India asked to buy Ka-31 helicopters from Russia in May 2019, but the acquisition program faced inordinate delays due to the coronavirus pandemic and the platform’s high price tag.
About half of India’s offset obligations across a set of 57 contracts worth $13.52 billion have resulted in either penalties or the threat of them, hampering the ability of foreign defense companies to do business in the country.
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 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.
A previous attempt to buy naval multirole helicopters failed when the Indian government canceled the planned purchase of 16 S-70B Seahawks from Sikorsky.
The submarines will be manufactured in India under the Navy’s P75I program and guided by the Ministry of Defence’s Strategic Partnership model, which aims to build indigenous capabilities.
For the first time, India is taking punitive action against an overseas defense company that could see Turkish firm Anadolu Shipyard banned from doing defense-related business in India.
A war of nerves has brewed between senior Indian Navy officials and the Ministry of Defence over the possible cancellation of a program to replace top priority landing dock platforms.