French DCNS proposal for 100 percent foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India for introducing new submarine technology and establish a fully-owned subsidiary in India has hit a roadblock after the Indian defense ministry rejected it. The MoD sees a ‘conflict of interest in the DCNS proposal
Indian firms are likely to contribute to $50 billion submarine project involving French DCNS for Australia by obtaining sub-contracts. "India and Australia as decided during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia in 2014 have ventured into the areas of defence collaboration and joint research
Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have conducted the proof firing of Armament system for 155 mm x 52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) during the technical trials conducted recently at Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE), Balasore. ATAGS is fully indigenous towed artillery gun system project undertaken in mission mode by DRDO as a part of artillery modernisation programme of Indian Army
Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed an agreement with IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)-Bombay and Madras to establish a bi-nodal Centre of Propulsion Technology (CoPT) at the two institutions. The initiative is aimed at achieving synergy between DRDO and Indian Institutes of Technology for channelizing the research efforts towards developing products and related critical aerospace technologies, a Defence release said
France has offered 30 percent out of the 50 percent offsets in the 7.89 billion Euros Rafale fighter deal for research and development programmes in missile and engine technologies in India
A technical snag with the battery of Indias indigenous nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-V has caused the delay in its fourth test. “It has been delayed because of a technical snag,” Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief S Christopher was quoted as saying by IANS
India test-fired new Barak surface-to-air missile, developed jointly with Israel, with a strike range up to 70 km for the third consecutive time in two days. “The test was successful
Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-launched its newly-developed surface-to-air ballistic missile Barak-8 from a defence base off Odisha coast today. Barak-8, developed in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries, was test fired from launch pad no-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Odisha coast at around 08
Indias Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) launched indigenous ship launched anti-submarine torpedo, ‘Varunastra Tuesday and is handed over to the navy by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday. The electric torpedo designed and developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a lab of DRDO and is capable of targeting quiet and stealthy submarines, both in deep and littoral waters in intense countermeasure environment, DRDO said in a statement
Indian Hindustan Aeronautics did not seek any help from the Russian Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)for mounting BrahMos missile on Su-30MKI, Hindustan Aeronautics chairman said Saturday. “This unique program was taken up by HAL as an indigenous challenge at its Nashik Division and the required data was generated without the assistance of OEM for the modification