Vivek Raghuvanshi

Vivek Raghuvanshi is the India correspondent for Defense News.

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India’s Navy, private shipyards flounder as government gives preference to state-owned firms

The Indian Navy is unlikely to meet its goal of having a 175-ship fleet in the next five years due to a lack of funds and the government’s preference to award contracts to state-owned shipyards over private businesses, service officials have told Defense News.

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India fines French firm Dassault Aviation over offset delays

The Indian government imposed a fine on French company Dassault Aviation last month over delays in offset obligations that were part of a 2016 deal for 36 Rafale fighters, Defense News has learned.

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Indian government clears $6.5 billion deal for homemade Tejas fighter jets

The deal will see state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited manufacture 73 LCA MK1A Tejas fighter versions and 10 trainers versions.

Four Pacific powers conduct ‘Malabar’ naval war games to deter China

The drill could have substantive geopolitical implications not only in the current China-India standoff but also in the larger Indo-Pacific context where China is flexing its muscle.

India, US sign intel-sharing agreement amid tension with neighboring China

India and the United States have signed a basic exchange and cooperation agreement for geospatial cooperation, a major defense pact for the exchange of classified geospatial intelligence between their armed forces.

India’s Nirbhay cruise missile test fails

Nirbhay — an intermediate-range subsonic land-attack cruise missile with terrain hugging — is an Indian version of the American Tomahawk and the Russian Club SS-N-27 cruise missiles.

Watch India test its new homemade hypersonic vehicle

The demo vehicle was indigenously developed by the government’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, and it has the ability to fly at six times the speed of sound, according to Indian defense scientists.

India announces ban on 101 imported arms. Who benefits, and who loses out?

To bolster self-reliance for its defense industrial base, India released a list of weapons and platforms that will be banned from import over the next seven years.

India looks to make $25B from defense production by 2025

The Indian government has introduced a new draft policy that sets a $25 billion defense production target, including making $5 billion from exports, by 2025. Is it achievable?

India accelerates weapons purchases in wake of border clash with China

The Indian government is prepared to purchase weapons from the U.S., Russia, Israel and its local defense industry.

India’s defense industry is set to lose $3 billion from nationwide lockdown

Those affected include more than 100 large defense firms and some 4,000 small and medium aerospace and defense businesses.

Indian Air Force restructures $17 billion fighter jet program

The Indian Air Force is overhauling its plan to induct 114 medium-weight multirole fighters, with a senior service official saying the aircraft will be built in India with significant foreign technology transfer and no foreign procurement.

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Vivek Raghuvanshi

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The Indian Navy is unlikely to meet its goal of having a 175-ship fleet in the next five years due to a lack of funds and the government’s preference to award contracts to state-owned shipyards over private businesses, service officials have told Defense News.

The Indian government imposed a fine on French company Dassault Aviation last month over delays in offset obligations that were part of a 2016 deal for 36 Rafale fighters, Defense News has learned.

The deal will see state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited manufacture 73 LCA MK1A Tejas fighter versions and 10 trainers versions.

The drill could have substantive geopolitical implications not only in the current China-India standoff but also in the larger Indo-Pacific context where China is flexing its muscle.

India and the United States have signed a basic exchange and cooperation agreement for geospatial cooperation, a major defense pact for the exchange of classified geospatial intelligence between their armed forces.

Nirbhay — an intermediate-range subsonic land-attack cruise missile with terrain hugging — is an Indian version of the American Tomahawk and the Russian Club SS-N-27 cruise missiles.

The demo vehicle was indigenously developed by the government’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, and it has the ability to fly at six times the speed of sound, according to Indian defense scientists.

To bolster self-reliance for its defense industrial base, India released a list of weapons and platforms that will be banned from import over the next seven years.

The Indian government has introduced a new draft policy that sets a $25 billion defense production target, including making $5 billion from exports, by 2025. Is it achievable?

The Indian government is prepared to purchase weapons from the U.S., Russia, Israel and its local defense industry.

Those affected include more than 100 large defense firms and some 4,000 small and medium aerospace and defense businesses.

The Indian Air Force is overhauling its plan to induct 114 medium-weight multirole fighters, with a senior service official saying the aircraft will be built in India with significant foreign technology transfer and no foreign procurement.

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