IDD Update Faced with a rapidly rising China’s military prowess, India, emerging from a devastating covid surge looks to add to its sea-going arsenal. The latest are a $ 5.8 billion order for next generation of conventional submarines and a quick movement is happening in New Delhi add more drones, of the General Atomics MQ-9B.
IDD Bureau India is now racing to match China in adding submarines to its naval fleet. Almost a decade after it started a project to get six conventional diesel-electric submarines, India approved the short listing of two Indian and five foreign companies, who can be possible partners and make the submarines under a $7 Billion
IDD Bureau Key to India’s defence manufacturing abilities are its nine public sector companies which now collectively have orders of US $ 33.1 Billion to make equipment like warships, planes, helicopters, tanks, cockpit displays and missiles, among other items. The Ministry of Defence owns these companies which ae otherwise run and operated like corporate entities
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