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India Eyes Fleet Expansion: Will Procure Additional 10 Airbus C-295 Military Transport Aircraft

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India-Airbus Negotiate Procurement of Additional 10 C-295 Transport Aircraft: New Delhi, India – In a significant move to modernize its aging military transport capabilities, India is actively negotiating the acquisition of an additional 10 Airbus C-295 aircraft. This potential purchase would augment the nation’s existing order of 71 C-295s, marking a substantial expansion of its fleet and reinforcing its strategic partnership with Airbus and the Tata Group.

India’s Zen Technologies Secures Patent for Advanced Automated Hard Kill Firearm Mounting System

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The patent, granted under the Indian Patents Act, covers Zen Technologies’ Hard Kill Firearm Mounting System, which was initially filed on October 15, 2022, and is now protected until October 15, 2042. This achievement marks Zen Technologies’ third patent in the 2025 calendar year and its thirteenth in the 2024-25 fiscal year, underscoring the company’s dedication to developing indigenous defense solutions.

SAMTEL and HENSOLDT Join Forces to Produce Advanced Avionics in India

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SAMTEL-Hensoldt MoU Aero India 2025: BENGALURU – In a significant boost to India’s indigenous defense manufacturing capabilities, SAMTEL Avionics (SA) and HENSOLDT Avionics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-produce cutting-edge avionics products within India. The agreement, finalized on February 12th, paves the way for a long-term partnership focused on enhancing aviation safety and efficiency in both civil and military domains.

IdeaForge’s SWITCH MINI UAV Certified for Military Use

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IdeaForge’ SWITCH MINI UAV Certified for Military Use: Mumbai, India – January 23, 2025 – ideaForge Technology Limited, a global leader in drone technology, today announced that its SWITCH MINI UAV has successfully obtained the prestigious “Fit for Indian Military Use” certification. This significant milestone, granted by the Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) following rigorous evaluations, solidifies the SWITCH MINI as the first small UAV to meet the Indian military’s stringent quality and performance standards.

Israel’s Steadicopter, India’s Lotus Team Up to Manufacture Drones in India

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India’s Lotus Advance Technologies-Israel’s Steadicopter to manufacture RUVAs in India: New Delhi, January 18, 2025 – India’s Lotus Advance Technologies has joined forces with Israel’s Steadicopter to manufacture Tactical Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (RUAVs) domestically. This partnership, announced yesterday, aims to bolster India’s defense capabilities by producing advanced drones tailored to the needs of the Indian Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces.

India’s Drone Startup Garuda Aerospace Crosses 20 Patents, Expands Beyond Agriculture

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Garuda Aerospace Registers 20 Patents: [Chennai, December 23, 2024] – Drone startup Garuda Aerospace announced today that it has been granted its 20th patent, a significant milestone for the company. This includes six international patents covering a wide range of agriculture drone solutions, encompassing mapping, surveying, spraying, inspections, crop health monitoring, field surveillance, yield monitoring, and seed dropping.

India MoD Orders 100 More K9 Vajra Guns For $900 Million

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India MoD Orders 100 Additional K9 Vajra Guns from Larsen and Toubro: New Delhi – In a significant boost to its artillery modernization efforts, the Indian Ministry of Defence has inked a ₹7,628.70 crore (approximately $897.5 million USD) contract with Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for the procurement of 155 mm/52 calibre K9 VAJRA-T Self-Propelled Tracked Artillery Guns.

Indian Light Tank Clears High-Altitude Firing Trials

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Indian Light Tank (ILT) clears high-altitude trials: New Delhi, December 12, 2024: In a significant stride towards enhancing India’s military capabilities, the Indian Light Tank (ILT) has successfully completed a series of high-altitude trials, demonstrating its ability to operate effectively in challenging terrains. The tank, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by Larsen & Toubro, fired multiple rounds at various ranges, achieving consistent accuracy at an altitude exceeding 4,200 meters.

India’s Adani Defence Delivers 2nd Drishti-10 Starliner Drone To Navy

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Adani Defence Delivers Drishti-10 Starline Drone to Indian Navy: New Delhi: Adani Defence and Aerospace, a leading player in India’s defense sector, has further bolstered the Indian Navy’s maritime surveillance capabilities with the delivery of a second state-of-the-art Drishti-10 Starliner drone. This advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is set to revolutionize the way India monitors its vast coastline and maritime borders.

SAIL Partners with John Cockerill India for Specialized Steel Production

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SAIL-John Cockerill India MoU: New Delhi, November 29, 2024 – In a strategic move to bolster India’s manufacturing and defense capabilities, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced a significant partnership with John Cockerill India to produce specialized steel products. The collaboration, formally unveiled yesterday, is set to enhance India’s self-reliance in the defense and aerospace sectors by producing high-quality steel tailored for critical applications, including defense-grade equipment, heavy industries, and high-end infrastructure projects.

PM Modi, Spain’s Pedro Sanchez open Tata-Airbus plant in India

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Tata-Airbus C295 Plant: Vadodara, India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Monday jointly inaugurated India’s first private military production facility in Vadodara in Western State of Gujarat. This Tata-Airbus joint facility has been built in collaboration with European defence and aerospace giant Airbus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for this aircraft production facility in October 2022.

Tata-Airbus: India-Spain PMs to open C-295 production facility in Vadodara

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India PM Narendra Modi, Spain PM Pedro Sanchez to open Tata-Airbus C-295 production facility: Vadodara, India (October 28, 2024): India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will today jointly open the Tata-Airbus joint venture’s state-of-the-art facility to manufacture C-295 military transport aircraft in Vadodara, Gujarat. This facility, which is India’s first private sector production facility to manufacture military aircraft in the country, is dedicated to the manufacturing of the C-295 military transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF).

India’s Zen Technologies Bags Major Defence Maintenance Contract

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Zen Technologies bags major defence maintenance contract: New Delhi, India – Zen Technologies Limited, a leading Indian defense technology company, has secured a significant annual maintenance contract (AMC) valued at Rs 46 crore (approximately $5.5 million) with the India’s Ministry of Defence. The five-year contract will cover the upkeep and maintenance of various simulators designed and developed by Zen Technologies.

DRDO awards multiple contracts to Indian defence startups

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DRDO awards 7 new projects to Indian startups: India’s Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has awarded seven new defence projects to private Indian companies, with a particular focus on nurturing micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and startups. These projects have been awarded to Indian defence startups spread across the country, from Delhi-NCR to Maharashtra to southern state of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. These startups are active in defence engineering and innovation and the seven projects have been awarded by the DRDO under the Defence Ministry’s Technology Development Fund (TDF).

India defence startup SpacePixxel bags MoD order for miniaturized satellites

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SpacePixxel gets contract for IAF’s miniaturized satellites: India’s ministry of defence Tuesday signed a contract with SpacePixxel Technologies Pvt Ltd. for the design and development of a miniaturized satellite capable of carrying multiple advanced payloads weighing up to 150 kilograms. This project is specifically led by the Indian Air Force, highlighting the importance of this technology for national defence.

Nagastra Loitering Munition gives Indian Army massive offensive boost

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EEL’s Nagastra Loitering Munitions: In a significant step towards self-reliance in defense technology, the Indian Army recently received its first batch of Nagastra loitering munitions. This delivery marks a crucial milestone in the nation’s efforts to equip its armed forces with cutting-edge, domestically produced weaponry. The Nagastra, developed by Solar Industries’ subsidiary Economics Explosives Limited (EEL), is a testament to India’s growing prowess in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).  This loitering munition, also known as a “suicide drone,” offers a potent offensive capability for the Indian Army, particularly in high-altitude border regions.

India’s Adani and UAE’s EDGE sign landmark defence deal

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Adani-EDGE sign landmark defence cooperation agreement: Abu Dhabi, UAE / Ahmedabad, India – In a move that promises to reshape the landscape of defense technology, India’s Adani Group and UAE’s EDGE Group signed a landmark cooperation agreement on June 11, 2024. This collaboration marks a significant step forward for both companies and the defense industries of India and the UAE.

India’s steelmaker giant JSW Group forays into defence sector

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JSW Defence and Aerospace: India’s steel maker giant JSW Group has entered into the country’s growing defence manufacturing space which has seen a large number of lucrative defence contracts awarded to private and state owned defence companies since the launch of ambitious self-reliant India programme (Atm Nirbhar Bharat) initiated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2020 to reduce the country’s dependence on imports in critical sector, including defence sector.

India formally inducts Airbus C-295 MW transport aircraft in IAF fleet

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Indian Air Force C-295 MW Aicraft: India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh Monday formally inducted a new medium transport aircraft manufactured by the European defence company Airbus Defence and Space into the service of Indian Air Force. This is first of the 56 Airbus C-295 MW aircraft on order by India. While 16 aircraft will be delivered to India in the flyaway condition, a joint consortium of Airbus and India’s Tata Group will manufacture remaining 40 C-295 MW aircraft in Vadodara in western state of Gujarat.

MoD clears first military drone testing centre in South India

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India’s first military drone testing centre in Tamil Nadu: India’s ministry of defence has the country’s first ever testing centre for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) under the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) will be established on five acres of land at Vallam Vadagal in Kancheepuram district in southern state of Tamil Nadu. The Rs 50 crore ($6 million) facility was granted approval by the Ministry of Defence after a bid was submitted by Keltron-led consortium in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO).

Israel’s Controp, India’s Paras Defence form JV company

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Controp Precision Technologies, Paras Defence and Space form JV company: Israel based Controp has partnered with India’s Paras Defence and Space Technologies which is in the business of offering electro-optical and infra-red based solutions to defence customers. Paras is a publicly traded company in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai, India.

Pratt & Whitney opens India Engineering Center

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Pratt & Whitney’s India Engineering Center: US aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Thursday officially opened its new India Engineering Center (IEC) in the country’s IT capital Bengaluru, located in the southern part of the country. The facility is co-located with Pratt & Whitney’s India Capabilities Center (ICC), which opened in 2022 to provide integrated global supply chain support, and the recently inaugurated Collins Aerospace engineering and global operations centers.

Indian Army inducts DRDO’s short span bridge system

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DRDO Short Span Bridge: The first production lot of 12 Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10 meter, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been inducted into the Indian Army by Army Chief General MM Naravane during a ceremony held at Cariappa Parade Ground in Delhi.

Mandate of Rheinmetall board members extended

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Rheinmetall Executive Board: The supervisory board of the Düsseldorf-based technology group has extended the contract of executive board Chairman Armin Papperger by five years to 31 December 2026. “Rheinmetall AG remains under tried-and-tested leadership,” the German defence technology giant said on Thursday.

L&T begins delivery of last K-9 Vajra-T guns to Indian Army

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India’s defence and engineering major Larsen & Toubro Tuesday delivered the 81st K-9 Vajra-T howitzer gun to the Indian Army. With this delivery, L&T Defence is on track to deliver all 100 guns within the delivery schedule of 42 months as permitted under the relaxed criteria following the outbreak of Covid-19 global pandemic that hit the defence industry like any other sector of the economy.

Alpha Design Technologies wins Rs 591 crore contract for missile, radar upgrade

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The upgradation will have large number of Indigenously developed equipment, such as Radar Transmitter, Thermal Imager-based Electro Optical System, communication equipment, upgradation of drive chain, Control Cabin, Shelters, Cables, etc., The upgradation project is in the true spirit of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ mission of the Ministry of Defence towards making the concept of ‘Make in India’ a success.

OshoCorp supplies CBN protective kits to BEL

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Delhi-based defence and security solutions provider OshoCorp Global Pvt Ltd has successfully completed one of its largest supply orders of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Individual Protection Equipments (IPE) sets to Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) during the ongoing Covid-19 period.

$13.62 billion business opportunity for Hyderabad defence industry: DRDO Chief

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Defence News: With the Modi government’s decision to ban import of 101 weapons, which will be followed by another negative import list soon, the defence and aerospace sector in the country is set to benefit immensely.  According to DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy, the defence and aerospace industries based in Hyderabad region are set to get business opportunities worth $13.62 billion (INR 1 lakh crore) in the next couple of years.

Make in India: Dedicated defence indigenisation portal SRIJAN launched

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In its bid to make India truly self-reliant in defence production, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government Friday launched a dedicated defence production portal called Srijan (creation), as a single source for all the information related to defence equipment that can be taken under the government’s indigenisation drive under self-reliant India mission (Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan).