Public sector defence electronics major Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on June 8 announced the ‘Make in India’ programme and indigenisation as major thrust areas. “We are positively contributing to Make in India and our turnover from indigenous technology is 86 percent. We are…
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Parrikar assures the Indian Private Sector of full support
Hanoi (Vietnam), 6 June 2016: Composite Indian defence delegation met with Vietnamese industrial counterpart in presence of Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister of India and General Ngo Xuan Lich, Vice Minister of Defence, Vietnam. This meeting gained significance as both countries are celebratin…
India can make world’s best warships | Navy Chief RK Dhowan
Indian Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan on April 18 called for increased private investment in defence manufacturing which, he said, is capable of producing the world’s best warships and submarines. “The navy has outlined its science and technology roadmap for next 15 years and has shared…
HAL to rope in more vendors from MSME sector for its indigenisation projects
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is selecting more vendors for some of its indigenisation programmes in the aerospace sector. “Currently, the company is working with over 2,000 vendors in the MSME segment,” said A Selvaraj, Head, Indigenisation Cell of HAL. “This is required as we have to hast…
CII Telangana & DRDL to hold a ‘Make in India’ meet
CII Telangana, in partnership with DRDL, are organising a two day conference on ‘Make in India: DRDL (DRDO) – CII Industry Meet on Opportunities and Challenges for SMEs in the Defence Sector at the DRDL campus, at DRDL Auditorium, Kanchanbag. The objective of the conference was to promote partner…
Scope for Indian companies to invest in Africa: Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
Two-day ‘India-Africa Agribusiness Forum’ gets under way Radha Mohan Singh, Minister for Agriculture, Government of India, suggested here today that Indian companies desirous of investing in Africa could join hands with African companies for the production of pulses and vegetable oils, the supply…
DRDO’S patent technology now with Pune Start-Up firm
In the first ever initiative of its kind, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has provided its patented Copper-Titanium (CuTi) alloy technology for commercial exploitation to a start-up company. The agreement between DRDO and Pahwa Metal Tech Pvt Ltd was signed on the sidelines o…
Defence Procurement Policy to be notified soon | Parrikar
The government will finalise Defence Procurement Policy in next couple of days and this would be notified within 30 days. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has announced. Parrikar told a Make in India Summit that the policy will be private sector supported while ensuring that Public Sector units …
SMEs produce 80% of defence components
Indian Small and Medium enterprises numbering about 6000 supply 80 per cent of components, aggregates and assemblies of complex defence weapons system and aircraft, an official statement said. These 6000 enterprises spread all over the country supply components including hi-tech and sub-assemblie…