Private defence firms make sales pitch to generals

The presence of the private sector at a prestigious military training institution is an important acknowledgement of its growing capabilities in designing and manufacturing cutting edge aerospace......

HAL finally achieves Tejas production target

'It earlier took 19 months to build a Tejas, from start to finish.''This is now down to 11 months,' HAL chief T Suvarna Raju tells Ajai Shukla. < Since December 2013, when the indigenous Tejas......

Why the CH-47F Chinook gives Indian pilots a high

The CH-47F version of the Chinook that India is buying from the United States is a high-tech marvel.Ajai Shukla reports from Philadelphia. IMAGE: A CH-47 Chinook lifts a vehicle into the air.......

Indian co to make doors of Airbus 220 planes

Aircraft maker Airbus on Thursday announced awarding a contract to Indian company Dynamatic Technologies for manufacturing all the doors for its next-generation narrow body A220 planes, giving a......

Defence equipment sector: Street suggests big upside

Budget envisages that Rs 84,600 crore of defence goods will be sourced domestically this fiscal. This is around 68 per cent of the total defence capital outlay. Devangshu Datta reports.......

Drone maker ideaForge bags biggest order from armed forces

The Army signed a $20-million deal with the Infosys-backed drone maker recently. ideaForge competed with the likes of Tata Group, Dynamatic Technologies, and Israel’s Elbit. When Indian and......

No coronavirus lockdown for aerospace, defence firms

'For Indian firms supplying global majors, coronavirus is both a threat and an opportunity.'Ajay Shukla reports. Photograph: Reuters   The Karnataka government has exempted local aerospace......