Vivek Raghuvanshi

Vivek Raghuvanshi

Vivek Raghuvanshi is the India correspondent for Defense News.

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India, Russia cut deal on payment delays, defense production

As a result of the economic restrictions, India has been unable to make payments to Russia since April 2019.

12 months ago

India awards contracts for Akash and BrahMos missiles, plus more ships

The ministry selected state-run Bharat Dynamics to supply the fully indigenous Akash weapon system, a short-range air defense system.

13 months ago

Indian weapons buyer approves $10B fund to equip military

About 97.4% of the funds will be used to procure indigenous materiel.

Indian Army seeks more than 2,200 drones

According to the Defence Ministry, orders are to be fulfilled within one year after contract signing.

Industry exercise finds India ‘underestimated’ future engine demand

Currently, India's engine demand is met by foreign imports and by state-run defense companies working under license.

India’s private defense firms seek level playing field as MoD preps new arms embargo

India has banned hundreds of defense technologies from import, but is the domestic industry seeing the benefits of government action?

Hindustan Aeronautics awards $100M engine contract to Honeywell

HAL is exploring export opportunities for the HTT-40 basic trainer with Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.

See India conduct first flight of autonomous technology demonstrator SWiFT

The 1-ton SWiFT platform is powered by a Russian NPO Saturn 36MT turbofan engine.

India orders Astra weapon in move to break dependence on foreign missiles

The missile is expected to reduce India’s dependency on Russian R-77, French MICA and Israeli Derby beyond-visual-range missiles.

India halts Ka-31 helicopter deal with Russia

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.

Indian government clashes with foreign defense sector over offset demands

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.

India braces for sanctions on Russia to delay weapons programs, deliveries

Russia has been the largest arms supplier to India since the early 1970s. Today, 60% of India’s military hardware inventory is from Russia or the former Soviet Union and the bulk of India’s license-based defense manufacturing comes from Russia.

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