Defexpo India 2018 - Day 3

ISSUE FEATURES

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  LEAD STORY
  Big Day @ Defexpo 2018
  

  Inauguration of the Defexpo 2018 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi reinforced the Indian Government’s commitment to make India self reliant in defence manufacturing.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Boeing Defence - Committed to India
  

  Global defence and aerospace major Boeing is looking forward to strengthen its presence in India. Employing over 1,600 people and contributing with over 7,000 employments, through its partner firms to Indian economy, Boeing is annually sourcing from India is worth one billion dollars.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  L&T built OPV commissioned
  

  Global defence and aerospace major Boeing is looking forward to strengthen its presence in India. Employing over 1,600 people and contributing with over 7,000 employments, through its partner firms to Indian economy, Boeing is annually sourcing from India is worth one billion dollars.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  India Pavilion - Displaying Indian prowess
  

  The ongoing Defexpo, which boasts of many firsts, has a unique pavilion which brings together Indian defence products from both private and public sector.

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  SHOW REPORT
  Military’s manpower shortages
  

  Responding to questions by two Members of Parliament (MPs), Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently informed Parliament that the Armed Forces had a total shortage of approximately 60,000 personnel excluding those belonging to the medical and dental streams.

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  SHOW REPORT
  ATAG , Dhanush and K9 VAJRA - the three ‘Made in India’ howitzer musketeers
  

  It never rains but it pours - the adage seems to hold true for the Indian Army. Three decades after the Swedish-made Bofors Howitzers and the subsequent controversy, the M777 howitzer kick-started the modernisation of artillery regiments in May 2017 with the delivery of the first two ultralight howitzers.

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  SHOW REPORT
  L&T - One stop shop for defence
  

  Unlike Defence public sector, engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro is emerging as defence sector leader with products for all spheres of battle

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  SPECIAL STORY
  Slow but not steady
  

  The Indian Air Force (IAF), one of the leading Air Forces in the world, is struggling to get rid of its near obsolescent aircraft which populate almost half of its fighter squadrons.

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  SPECIAL STORY
  RFI for Combat Aircraft for the IAF
  

  By early January 2017, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) headed by the then Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar, that the government had finalised plans for a global tender to select a singleengine fighter aircraft to be manufactured in India under a transfer of technology arrangement.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  UDAN, gets a military touch
  

  From maritime surveillance and liaison flights, HAL’s pet projects may fare well for Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) too

• SPECIAL REPORT
  Goa Shipyard - Redefining excellence
  

  Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has positioned itself as a fastest growing shipbuilder on the west coast of India, capable of designing and building high technology and sophisticated ships.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Dazzle on the beach
  

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in presence of the three service chiefs, witnessed a demonstration of beach attack by the three services utilising Indian manufactured equipment.

• SPECIAL REPORT
  Kalyani Group achieves major breakthrough
  

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in presence of the three service chiefs, witnessed a demonstration of beach attack by the three services utilising Indian manufactured equipment.

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  INTERVIEW / MDL
  From Scorpene class submarines to stealth frigates, Mazagon Dock is all about ‘Make In India’
  

  Chairman and Managing Director, MDL, Commodore Rakesh Anand (Retd) shares his indigenisation plans with Arpita Kala of SP’s ShowNews

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Indian Army to finally get ‘Made in India’ bulletproof jackets
  

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in presence of the three service chiefs, witnessed a demonstration of beach attack by the three services utilising Indian manufactured equipment.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  BEML unveils bullet proof vehicle
  

  BEML Limited, a Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence, has launched Medium Bullet Proof 4x4 Vehicle (MBPV 4x4) for use in counter insurgency operations at Defexpo 2018.