Fokker Elmo SASMOS Interconnection Systems Limited (FE-SIL), the joint venture between GKN Aerospace, a British company and India's SASMOS HET Technologies Limited, was awarded a contract from Saab to manufacture Electrical Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for the Boeing-Saab T-7A trainer aircraft aft section. Under the multi-year contract, FE-SIL, located in Bangalore...
Lockheed to begin supplying F-16 wings from Indian plant in 2020
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...
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...
India Invites Global Bids for Air Force Radar
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...
India's Defense Ministry Plans $223 Billion Spend
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....