According to AviationWeek.com, India’s armed services continue to gravitate toward foreign defense equipment. The Air Force, for example, is about to issue a request for proposals for 56 military transports to replace its fleet of aging Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Turboprops. The contenders include the Italian-made Alenia C-27J and the...
India Fighter Contract, Gunjan Bagla quoted in the Financial Times and Aviation Week
The Financial Times of London carried a full length feature story (February 6 and 7) on how the Eurofighter Typhoon lost the bid to the French-made Rafale in a contest that has lasted over five years and will cost between $10 billion and $20 billion over the life of the...
How to Succeed in India's Defense Procurements
The last page of the defense/aerospace industry leading magazine, typically carries a Viewpoint article. In the latest issue, the following article by me is published. How To Win Indian Business by Gunjan Bagla, Managing Director, Amritt, Inc. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the management of Dassault are elated, as Rafale...
Indian Defense Company BEL to double R&D spend
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a company owned by India's department of Defence Production, builds radars, command and control systems, and electro-optics primarily for India's internal defense and security needs. Its head of Research and Development announced that starting in the next fiscal year, which begins in April 2011, the company...