ICOMM, a group company of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL), has signed a partnership and licensing agreement with UAE-based Caracal to locally manufacture small arms such as pistols and sniper rifles. As per the agreement, ICOMM will locally manufacture Caracal’s complete line of small arms for the Indian market at the company’s (ICOMM) manufacturing…
US based defence and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin’s Space division has been in talks with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Indian private sector firms in the space domain to explore collaboration opportunities. The company is looking out at specific areas for collaboration including of satellites, sensors and payloads, ground stations, mission solutions…
The “keel-laying” ceremony of two Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASWSWC) being built by Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (CSL), for the Indian Navy, was recently held by the CSL. With this the shipyard has formally begin with the construction work on these two vessels – temporarily designated as BY524 and BY525. These vessels will basically be…
DPSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), DRDO, for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme. The MoU aims at leveraging the complementary strengths and capabilities of BEL and ADA, wherein both the parties will co-operate for the design, development, qualification, production and supply of…
Kanpur based MKU, and Dassault Aviation of France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for defence & security cooperation. Under this agreement the two companies will be working together to identify and explore opportunities in defence and security both in India and also internationally leveraging their expertise and experience.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired the Astra air-to-air missile system off the Odisha coast from a Su-30MKI. The missile fired from a Su-30MKI fighter jet can strike targets beyond 100 km. Reportedly, DRDO will soon be equipping the Astra missile system on Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi Su-30MKIs, Light Combat…
