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How significant is the setting up of the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara to India’s domestic industry? Which are the major companies within India’s growing civil aviation sector?On October 30, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi layed the foundation stone for the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara to be set up by Airbus Defence and Space and
The defence industry in India has made considerable progress in achieving complete self-reliance in the manufacturing of defence equipment necessary for the country’s armed forcesby Girish LingannaOver the past few years, the Government of India has implemented various policies and changes to boost the creation, production and development of defence equipment within the country. The ultimate goal
In the last 12 months, DAC accorded its acceptance of necessity (AoN) for projects worth more than 2.71 lakh croreUnder India’s defence procurement rules, the AoN by the council is the first in a series of steps towards buying military hardware.Eyeing a sweeping military capability boost in the midst of a lingering border row with China in eastern Ladakh, which is set to enter its fourth year in
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
Open sources have indicated that the Royal Saudi Army conducted desert trials of the Bharat-52, a 155mm, 52 calibre towed howitzer, and the Garuda-V2, a 105mm gun mounted on a light vehicle chassis for enhanced mobility, both manufactured by the Pune-based Kalyani Group, in 2020. It has been reported that the Saudi Army has recently placed orders with India for one of these systems as per a
German HDW Type-214 SubmarineThe Navy, which is staring at a dwindling sub-surface fleet, is looking to procure six advanced diesel-electric submarines under Project-75IGermany is soon expected to present a proposal to India for the sale of advanced conventional submarines through the government-to-government route, it is learnt.The Navy, which is staring at a dwindling sub-surface fleet, is
India’s export of military hardware reached an all-time high of Rs 15,920 crore in the financial year 2022-2023 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a clear manifestation of enthusiasm towards ‘Make in India’ initiativeThe value of total defence exports in 2022-23 is a ten-fold increase compared to the amount of Rs 1,521 crore recorded in exporting military hardware in 2016-17."
With defence exports reaching an all-time high, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said on Saturday that it shows the reforms in this sector over the last few
years are delivering good results. The government will keep supporting efforts
to make India a defence production hub, he tweeted.
The prime minister was reacting to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s tweet that
India’s
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that by 2026, defence sector exports would rise to ₹35,000 to ₹40,000 croreIndia would be exporting defence equipment and material worth ₹35,000 to ₹40,000 crore by 2026, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on March 28.The Minister was delivering the Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw memorial lecture here on ‘The role of youth in nation building’,
CHENNAI: USNS Matthew Perry is the second ship of the U.S. Navy to complete maintenance works at L&T shipyard after USNS Charles Drew completed voyage repair in August last year.The U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, USNS Matthew Perry, has successfully completed maintenance and repair work at L&T shipyard in Kattupalli near Chennai. The maintenance and repair work began on March