The three nations agreed in December 2022 to collaborate to build an advanced front-line fighter to enter service around the middle of the next decade.
Currently, all warships under Project 17A are in various phases of construction. The Navy is expected to receive them between 2024 and 2026.
The aerospace industry has recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic but is under pressure to reduce its carbon footprint.
All attention will be focused on the orders (or LoIs and MoUs) that are signed
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Austin will hold talks on Monday on a host of issues relating to bilateral defence cooperation
The Navy and the Coast Guard had grounded their respective ALH Dhruv fleets in March following two similar incidents involving the platform.
We aim to take defense exports to $5 billion by 2024-25. India will now move fast to join the defence producing countries,” he said after inaugurating Aero India 2023 here.
In a statement, the HAL said that it will showcase its full spectrum training capabilities and its range of products and technologies centred on the theme ‘Innovate. Collaborate. Lead’.
The biennial airshow would be held at the Air Force Station in Yelahanka here from February 13-17.
The five-day event will combine a major trade exhibition of the aerospace and defence industries as well as an aerial display by IAF.
The Expo, being held under the theme ‘Path to Pride’, will have the largest ever participation in the exhibition, a PMO statement said.
The induction ceremony was held in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur where newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Anil Chauhan was also present along with the Union Minister.
The meeting marks a continuation of their regular dialogue having interacted most recently in virtual mode on April 11.
He also noted that the process of importing defence items is so long that by the time they reach our security forces, many of them have become outdated and therefore, the solution is to go for indigenous manufacturing.
”Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has received a prestigious order for the supply of compact heat exchanger sets for 83 LCA Tejas MK1A aircrafts, from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL),” the company said in a statement.
While 16 aircraft will be delivered in flyaway condition from Spain within 48 months of the signing of the contract, 40 aircraft will be manufactured in India by TATA Consortium within ten years of the signing of the contract.
Lockheed Martin is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of these planes. Through this Follow On Support II (FOS) contract, Lockheed Martin teams manage the programme, logistics and engineering support elements necessary to sustain the IAF’s C-130J fleet, informed an official release.
The Hong Kong based South China Morning Post (SCMP) is reporting that India will be keen to purchase Russian plane, whose prototype was unveiled at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, outside Moscow.
Sources said the Prime Minister also held discussions on the “futuristic challenges in the defence sector and equipping the armed forces with modern equipment”.
