Lockheed Martin could begin supplying wings for its F-16 combat jets from a facility in southern India from next year, a senior executive said. Lockheed is bidding for a contract, estimated at more than $15 billion, to supply the Indian Air Force with 114 combat planes and has offered to...
Rajnath Singh: Minister for Defense, India, 2019
Born to a farmer’s family in a village in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on July 10, 1951, Rajnath Singh began his career as a professor in Physics. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a Cabinet Minister in the Atal Behari...
India's Defense Forces Evaluate America's Combat Planes
The Indian Air Force will try out America's latest version of the F-16 and Sweden's Saab Gripen fighter aircraft with the advanced AESA radar to select a partner to build 120 combat planes. The deal is estimated at $20 billion. India's Air Force will replace its ageing fleet of Russian MiG-series...
Dassault Brings Largest Defense FDI to India
"Dassault will emerge as the single largest FDI investor in the defense sector. The cumulative FDI in the defense sector in India till date is $6 million," Rajesh K. Dhingra, president, Reliance Defense & Aerospace, said at an interview with the Economic Times. France's Dassault will manufacture a significant part...
India Finalizes (Finally) Rafale Fighter Buy
The long-awaited inter-governmental agreement for the purchase for 36 Dassault Rafale Jets was signed in New Delhi on Friday 23 September between India's minister for defense Manohar Parrikar, and his French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian. Eric Trappier, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO, was also present. The deal is worth...
India working on advanced nuclear missile
According to a senior defense industry official, India is creating a new, long-range missile which will deliver multiple nuclear warheads to different targets. Agni VI, the new missile, will have a range of 3,400-3,730 miles and will also have so-called MIRV (Multiple Independently targetable Re-entry Vehicle) capability. Only a few...