked pat to for joint testing of homing system for Indian Navy’s CET65 and TEST71 torpedoes.
Thales will showcase its digital solutions in four categories which will over Land, Naval and Air, Digital Transformation and Security.
The JV agreement was signed at the first Brazil-India Defence Industry Dialogue of the India-Brazil Business Forum (IBBF), organized by MEA.
William Blair said: We can showcase our commitment to Make in India directly to the largest gathering of defence and aerospace partners in the country.
This is for the first time that the country has deployed its frontline fighters in peninsular India to assert its influence in Indo-Pacific region.
The 40,000 tonne ship which has been designed and developed in the country will have an air complement of up to 26 Mig 29 K fighter jets.
DefExpo 2020: European missile manufacturer MBDA has offered its Sea Ceptor missile to Indian Navy in partnership with private sector defence manufacturer L&T.
L&T Defence & Hanwha Tech Win (HTW) are currently executing the K9 VAJRA-T program contract awarded to the company by the Ministry of Defence.
India is the 6th country in the world after the USA, Russia, UK, France and China to have developed an indigenous fighter jet for aircraft carrier operation.
While the aircraft was flown by Cdr Jaideep Maolankar, Captain Dahiya was the Landing Safety Officer and Cdr Vivek Pandey was the Test Director.
In response to a question whether the task will be fulfilled during his tenure, General MM Narawane quipped: “If this is the mandate then so be it.”
Gen Narawane said acquisition of towed artillery and ultra light howitzers were aimed at building army’s conventional war fighting capabilities
Indian Navy warships & aircraft were deployed to establish presence, provide a sense of reassurance to the merrchant ships & monitor the ongoing situation.
Defence ministry’s No Objection Certificate web portal www.modnoc.ncog.gov.in will provide online NoC for undertaking aerial surveys in the country.
