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The practice of India’s military sending military representatives and defence attachés overseas is going to be reformed in the near future. It would primarily send them to countries with the potential to become clients of Indian weapons and other defence equipment. It was reported on Sunday by the news agency ANI, which cited sources in the Ministry of Defence, that the amount of Indian weaponry
Nigeria will be the first country to buy unspecified numbers of indigenously built Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) from state-run HAL through soft credit. Six officers from the Nigerian Army have already completed training on Dhruv helicopters at HAL’s Rotary Wing Academy as per a unconfirmed report by WLVN Analysis.An official statement by either the MoD or HAL would bring much clarity to this
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed over an indigenously built Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), along with an assault landing craft to Maldivian National Defence Force (MNDF) on Tuesday, another gift from New Delhi to enhance the capacity of defence and security forces of the archipelago.Singh, who began Tuesday by calling on the President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, also inaugurated the
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hand over a fast patrol vessel and a landing craft to the Maldives as India’s ”gift” during his visit to the island nation from May 1 to 3.The defence ministry said this on Sunday, a day ahead of Singh’s visit to the Maldives, one of India’s strategically key maritime neighbours.It said Singh’s visit will be an ”important landmark” in building strong bonds of
The Indian defence industry has been steadily expanding over the past decade, and the government has been actively promoting defence exports as a means of generating revenue and boosting the country’s economic growth. India’s defence exports reached an all-time high of approximately INR 16,000 crore (approximately $ 1.95 billion) in the 2022-2023 financial year, with the nation now exporting to
Indonesia is expected to buy the ship-borne cruise missile variant for its warships. A team from the Indo-Russian joint venture, BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL), has already visited Indonesia’s shipyard to study the possibility of fitting the missile.On its part, Indonesia is preparing itself militarily for any eventuality in and around Natuna, suspecting that China is exploring
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia is attracting a wide range of customers, although only countries “friendly” to New Delhi and Moscow will be able purchase it, the CEO of BrahMos Aerospace, Atul Rane, told RT.“The BrahMos weapon system has no parallel,” Rane said in an interview published on Monday.“It has massive advantages: speed; time; almost no
In the recent exercises TEJAS performance was satisfactoryAn IAF contingent consisting of 110 air warriors participated at the Al Dhafra air base in the UAE which was held from February 27 to March 17.To recap, the indigenously developed TEJAS fighter aircraft made its debut at a foreign military wargame during Exercise Desert Flag, which was held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between
by Girish LingannaThe Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is now negotiating with the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited of India to purchase several of the company’s TEJAS fighter planes, according to the website ‘African Intelligence.’ Botswana’s interest in the plane has been reported numerous times, and the website has provided no specifics about the transaction.Since 2013, the BDF has been
DRDO developed PINAKA multi-barrel rocket system has potential for exportsIndia’s defence exports have grown tenfold in the space of five years. Simpler export procedures, and breakthroughs like the replacement of expensive foreign parts in the BrahMos missile system with low-cost locally developed parts, have made Indian exports attractiveby Kartik BommakantiIndia imported $24 billion worth of