India will buy 31 U.S.-made MQ-9B SeaGuardian armed drones manufactured by General Atomics and worth slightly over $3 billion. The drones will predominantly be used by the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean Region, reports Reuters. These drones are capable of a variety of roles, including maritime surveillance, anti-submarine warfare,...
Aero India 2023 Scheduled for Bangalore in February 2023
The 14th edition of Aero India, Asia's largest aero show, will be held at the Yelahanka Air force Station in Bangalore from February 13 - 17, 2023. State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited will organize this event where exhibitors from across the world are expected to take part. In the previous edition,...
Rolls-Royce and HAL India to Make Adour Engine Parts
Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a pact with Rolls-Royce to manufacture Adour Engine parts for Rolls-Royce’s international defense customer base. The agreement was exchanged between B Krishna Kumar, executive director (Engine & IMGT), HAL and Abhishek Singh, senior vice president – Defense, India and South East Asia, Rolls-Royce, on...
Airbus and India’s Tata Group Partner to Make Transport Aircraft
India’s Cabinet Committee on Security approved $3 billion for the acquisition of 56 Airbus C-295MW transport aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force fleet of Hawker Siddeley 748M Avro aircraft. The Avro is a British design that was manufactured in the government owned factory of HAL - Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd...
Russia to Build Six New Nuclear Units in India
During the Russia-India summit in New Delhi on October 5, general director Alexey Likhachev of Rosatom, and the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, Kamlesh Vyas signed an agreement according to which Russia will build six new nuclear units in India. Other deals in the pipeline: Four S-400...
At India's DefExpo 2018, Multinationals Ink Partnerships
India’s largest Land, Naval, and Internal Security System’s Exposition, DefExpo India, has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world for the last 10 years. Defense Expo 2018 was a four-day event at the southern city of Chennai, India. The tagline this year was "India: The...