State-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will provide the Indian Navy and Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited with complementary Naval MRSAM or Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile systems worth $50 million. The deal is a follow up order for a range of maintenance and other services for various sub-systems of IAI’s...
GE Marine to Provide Gas Turbine Equipment to India's Navy
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio-based GE Marine will provide gas turbine auxiliary equipment for LM2500 turbines, which are used to power the India’s P17A naval ships. Each P17A frigate has two LM2500 gas turbines and two diesel engines. GE’s India-based partner, Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Industrial and Marine Gas Turbine division,...
India Commissions New Naval Base in the Indian Ocean
India's Navy set up a new naval airbase - its third - on the strategically located Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. The base - INS Kohassa, was inaugurated by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba in the presence of senior Navy commanders and government officials. Lanba said that...
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to Refit Indian Navy Submarine
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH, in partnership with state-run warship builder Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd., will overhaul the Indian Navy’s Shishumar Class non-nuclear diesel electric submarine. The Shishumar class includes a series of specialties including a larger diameter of the pressure hull, a pressure resistant bulkhead, as well as a...
India to Buy $317 Million in Training Services for Boeing P-8i
India's Ministry of Defense approved the purchase of Boeing's P-8I Training Solution along with a 10-year comprehensive maintenance service for $317 million. This training solution accurately simulates P-8I aircraft and mission systems, and will help the Indian Navy train and realistically rehearse for sophisticated missions involving P-8I aircraft. This aircraft...
India, U.S., to Deepen Defense and Security Cooperation
The U.S. State Department cleared the sale of predator Guardian drones to India, in a deal estimated to be worth $2-3 billion. According to General Atomics, the Predator Guardian UAV, a variant of the Predator B, can be used for wide-area, long- endurance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. A joint...