NWI - Naval Warfare
India looks at Juan Carlos LHD variant
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 ...
LWI - Land Warfare
S-400 – India caught between the devil and deep blue sea
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 ...
RH - Rotorhub
India gets first private Heli airport shuttle
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 ...
NWI - Naval Warfare
L&T develops BrahMos quad launcher
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 ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
ADECS 2018: India’s silent arm progresses…slowly
24th January 2018
Having initiated its 30-year submarine-building plan two decades ago to raise operational and indigenous construction capabilities, modernisation of the Indian Navy (IN) underwater fleet has ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
HAL defaults on Dhruv spares
15th January 2018
The Indian Army is facing a peculiar dilemma. While Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is supplying multirole Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) at the speed of summer ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Ballistic vests for Indian Army close to final call
11th January 2018
A contract for 186,000 ballistic vests for the Indian Army is reaching fruition and could be awarded by the end of 2018. With trials complete ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Seahawks needed yesterday, says frustrated Indian Navy
7th December 2017
The Indian Navy (IN) is exasperated. Years of procrastination and delays in awarding a contract for 16 S-70B multirole helicopters (MRH), an RfP for which ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Indian military yearns for larger UAV inventory
6th December 2017
The Indian military’s desire for UAVs will soon be boosted with further RfPs. While the army is already processing an RfP for mini-UAVs, India is ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Indian Coast Guard short of cash for H225Ms
27th November 2017
After an RfP released five years ago had atrophied somewhat for want of money, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has requested to fast track an ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Indian police announces UAV requirements
8th October 2017
Addressing border incursions in northern India and an ongoing conflict with home-grown Naxal insurgents in eastern and central areas, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), ...
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RH - Rotorhub
India opens up to helicopters
29th August 2017
There is reassuring news for India’s fledgling helicopter industry with the Ministry of Civil Aviation promoting helicopter operations in the second bidding phase for the ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
India raining with helicopter requirements
24th August 2017
India’s MoD has released an RfI to procure 111 naval utility helicopters (NUH) along with two flight simulators and one maintenance simulator under the ‘strategic ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Pawan Hans begins path to disinvestment
11th August 2017
Government disinvestment of India’s only state-owned helicopter company Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) is moving to fruition with transaction and legal advisers and asset valuers chosen, ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
India reissues SIGINT aircraft request
31st July 2017
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) released an RfI in late July to procure five twin-engine aircraft for signal intelligence (SIGINT) and communication jamming (COMJAM) roles ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Dry dock brings strategic succour to Indian Navy
22nd June 2017
A $71 million floating dock (FDNavy-2) built by Larsen and Toubro (L&T;) at its Kattupalli yard near Chennai will considerably improve dry dock slot constraints ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Fishtail ensures H125 availability with HCare
15th June 2017
Nepal’s Fishtail Air helicopter charter company has signed a repair-by-the-hour contract with Airbus Helicopters HCare Smart for its two H125s, the first such contract signed ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Helicopter delays cause Indian Navy anxiety
8th June 2017
As the Indian Navy (IN) tackles cost-effectiveness, timely deliveries and upgraded technologies, delays in resolving the Multi-Role Helicopter (MRH) contract for 16 Sikorsky S-70Bs may ...
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SOF - Special Operations
India needs to close counterterrorism gaps
31st May 2017
As threats from porous borders cause concerns, experts noted critical gaps in counterterrorism technology, procurement and governance in India at a homeland security meeting organised ...
