Indian Government is planning to procure 15 additional Airbus Defence and Space manufactured C-295 Military Transport Aircraft worth around Rs 18,000 Crores for the Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG). It has been reported that procurement plan is to buy 9 C-295s for the Navy and 6 for the Coast Guard and, subsequently…
The Government has accorded approval to 163 proposals worth Rs 2,46,989 Crores under various categories of capital procurement for the Indian Armed Forces in the last three years. Besides, the share of procurement from domestic firms has been on an upward trajectory. The government, in the last three years that is from 2019-20 to 2021-22…
India is considering to avoid the fresh acquisition under Project 75 I and might just go for repeat Project-75 order to Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) with DRDO proven and tested Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system fitted into the new submarines. Project-75 includes indigenous construction of six submarines of Scorpene design. These submarines are being…
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned ‘Kamla Devi’ the Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) which is designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd. The FPV Kamla Devi is officially the fifth and last vessel of the series of FPVs designed and built by GRSE as per the specifications of the Indian…
The deliveries of the third squadron of the S-400 missile system from Russia to India are currently underway. By the end of this year, India is slated to get five S-400 squadrons. Earlier in October 2018, India had signed a deal with Russia worth over $5.43 billion (Rs 35,000 Crore) to acquire five squadrons of…
A successful training launch of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out on January 10, 2023 from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. A well-established system, Prithvi-II missile, has been an integral part of India’s nuclear deterrence. The missile struck its target with high accuracy. The user training launch successfully…
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in a meeting held on January 10, 2023 have accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for three capital acquisition proposals, amounting to Rs 4,276 Crore. All the three proposals – two of the Indian Army and one of the Indian Navy – are under the ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ category. The DAC has…
Indigenously developed TAPAS UAV (Tactical Advanced Platform for Aerial Surveillance) Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV, earlier called as Rustom-II have entered user trials stage since 2022-end. Developed by DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the UAV is expected to complete user trials by August 2023, and then subsequently will be manufactured by DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics…
AeroIndia 2023 to be held in Bengaluru on Feb 13-17 2023 with more than 550 global and local companies have been registered so far. The 14th edition will be held at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. This five-day event will combine a major trade exhibition of the aerospace and defence industries as well as an…
The Indian Army is set to receive Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile Weapon System (QRSAM) with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) giving clearance to the indigenously developed QRSAM for production. The indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile Weapon System (QRSAM) by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be…
