UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Indian police announces UAV requirements
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), ...
RH - Rotorhub
India opens up to helicopters
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 ...
DH - Defence Helicopter
India raining with helicopter requirements
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 ...
RH - Rotorhub
Pawan Hans begins path to disinvestment
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 ...
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IMPS - Maritime Security
IMDEX Asia: Security at India’s minor ports shockingly low
12th May 2017
India's porous 7,500km coastline is dotted with fishing harbours, and because these are often adjacent to major ports, an incident could have severe security ramifications. ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Tata wins Indian 4x4 contract
28th April 2017
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Tata Motors a contract for 3,192 Safari Storme 4x4 light vehicles, which is part of a retirement plan ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
K9 gives boost to India-Korea partnerships
24th April 2017
Engineering giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and South Korea's Hanwha Techwin signed a contract for co-development and co-production of the K9 Vajra-T 155mm self-propelled howitzer ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
India approves K9 artillery buy
7th April 2017
India approved an approximately $650 million procurement of 100 tracked self-propelled howitzers (SPH) of 155mm 52-calibre, with an option for 50 more, on 29 March.Larsen ...
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RH - Rotorhub
India’s first heliport opens
5th March 2017
Government-owned Pawan Hans Helicopters commissioned India's first integrated 25-acre heliport in Rohini, northwest Delhi, on 28 February. It will facilitate operations at the congested Indira ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Indian Army to receive lightweight helmets
22nd January 2017
Indian company MKU will start ballistic helmet deliveries in June after it won an order for 158,000 units for the Indian Army late last year. ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
EW Singapore: Indian AEW programme faces trouble
11th January 2017
India’s home-grown airborne early warning (AEW) programme utilising three Embraer 145 aircraft, the first of which was supposed to be inducted by the end of ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Tata readies armoured offerings
3rd January 2017
Tata Motors is confident that a decision on which companies have been down-selected for the Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme will be announced in ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Indian Army needs to overcome critical deficiencies
10th December 2016
Facing increasing cross-border intrusions by militants, the Indian Army is looking at fast tracking procurement of ammunition from existing suppliers in the next 4-5 months ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Demonetisation hits Indian helicopter businesses
7th December 2016
India’s struggling helicopter business is expected to see another year of negative growth following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation announced on 8 November. Modi mandated ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Light at end of India’s long M777 tunnel
28th November 2016
The governments of India and the US have finally agreed on a Foreign Military Sale of 145 M777 ultra-lightweight howitzers for the Indian Army, the ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Rustom II takes maiden flight
17th November 2016
Although long delayed, the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the maiden flight of the Rustom II medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV on 16 ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Indian deal done for Ka-226T
16th October 2016
India’s and Russia’s heads of state signed a much awaited contract for the production of 200 Kamov Ka-226T helicopters at the BRICS summit in Goa ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
India advances its ATGM requirements
30th September 2016
India’s Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, has cleared around $3 billion in procurements, including anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM). In addition, an ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
HAL stacks up helicopter orders
12th September 2016
The recent technical flight of the Bangalore-built Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) on 6 September could result in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) winning an order for ...
