New Delhi seeks to procure Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars and electronic warfare self-protection jammer pods for its home grown fighter, the Light Combat Aircraft Mark-1A. "We cannot wait for Indian companies to develop and build these proven systems, and they will be bought off-the-shelf from overseas," stated an...
India's Defense Ministry Allows Companies to Manufacture Ammunition
Up until now, only the state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) was permitted to produce ammunition and India’s private sector was only allowed to manufacture parts of ammunition such as the shells or fuses. A senior army official stated that the army’s requirements were not being totally met by the OFB, and...