Helicopters and missiles under JV with France

India and France today announced a deepening of military ties that includes making the ‘hammer missiles’ under a joint venture in India while the country’s first helicopter making unit in the private sector was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emanuel Macron. The two sides also announced a renewal of the ten-year agreement on defence cooperation; a reciprocal deployment of officers at Indian Army and French Land Forces establishments. The hammer (Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range) was used during Operation Sindoor against Pakistan in May last year. It is already mated to the existing fleet of Rafale jets of the Indian Air Force. The JV between public sector unit Bharat Electronics Limited and Safran of France will produce it. Meanwhile India’s first helicopter ‘final assembly line’ in the private sector, was inaugurated at Vemagal, Karnataka. A joint venture between European giant Airbus and India’s Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) will build the Airbus H-125 helicopters.

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