Day: March 5, 2024

Indian Ministry of Defence has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BEML Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) for indigenous development of Advanced Fuelling and Control System for Engines for heavy duty applications. The MoU was inked with Chairman & Managing Director, BEML Limited Shri Shantanu Roy; CMD,…

India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh will be inaugurating two major piers and seven residential towers comprising 320 houses for Naval Officers and Defence civilian personnel and 149 single officers’ accommodation in Naval Base Karwar under Project Seabird on 5 March 24. Basically, Project Seabird is the largest naval infrastructure project for India, it involves…

Taking the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiative forward, the Department of Military Affairs under the Indian Ministry of Defence, is conducting an intensive Brainstorming over the next two days on March 4-5, 2024 between the Service Headquarters and important stakeholders from Department of Defence Production, Defence Industry representatives and other relevant…

General Dynamics European Land Systems – Steyr (GDELS) has been awarded a contract to deliver an additional 225 PANDUR 6×6 EVO wheeled armored vehicles to the Austrian Armed Forces. The contract has an initial value of 1.2 billion euros (U.S. $1.3 billion).  GDELS already has 100 PANDUR EVO vehicles under contract, with the third batch currently…

Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract worth approximately $600 million to supply systems to Hanwha Defense Australia for the Australian Land 400 Phase 3 Project. This project aims to deliver advanced protection, fighting capabilities and sensors suite to the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) for the Australian Army. The contract will…

Rheinmetall has won an order to supply a European member of NATO with multiple rocket launcher ammunition. The delivery is to take place from 2024 to 2027. Notably, the order, which was already booked in December 2023, represents sales volume for Rheinmetall of more than €300 million, without value added tax. Rheinmetall Expal Munitions of…

Taking a giant leap forward towards promoting indigenous innovation and facilitating partnerships to address the evolving security challenges, Innovations for Defence Excellence-Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO), under the aegis of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, has organised DefConnect 2024 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on March 04, 2024. The event was inaugurated by the…

India based Adani Defence and Aerospace, a part of Gautam Adani-led Adani group, has launched two mega facilities to manufacture ammunition and missiles in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Spread over 500 acres, the facility is going to be one of the largest integrated ammunition manufacturing complexes in South Asia. Further, the Adani group company plans to…

The Indian Navy will be  commissioning the newly inducted MH 60R Seahawk (a maritime variant of the Blackhawk helicopter) multi-role helicopter at INS Garuda in Kochi this week, bolstering the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities. The Seahawks squadron will be commissioned in the Indian Navy as INAS 334 on March 6, 2024. “The MH 60R helicopter…