In a substantial boost to the national defense industry the India Air Force (IAF) has ordered 83 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tejas Light Combat Aircraft fighter aircraft. The deal is… Continue reading "Indian Air Force Orders New Tejas Indigenous Fighters"
India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has delivered over half of an order for 100 Hanwha K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer (SPH) variants to the Indian Army. Known as the Vajra-T, the… Continue reading "More Indian Army Hanwha K9 SPH Variants Delivered"
The Indian Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth 200 billion Indian rupees ($2.8 billion) with the state-run Ordnance Factory Board for the license production of 464 T-90S main… Continue reading "India To License Produce More T-90S Tanks"
Sergey Chemezov, head of Russian state-owned conglomerate Rostec, told reporters that India made an advance payment for an order of the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile defense system. “The advance… Continue reading "India Follows Through S-400 Plans With Advance Payment"
On October 8th, the first Indian Air Force Rafale was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at a ceremony at Dassault Aviation’s Rafale final assembly facility in Mérignac,… Continue reading "First Indian Air Force Rafale Handed Over"
TASS news agency was told on 29 August by the press office of Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation that Russia and India have settled the issue of… Continue reading "Indian Advance Payments for S-400 Systems Settled"
India has been looking to install new engines on its ageing, but still capable, fleet of Jaguar ground attack jets for years. The Jaguars, bought in part from British aerospace… Continue reading "India Cancels Jaguar Engine Upgrade Program"
Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems, a joint venture between Indian Kalyani Strategic Systems and Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, has been awarded a $100 million dollar contract from Rafael Advanced Defense… Continue reading "Indian Firm Wins $100m Order for Barak 8 Surface to Air Missiles"
The Indian Army is about to deploy two new new types of bolt-action sniper rifle for use in the region of Kashmir. 24 new sniper rifles have been bought “in… Continue reading "India to buy Italian and American Sniper Rifles"
Earlier this month we reported that India had entered into a major contract with SIG Sauer for procurement of over 70,000 7.62x51mm rifles. SIG Sauer have now confirmed the agreement of… Continue reading "CONFIRMED: SIG Sauer SIG716 for India"