India is planning to spend $223 billion on weapons over the next eleven years. Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked his ministry to project the expected cost of upgrading and modernizing India's armed forces. An annual hike of 8 percent in capital spending will be allocated in each year's budget....
India to Acquire 6 Additional C-130J Aircraft in 2017
Lockheed Martin will deliver the next batch of C-130J transport military aircraft to the Indian Air Force in 2017, Abhay Paranjape, Business Development Director of C-130 said at a press conference on the side lines of DefExpo 2016, the ninth in the series of biennial Land, Naval and Internal Homeland...
Bharat Electronics India and Thales JV to Manufacture Radars
The joint venture formed by Bharat Electronics Ltd. (a defense public sector undertaking, part of the Indian Ministry of Defense) and Thales, the French defense major, for the manufacture of Air Traffic Management Radars for both civilian and defense markets, has started production for the Indian Air Force. Bharat Electronics...
Over $3 billion U.S.-Built Attack and Heavy-Lift Helicopters for India
The defense ministry of India has cleared deals worth more than $3.1 billion to equip the Indian Air Force with U.S.-built attack and heavy-lift helicopters 22 AH-64D Apache Longbow attack and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift copters — both platforms manufactured by Boeing beat off competition from Russia’s Mi-28N Night Hunter...
Defense Secretary Ash Carter will visit India in June
During U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's two-day visit to India in early June, he will sign a 10-year Indo-U.S. Defense Framework Agreement, and focus on major military deals. “We are looking to do more in terms of (military) exercises and joint training and interoperability with our Indian counterparts,” U.S. Ambassador...
India to Finalize $5 Billion Fighter Jet Deal in May
India and France are likely to finalize the purchase of 36 Dassault Rafale fighters for the Indian Air Force by end May reports IHS Janes. France is likely to divert Rafale jets from its own military production in order to fulfill India’s urgent requirement for these warplanes. The French Defense...