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Vishal Thapar

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Group Editorial Head for BW’s Defence, Security & Police

Latest Articles By Vishal Thapar

Drones Had Limited Impact In Ukraine War As Battle Shifted East: IAF Chief

Remotely-piloted aircraft are highly vulnerable to layered air defence, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari tells BW Businessworld’s Vishal Thapar in an exclusive interview

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IAF Chief Calls For Foreign Collaborations On Futuristic Fighter Jet Programme

In an exclusive interview to BW Businessworld’s Vishal Thapar, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari flags scepticism over AMCA and LCA Mk-2 deadlines and seeks “prudent back-up development plan”

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Big Breakthrough For Indian Arms Industry, As Bharat Forge Bags $155 Mn Export Contract For 155 mm Truck-mounted Howitzers

Guns to be delivered to “non-conflict country” in three years under Government-to-Government deal

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Indian Army Go-ahead For Industry-funded Development Of Loitering Munitions, Drone Kill Systems

Five programmes approved under the Make-II category of the Defence Acquisition Procedure; competitive prototype development to be followed by assured orders

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Second Thoughts

The US has come back with its 2019 offer to jointly develop the AMCA jet engine with India shedding ‘export control’ concerns

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Saab’s Make In India Gambit

Sweden’s Saab to test waters with manufacturing facility for latest M4 variant of the iconic Carl-Gustaf anti-tank weapon. This is a big step for a company which once owned Bofors

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Make In India: The Early Trail Blazers

Cutting edge startups are the bright sparks in India’s emerging defence industrial complex. Here are exceptional success stories in the arms bazaar

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Airbus C-295 Aircraft Assembly Line To Be Set Up At Vadodara

Vadodara chosen over Dholera for India’s first full-spectrum private sector aircraft manufacturing facility; Prime Minister Modi to lay foundation stone on October 30

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India's First Private Sector Aircraft Manufacturing Facility To Be Set Up at Vadodara

Vadodara trumps Dholera as choice of location for landmark programme to make Airbus C-295 military transport aircraft; Prime Minister Modi to lay foundation stone for Rs 22,000 Crore project on October 30

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Announcements On Airbus-Tata Assembly Line In Gujarat, Repeat Order For K9 Vajra Artillery Guns On The Anvil At Defexpo 2022

PM Modi to inaugurate India’s largest Defence trade show at Gandhinagar on October 19, exhibition reserved for Indian companies to underline Make in India agenda

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