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The Armoured Vehicles Market 2012-2022
Armoured vehicles provide the world’s militaries with important mobility and protection in hostile environments. Despite reduced defence budgets affecting many of the world’s leading military nations, armoured vehicles are expected to remain central to defence spending for all leading armed forces, and as such we assesse that the global armoured vehicles market is worth $10.97bn [...]
India to Deploy Two Nuclear Submarines
India will operate two nuclear powered submarines soon as it inducts the Russian Nerpa and launches the indigenous INS Arihant, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Chief V K Saraswat said on Saturday. “INS Arihant is in advanced stages. It will be ready for operations within the next few months,” he was quoted by The [...]
India’s Antony Talks Tough, Says Will Cancel ‘Murky’ Deals
India will not hesitate for a moment to cancel any defence deal, even if it’s in the final stages of finalization after technical and commercial evaluations, if any malpractice or corruption is found in it. With murky wheeling and dealing in arms deals again resurfacing after Army chief General V K Singh’s allegations as well [...]
The Indian Defense Industry – Market Opportunities and Entry Strategies, Analyses and Forecasts to 2016
This report offers insights into market opportunities and entry strategies adopted by foreign OEMs to gain a market share in the Indian defense industry. The Indian defense industry is one of the fastest-growing global defense markets. India’s defense capital expenditure, which refers to the part of the defense budget that is spent on the acquisition [...]
Army Chief’s leaked letter reveals India’s military weaknesses
India’s tank fleet lacks ammunition, its air defences are “97 percent obsolete” and its elite forces lack essential arms, the country’s army chief wrote in an explosive letter leaked Wednesday. The letter to the prime minister dated March 12, widely reported by the Indian media, lists the shortcomings of the armed forces in embarrassing detail [...]
India Remains World’s Largest Arms Importer
The message is embarrassing but clear: with India failing to get its act together to build a strong defence industrial base (DIB) unlike China, it will continue to be the world’s largest arms importer in the foreseeable future. So, gleeful global armament giants are again lining up to hard-sell their aircraft, helicopters, drones, submarines, howitzers, [...]
Russia to Show New Tank in India
Russia will display a prototype model of its new T-90S tank at the Defexpo 2012 arms exhibition in India later this week, arms firm Rosoboronexport delegation head Viktor Komardin said on Monday. “This new tank will be the gem of the show,” Komardin said. “Its first foreign presentation will be the main event,” he added. [...]
Indian Firms Win First Scorpene Subcontracts
DCNS, a world leader in naval defence, signed through DCNS India a contract with SEC Industries worth Rs 310-cr (approximately €50 million) for the local manufcture of equipment for the P75 Scorpene submarines*. DCNS India** signed a contract with SEC Industries for the manufacture of equipment (hull hatches, cofferdam doors, knuckle hoses, ballast vent valves, [...]
Dassault says profit rises 10%, confident on fighter sales
France’s Dassault Aviation posted on Thursday a 10-percent rise in net profit to 407 million euros ($536 million) and expressed confidence about foreign sales of its Rafale fighter plane. “Concerning military aircraft, there are decisive opportunities … concerning the Rafale and drones,” the company said in presenting its 2011 results. Dassault chief executive Charles Edelstenne [...]
