February 2020

DefExpo 2020 - Indo-Russia

The exhibition held on February 5-9, 2020 in Lucknow was another landmark event in the advanced military and technical cooperation between Russia and India. It helped to continue bilateral mutually beneficial partnership successfully mainstreamed into joint development and production, including in the framework of Make in India programme and the Indian localization requirements.

Western Fleet gets new Commander

The Western Fleet, known as the ‘Sword Arm’ of the Indian Navy, witnessed a change of helm on 14 Feb 2020. The change of command was held at sea onboard the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The baton of the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet was handed over by Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM to the new Fleet Commander, Rear Admiral Krishna D Swaminathan, VSM.

Defexpo 2020 - Day 3 Bandhan

Over 200 partnerships involving Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), Transfer of Technology (ToTs) , Product launches were concluded on the third day of DefExpo 2020, at ceremony tilted “Bandhan”, making it the most successful such events to be held in India.  The pacts, aimed at forging and renewing partnerships for innovative collaboration, and transformation of the Defence manufacturing in the country were inked by representa

DefExpo 2020 - Day 3 MoU

Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sigtech Wireless Technologies Pvt Ltd for the manufacture of Digital Mobile Radio (Tier II) for Paramilitary and Defence. The design and development of Digital Mobile Radio, as per ETSI standards, has been carried out by Sigtech Wireless Technologies Pvt Ltd in India.

Bharat Electronics and Tech Mahindra