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![Indian Navy to Receive 7 Additional Long-Range Surface-to-Air Systems Indian Navy to Receive 7 Additional Long-Range Surface-to-Air Systems](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-indian-navy-missile.jpg)
Indian Navy to Receive 7 Additional Long-Range Surface-to-Air Systems
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Bharat Electronics Limited announced on September 5 that is has been awarded a contract to supply seven missile defense systems to the Indian Navy.
![Boeing Aims for Indian Navy’s 57 New Carrier-based Multirole Fighters Contract Boeing Aims for Indian Navy’s 57 New Carrier-based Multirole Fighters Contract](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-fa-18-1_lg.jpg)
Boeing Aims for Indian Navy’s 57 New Carrier-based Multirole Fighters Contract
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A Boeing study concludes that heavily armed F/A 18 Super Hornets can safely operate from Indian aircraft carriers.
![India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Enter Sea Trials in Early 2020 India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Enter Sea Trials in Early 2020](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-23_15-37-16.jpg)
India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Enter Sea Trials in Early 2020
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s first domestically built aircraft carrier will begin sea trials in early 2020, according to the Indian Ministry of Defense.
![US and French Fighters Contend for a Place Aboard India's New Aircraft Carrier US and French Fighters Contend for a Place Aboard India's New Aircraft Carrier](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4052196.jpg)
US and French Fighters Contend for a Place Aboard India's New Aircraft Carrier
By Abraham Ait
Would the Boeing F-18E or Dassault Rafale M be better suited to operating from India's new aircraft carrier?
![India’s First Homegrown Carrier to Be Ready By 2020 India’s First Homegrown Carrier to Be Ready By 2020](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ins_vikrant_being_undocked_at_the_cochin_shipyard_limited_in_2015.jpg)
India’s First Homegrown Carrier to Be Ready By 2020
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s first domestically built aircraft carrier will be ready for operational deployment by 2020.
![What Good Are the Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers Against Pakistan? What Good Are the Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers Against Pakistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-23_15-37-16.jpg)
What Good Are the Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers Against Pakistan?
By Robert Farley
Just how useful will India's carriers be in a potential future war with Pakistan?
![India’s Navy Receives First Locally Produced Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile India’s Navy Receives First Locally Produced Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-42655-1.jpg)
India’s Navy Receives First Locally Produced Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The new missile system will be installed aboard the Indian Navy’s latest classes of surface warships.
![Boeing Offers to Set Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Production Facility in India Boeing Offers to Set Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Production Facility in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-hornet_gallery_lrg_02_960.jpg)
Boeing Offers to Set Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Production Facility in India
By Franz-Stefan Gady
“We are talking about creating a next generation facility in India,” a Boeing VP said on August 28.
![India, Israel Conclude $2 Billion Missile Deal India, Israel Conclude $2 Billion Missile Deal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-10_16-39-46.jpg)
India, Israel Conclude $2 Billion Missile Deal
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Indian government will purchase a new air and missile defense system.
![India Seeks 57 New Naval Fighter Jets for Carriers India Seeks 57 New Naval Fighter Jets for Carriers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-25_10-21-33.jpg)
India Seeks 57 New Naval Fighter Jets for Carriers
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Indian Navy has issued a request for information (RFI) for a new carrier-based fighter jet this month.
![Indian Navy Rules out Tejas Fighter Jet on New Aircraft Carrier Indian Navy Rules out Tejas Fighter Jet on New Aircraft Carrier](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-16_16-52-36.jpg)
Indian Navy Rules out Tejas Fighter Jet on New Aircraft Carrier
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s Light Combat Aircraft is not meeting the navy’s requirements, according to a senior naval officer.
![Confirmed: India’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear Confirmed: India’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-08_17-47-47.jpg)
Confirmed: India’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Indian naval planners have anonymously revealed important details about India’s second indigenous aircraft carrier.