Defense

The latest milestone follows several years of cooperation between BDL and Rafael. At Aero India 2025, the companies advanced plans for a Technical Collaboration Agreement covering Indian manufacture of the Spike LR2. Rafael said at the time that the arrangement was intended to transfer manufacturing capabilities and critical technologies to BDL while meeting India’s indigenous-content requirements under the Make in India initiative.

The industrial roots of Raghu Vamsi go back further than its aerospace business. The group says its foundations were established in 1992 in power transmission, followed by cast-iron casting and machining activity from 1998. Aerospace manufacturing became an increasingly important part of the business in the following decade.

The agreement was announced by Chennai-based Ramco Systems on 3 September 2026. Under the collaboration, engine information generated by Safran following shop visits will be transferred directly into the Maintenance Information System within Ramco Aviation Software.

The Indian Army describes the platform as agnostic to generator type, make, rating and vintage. This allows older machines and newer generator sets from different manufacturers to be brought under the same monitoring framework.

The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Pune on September 4, 2026, bringing together Drogo Aerospace’s unmanned-aircraft engineering capabilities and MIL’s experience in ammunition, explosives and warhead technology. The agreement was signed by Yashwanth Bonthu, Founder and CEO of Drogo Aerospace, and Kumar Vaibhav Gaur, Executive Director of Munitions India.

The company says it works across research and development, electronic-system design and manufacturing, and composite structures, with activities spanning RF and microwave equipment, electronic-warfare products, airborne electronics, embedded systems, power electronics and aerospace composite structures.