DN - Defence Notes
LCA edges towards preferred choice for Indian carriers
The first arrested landing of a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) technology demonstrator without a payload at the shore-based test facility at Goa proved successful. This ...
DN - Defence Notes
India’s budget shortfall is thwarting modernisation
India’s defence budget for April 2019-March 2020 presented by the re-elected government has fallen short of expectations, with planned modernisation of the military i likely ...
DB - Digital Battlespace
Indian Air Force gets desperate for software-defined radios
Amidst a pressing necessity for software-defined radios (SDR) to fill glaring gaps in its legacy systems for secure information sharing and situation awareness, the Indian Air ...
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
India trials UAS deliveries
Experimental beyond-visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations by UAS for deliveries have been recently conducted in India for proof of concept by a consortium of companies. This ...
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RH - Rotorhub
India's largest helicopter company up for sale
16th May 2019
Development plans from the Indian government-owned Pawan Hans, the country's largest helicopter company, have been frozen for two years as a result of a disinvestment ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
India's ASAT test reflects space race
1st April 2019
India’s Mission Shakti, an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test carried out on 27 March by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), makes it the fourth ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Bulletproof jackets create uproar in India
19th March 2019
Having won a $166 million bid for the Indian Army’s 186,138 bulletproof jackets, SMPP’s executive director Ashish Kansal told the Economic Times that the Western-sourced ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Maini to manufacture Safran helicopter engine parts
7th March 2019
Bangalore-based Maini Precision Products and Safran Helicopter Engines signed an MoU ‘to develop a long-term industrial strategic relationship’ for the potential manufacture of Safran engine ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
HAL’S RUAV for Indian services
1st March 2019
A long-term requirement for rotary unmanned aerial vehicles for the Indian military is now being addressed by government-owned defence manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). The new ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Indian Army plans integrated battlegroups
13th January 2019
The Indian Army, in an endeavour to advance operational competency and to counter plummeting budgets, is making swift restructuring moves as part of Land Warfare ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Is the Indian Navy considering more Romeos?
11th December 2018
Twenty-four Sikorsky MH-60R multirole helicopters for the Indian Navy (IN), for which a letter of request was sent to the US on 15 November, will ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Bangladesh looks west for attack helicopters
4th December 2018
Bangladesh has approved the purchase of eight Western attack helicopters for the first time, these to be used by the air force to support the ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
India goes great guns to rejuvenate artillery
31st August 2018
The MoD has approved the acquisition of 150 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) of 155mm L/52 calibre from the Defence Research and Development Organisation ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Vendors wait for India to finalise UAS regulations
13th July 2018
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has released draft regulations on requirements for civil UAS operations, but it is yet to release its regulatory ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Vendors await delayed Indian RfP for SDRs
4th July 2018
An RfP for assorted software-defined radios (SDR) for the Indian Army is still awaited after suffering an indefinite delay. The deadline for two separate RfI ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
India looks at Juan Carlos LHD variant
8th June 2018
As Navantia awaits a bid to be opened for four landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships, the Spanish company showcased its indigenously manufactured Juan Carlos 1 ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
S-400 – India caught between the devil and deep blue sea
5th June 2018
India has started final cost negotiations for acquisition of S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, Shephard has learned. The final deal is expected to be ...
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RH - Rotorhub
India gets first private Heli airport shuttle
29th May 2018
Bangalore’s Kempegowda International Airport has become the first in India to introduce a heli shuttle service to the suburban Electronic City, a software hub. The ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
L&T develops BrahMos quad launcher
11th May 2018
Larsen &Toubro; Defence (L&T;) in India has developed what it calls a ‘Quadruple Canisterised Inclined Launcher’ for BrahMos missiles and, after simulated trials, the company ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Indian Army needs money for tank ammo
15th March 2018
Deficiencies and obsolescence of weapons and ammunition do not auger well for the Indian Army, according to a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence report submitted ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Tapas in user configuration has a long road ahead
2nd March 2018
Delayed by over five years, and even seemingly confused over whether to call it Tapas or Rustom II, the Indian Defence Research Development Organisation’s (DRDO) MALE ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
India scurries to buy thousands of small arms
16th February 2018
The Defence Acquisition Council’s (DAC) approval on 13 February for procurement of small arms worth more than $2.2 billion for the Indian military is being ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Singapore Airshow 2018: India plans ballistic protection for under-fire helicopters
29th January 2018
India is looking at the procurement and installation of lightweight fibre-based armour plating in the cargo compartments of seven Mi-17V-5 helicopters under a national competitive ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Singapore Airshow 2018: Indo-Tibetan Border Police to wet lease helicopters
29th January 2018
Due to increasing operational commitments projected for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITPB), a paramilitary force under India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, a bid has been ...
