Coverage featured in The Pioneer As India celebrated its 80th Independence Day, the meaning of self-reliance has changed. India in 1947 inherited an industrial base not designed for an independent nation and now, in 2026, is building an increasingly capable defence manufacturing ecosystem expected to equip its armed forces, innovate, scale and compete globally. A modern military needs more than aircraft, warships and tanks. It requires body armour, precision ammunition, drones, counter-drone systems, sensors, advanced materials and the industrial capacity to manufacture, replenish and sustain these capabilities during prolonged operations. Strategic autonomy is ultimately the ability to sustain combat capability. This
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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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NEW DELHI: India’s defence and aerospace company SMPP on Thursday entered into an agreement with European defence company KNDS at the Eurosatory exhibition to manufacture state-of-the-art loitering munitions in India. The partnership aligns with the govt’s Atmanirbhar Bharat vision by combining technology transfer with indigenous manufacturing. These loitering munitions include VELOCE and RODEUR systems, along with the ISTAR family of drones, enabling a highly effective “search-and-destroy” capability. These systems have the capability to neutralise high-value threats with exceptional precision and leverage a hybrid guidance system that combines a multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver with an inertial navigation system
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Coverage featured in The Print Under the agreement, the loitering munitions will be offered to the Indian Army as part of efforts to address what the companies described as an ‘urgent requirement’. New Delhi: Defence manufacturer SMPP signed an agreement with European defence company KNDS Thursday to manufacture advanced loitering munitions in India under a Transfer of Technology deal. The agreement was signed at the Eurosatory defence exhibition in Paris. A statement issued by SMPP said the partnership combines technology transfer with domestic manufacturing and is aimed at meeting operational requirements of the Indian Army. The agreement builds on an earlier
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Coverage featured in The Economic Times Indian defence manufacturer SMPP has signed a teaming agreement with European defence major KNDS to manufacture advanced loitering munitions in India, as the country looks to strengthen indigenous defence production and meet the armed forces’ growing requirement for precision strike systems. The agreement, signed at the Eurosatory defence exhibition in Paris on Wednesday, will see SMPP, through its subsidiary SMPP Ammunition, manufacture the systems in India under the government’s Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. The partnership will initially focus on offering the loitering munitions to the Indian Army, which has an urgent requirement for such systems amid the military’s push to induct
Read MoreImage Caption: Signing of the Teaming Agreement between SMPP and KNDS on June 18th, 2026 at the Eurosatory Exhibition in Paris Teaming agreement combines technology transfer and indigenous manufacturing to support India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat vision and meet emerging operational requirements of the Armed Forces New Delhi/Eurosatory, Paris, France, June 18, 2026: SMPP, one of India’s leading defence and aerospace companies, has entered into a teaming agreement with KNDS, through its subsidiary SMPP Ammunition, to manufacture state-of-the-art Loitering Munitions (LMs) in India. The partnership aligns with the Government of India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat vision by combining technology transfer with indigenous manufacturing. Validated
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