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GE Aerospace to invest $14 million to expand Pune manufacturing capacity
Aerospace has announced a $14 million investment to expand capacity at the company's Pune manufacturing facility as the site completes a decade of successful operations.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Indra Group and EDGE Explore New Opportunities for PULSE NOVA in Electronic Warfare
NEW DELHI/PARIS. SMPP, one of India's leading defence and aerospace companies, has entered into a teaming agreement through its subsidiary SMPP Ammunition with KNDS for the KATANA range of precision-guided artillery ammunition. The KATANA is a 155mm precision-guided munition designed to deliver high accuracy and extended range, addressing critical operational needs of modern artillery systems. The agreement was signed on November 20 at Milipol Exhibition in Paris.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Virgin Atlantic selects Boeing to enable high-speed, streaming quality wi-fi across 787 fleet
Boeing and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to implement connectivity modifications across Virgin Atlantic's fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
New-Gen Electronics boost India's aerospace and defence growth
INDIA IS entering a defining decade in aerospace and defence. With a defence allocation of $82.05 billion in FY 2025-26 and a projected $223 billion spend over the next 10 years, the country is no longer positioning itself as a buyer of advanced systems but preparing to be a global builder and exporter.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Lockheed Martin's 11th Annual Suppliers Conference empowers Indian industry partnerships and advances 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' vision
BENGALURU. Lockheed Martin successfully concluded the 11th edition of its India Suppliers Conference on November 3 in Bengaluru, reinforcing its long-standing commitment to strengthen India’s defence industrial base and connect Indian companies with its global supply chains.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Lockheed Martin's 11th Annual Suppliers Conference empowers Indian industry partnerships and advances 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' vision
Lockheed Martin successfully concluded the 11th edition of its India Suppliers Conference on November 3 in Bengaluru, reinforcing its longstanding commitment to strengthen India’s defence industrial base and connect Indian companies with its global supply chains.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
BEL and Safran Electronics & Defence ink JV Cooperation Agreement for production of HAMMER smart precision guided air-to-ground weapon in India
In a major impetus to ‘Make in India’ and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-reliant India) as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Safran Electronics and Defence (SED), France, have signed a Joint Venture Cooperation Agreement (JVCA) for the production of Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range (HAMMER) smart precision guided air-to-ground weapon in India.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
IndiGo places firm order for 30 additional A350-900 Airbus aircraft
NEW DELHI. IndiGo, India’s largest airline, has finalised a commitment for 30 Airbus A350 aircraft, converting a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in June into a firm order. This brings the airline’s total A350 orders to 60 aircraft. The expanded order marks a strategic shift for IndiGo as it prepares to enter the long-haul international market, leveraging the A350’s long range and efficiency to support its global ambitions.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India International Space Conclave 2025 ends with strong pitch for global leadership in space
NEW DELHI. The India International Space Conclave (IISC) 2025 wrapped up on November 19 with a strong push for India to assume a larger role in global space exploration, industry innovation and sustainable space governance. The two-day event, hosted by the Indian Space Association (ISpA), drew more than 1,000 participants, including astronaut designates, senior Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials, government representatives and private-sector leaders.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Emirates orders 65 more Boeing 777X airplanes
DUBAI. Boeing and Emirates announced on November 17 that the world's largest international airline has placed its third order for 777X airplanes to fuel future expansion and meet growing travel demand. The new order for 65 777-9 passenger jets was announced during a signing at the Dubai Airshow.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Aerospace business of Godrej Enterprises Group delivers L110 Stage Vikas Engine for Gaganyaan programme
Godrej Enterprises Group’s Aerospace business announced that it has delivered the first-of-its-kind human-rated L110 Stage Vikas Engine to the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC, ISRO), marking a significant milestone in its support of India’s ambitious Gaganyaan Human Spaceflight Programme.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Indian Navy showcases combat strength at spectacular Navy Day operational demo in Thiruvananthapuram
The Indian Navy put up a powerful display of its combat readiness and maritime capabilities on December 3 during a grand Operational Demonstration (Op Demo) at Shangumugham beach as part of Navy Day 2025 celebrations.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Ministry of Defence signs Rs. 2,095-crore deal with BDL to boost T-90 tank firepower
In a major step toward enhancing the Indian Army's armoured warfare capabilities, the Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth Rs. 2,095.70 crore with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for the procurement of INVAR Anti-Tank Missiles.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Sagar Defence inaugurates Pune facility to advance co-development with Liquid Robotics
PUNE. Sagar Defence Engineering Pvt. Ltd. has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Pune to produce uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), giving fresh momentum to its partnership with Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company. The two firms had earlier announced a collaboration to co-develop and co-produce advanced maritime systems.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India and Britain: Intelligence, pragmatism and the long afterlife of empire
LONDON. The intelligence relationship between India and the United Kingdom has endured far longer – and reached far deeper – than most observers realise. For more than seven decades, both nations have managed a complex blend of cooperation, competition and quiet respect, born out of shared interests that survived the end of empire.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India, Russia reaffirm 'time-tested' Strategic Partnership; push trade, energy and defence ties
NEW DELHI. India and Russia have reaffirmed their ‘Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership’ during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to New Delhi on December 4-5 for the 23rd Annual Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Putin underlined the 25th anniversary of their Strategic Partnership and described bilateral ties as a resilient, long-standing relationship rooted in mutual trust and respect for core national interests.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Naval Group and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders extend MoU to strengthen submarine export cooperation exclusively for a mutually friendly country
On October 16, Naval Group France and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) signed an extension of their existing memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further strengthen cooperation for the joint export of submarines to a mutually friendly country.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025: India's Strategic Reckoning
NEW DELHI. The Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025 at the hallowed Manekshaw Centre focused on 'Reform to Transform: Sashakt, Surakshit aur Viksit Bharat'. Military preparedness topped the agenda. Advanced sensors drove discussions as Indian war readiness took centre stage. It encapsulated that India's strategic mindset evolves rapidly.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India to invest $7.4 billion in fighter jet engine programmes by 2035 as indigenous development accelerates
BENGALURU. India is set to invest approximately Rs. 654 billion (about $7.44 billion) over the next decade for manufacturing and procuring fighter jet engines to support ongoing and upcoming military aviation programs through 2035.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Tata Advanced Systems breaks ground on new Defence MRO facility supporting Lockheed Martin's C-130J operations in India
Tata Advanced Systems and Lockheed Martin, on December 8, 2025, announced the groundbreaking of a new defence maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in India, developed to support Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
X-59 soars: A new era in supersonic flight begins
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for faster commercial air travel.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Shifting Geo-Political Terrain: India's Strategic Options
NEW DELHI. Where you stand depends on where you sit is an aphorism used in terms of politics, is equally applicable to geopolitics.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
AAIB preliminary report found nothing wrong with the engines or the airline's operations: AI
NEW DELHI. Air India Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson underscored that the interim report of the June 12 Al-171 crash by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found nothing wrong with the engines or the operations of the airline.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Dassault Aviation expands its Engineering Center in Pune
In line with the achievements already made to fulfill its commitments under the ‘Make in India’ policy, Dassault Aviation is extending its presence in India by inaugurating the new premises of Dassault Aircraft Services India – Engineering Centre in Pune, Maharashtra, on November 4.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
TAS and Safran inaugurates state-of-the-art rotating parts manufacturing facility for the Leap engine
Strengthening India's Aerospace Ecosystem through Strategic Partnership
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Modi inaugurates Safran's Rs. 1,300-crore aircraft engine MRO facility in Hyderabad, calls it a major step toward making India a global aviation hub
NEW DELHI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 26 inaugurated Safran Aircraft Engine Services India (SAESI), a large aircraft engine Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Hyderabad’s GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park, describing it as a milestone in India’s drive to become a global aviation services hub. Modi inaugurated the facility through video link.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, GOC-in-C, Southern Command visits 19 Karnataka Battalion NCC, Madikeri
BENGALURU.Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, AVSM, GOC-in-C, Southern Command, visited 19 Karnataka Battalion NCC, Madikeri on November 5.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
Vice Admiral B Sivakumar assumes charge as the Chief of Materiel
NEW DELHI. Vice Admiral B Sivakumar, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as the 40th Chief of Materiel on November 1, 2025.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
India, Russia sign SJ-100 Aircarft Production
NEW DELHI. On October 27, 2025, India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) came together in Moscow to sign an agreement, officially a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to tie the two companies in partnership to produce the SJ-100 regional passenger jet in India.
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Nov-Dec 2025
India Strategic
What was Putin's visit to India really about?
NEW DELHI (UNI). As Russian President Vladimir Putin flew out of Delhi for the colder climes of Moscow, a stocktaking of what really happened behind the glamour and glitz of the high-profile visit reveals that there was as much substance as there were hopes pinned on this one visit in the midst of a European war and efforts to strike a peace bargain.
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