News
Sat 19 Sep 2020
New Delhi : The Government has taken the following policy initiatives to promote ‘Make in India’ in defence sector: -
A new category of capital procurement ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ has been introduced in...
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Bangalore : HAL’s indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) demonstrated high altitude capability in Hot and High weather conditions in the Himalayas recently for about 10 days. A comprehensive test plan was executed at Leh (3300 MAMSL) in...
Mon 07 Sep 2020
New Delhi : DRDO has successfully demonstrated the Hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of the Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) at 1103 hours on 07 Sept 2020 from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler...
Mon 24 Aug 2020
New Delhi :
The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has taken several initiatives to strengthen the indigenous defence ecosystem. Towards this, A DRDO delegation met with Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today to apprise him about 108...
Thu 02 Jul 2020
New Delhi : Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in its meeting of today held under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh accorded approval for capital acquisition of various platforms and equipment required by the Indian Armed Forces. Proposals for...
Thu 25 Jun 2020
New Delhi : Airbus has appointed Rémi Maillard as President of Airbus India and Managing Director of South Asia region, effective September 01, 2020. Rémi, currently Head of Airbus Services, will succeed Anand Stanley who will move to Singapore as President,...
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Bangalore : Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved far-reaching reforms in the Space sector aimed at boosting private sector participation in the entire range of space activities. The decision taken is in line with the long-...
Fri 12 Jun 2020
New Delhi : The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has extended the delivery period for all existing capital acquisition contracts with the Indian vendors by four months due to supply chain disruptions arising out of COVID-19 pandemic.
An order to this effect has been...
Mon 08 Jun 2020
New Delhi : The Indian Air Force has designed, developed, and inducted an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT). This pod will be utilized for the evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases including COVID-19 from high altitude...
Thu 04 Jun 2020
Toulouse : Airbus has named Anand Stanley as President Airbus Asia-Pacific, effective 1 July 2020.
Based in Singapore, Anand Stanley will lead the strategy and future positioning of Airbus and its divisions across the region. In this role, he will have...
Tue 02 Jun 2020
New Delhi : In a major boost to ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, Acquisition Wing of Ministry of Defence (MoD) with the approval of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, has today placed an Indent on Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for the supply of 156...
Wed 27 May 2020
Bangalore : HAL produced FOC standard LCA Tejas has been inducted into IAF Squadron ‘The Flying Bullets’ at a function at Sulur (Tamil Nadu) today, marking another milestone for HAL. “We are proud to deliver a much lethal aircraft than the IOC block...
Mon 18 May 2020
New Delhi : In order to attract more investment, India raised foreign direct investment limit in Defence production from 49% to 74% in automatic route.
India, with an annual Defence budget of USD 70 billion in 2020-21, ranked 3rd globally after USA...
Wed 13 May 2020
Geneva : Remarks of Alexandre de Juniac at the IATA Media Briefing on COVID-19:
Brian has outlined a long recovery process for aviation to get started again. Of course, airlines are eager to fly. And we are making proposals to governments in order to...
Tue 12 May 2020
Berlin : As the world’s longest-running aerospace show ILA has always stood for innovation and leadership in this high-tech industry. In these times in which due to the coronavirus pandemic all large events have been banned, ILA is charting a new course....