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Defence Minister Invites Global Community to I N S I D E | | Co-Develop & Co-Produce Advanced Systems in India iDEX PAVILION AT AERO INDIA 2025: SHOWCASING INDIA’S DEFENCE INNOVATION AND STARTUP ECOSYSTEM AIRCRAFT ON DISPLAY AT AERO INDIA 2025
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Present global security scenario demands innovative approaches & stronger partnerships — Rajnath Singh at Defence Ministers’ Conclave
INTERVIEW: SALIL GUPTE, PRESIDENT, BOEING INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA 7 MERLINHAWK AND L3HARRIS OPEN WESCAM MX-SERIES FACILITY
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RAFAEL AND CENTUM ELECTRONICS SIGN TEAMING AGREEMENT 8 GE AEROSPACE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH IAF
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TWO BELL 505 HELICOPTERS FOR CHIPSAN AVIATION
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MOU BETWEEN ALTAIR AND MWFLY, ITALY
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CYIENT DLM SECURES PRODUCTION CONTRACT WITH BOEING
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AERO INDIA 2025: EAST MEETS WEST AS SU-57 AND F-35 SHARE THE SKIES
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ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT IN DEFENCE
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EMBRAER POSITIONS C-390 MILLENNIUM AS ‘IDEAL FIT FOR INDIA’S DEFENCE NEEDS’
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SHARED SECURITY CONCERNS FIGURED DURING THE DELIBERATIONS, WITH THE MINISTERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREEING TO AVOID ARMED CONFLICT AND PLEDGING TO FIGHT TOGETHER AGAINST VARIOUS CHALLENGES
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efence Minister Rajnath Singh has exhorted the global community to join India in the codevelopment and co-production of advanced systems, emphasising that the present global security scenario demands innovative approaches & stronger partnerships. He was addressing the Defence Ministers’ Conclave ‘Building Resilience through International Defence and Global Engagement (BRIDGE)’, organised as part of the 15th Aero India in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The event witnessed the participation of over 162 delegates from 81 countries, including 15 Defence Ministers, 11 Deputy Defence Ministers, 15 Permanent Secretaries, and 17 Service Chiefs.
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Rajnath Singh added that disruptive technologies such as Al, quantum technologies, hypersonic and directed energy are transforming the character of warfare, creating new vulnerabilities. He stressed that these changes would have a deep impact on future warfare, forcing reassessment of the capabilities required to meet the challenges. Defence Minister pointed out that international order and peace cannot be ensured from a position of weakness, and the Government of India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is leaving no stone unturned to transform defence capabilities. “We have put in place a conducive policy regime which encourages investment and production of an entire range of modern state-ofthe-art land, maritime & air systems. India’s emergence WWW.SPSSHOWNEWS.COM