Body Armour, Ammunition & Drones: Inside SMPP’s Expanding Defence Portfolio

By Sangeeta Saxena New Delhi. 07 August 2026. From protecting the soldier with advanced body armour to giving the battlefield greater reach through drones, ammunition and emerging precision technologies, SMPP’s four-decade journey is also a story of how India’s private defence industry has come of age. Its delivery of 1,86,000 bullet-resistant jackets for the Indian Army established its ability to execute a critical defence requirement at scale, while its subsequent movement into jet-powered drones and next-generation battlefield systems signals a company determined not to remain confined to the technologies on which it built its reputation. At a time when conflicts around

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