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Belgium also reiterated its solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism, including cross-border terrorism, and again condemned the April 2025 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The two sides stressed that terrorism in any form cannot be justified and called for those responsible to be held accountable in accordance with international law.
The characteristic external shape of AMCA remains the most visible element of its low-observable design. Stealth aircraft use carefully aligned surfaces, internal weapon carriage, shielded engine faces and controlled edge geometry to reduce the amount of radar energy reflected back towards hostile sensors.
The latest Russian confirmation came on September 2, 2026, when Dmitry Shugayev, Director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said Moscow was continuing to fulfil the existing Indian S-400 contract and that further deliveries could follow.
The open tender was published on September 2, 2026, under the title Development of Air To Air Refuelling Pod. Bid submissions are scheduled to begin on September 25 and close on October 20, 2026, with technical and financial bids subsequently evaluated under the TDF process. The development contract is structured on a turnkey basis with a planned duration of 1,095 days, or approximately three years.
ARMANET is not simply a new drone airframe. It is a mission operating and swarm-coordination platform designed to allow a single operator to command multiple unmanned aerial vehicles as an integrated formation rather than controlling each aircraft separately. Armanetics says the system has undergone months of development and field testing before the recent Army demonstration.
Unlike conventional multirotor drones optimised primarily for hovering, surveillance or payload carriage, Ahuti Mk II has been developed specifically as a high-speed aerial interceptor. Its intended mission is to close rapidly on hostile unmanned aircraft and loitering munitions before they reach their targets.
Premier Explosives disclosed the figure in its Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, filed with the BSE and NSE on September 3. Commercial and bulk explosives contributed the remaining 18.78% of turnover, while exports represented 13.31% of revenue.
The agreement was exchanged in New Delhi on September 3, 2026, during the India-Belgium Defence CEOs Roundtable. The Ministry of Defence officially listed DGVK Enterprises and Sol1 BV among a series of Indian-Belgian industrial partnerships covering unmanned systems, ammunition, rockets, electro-optics and naval technologies.
The two companies exchanged an agreement in New Delhi on September 3, 2026, during the India-Belgium Defence CEOs Roundtable and B2B meetings held alongside Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s visit to India. The Ministry of Defence listed the India Optel–OIP pact among several industrial agreements intended to combine Belgian defence technology with Indian manufacturing capacity.
A fresh agreement involving Larsen & Toubro, Exail Robotics SAS of France and Exail Robotics in Belgium was exchanged in New Delhi on September 3, 2026, during the India-Belgium Defence CEOs Roundtable. The development follows an earlier strategic collaboration under which L&T and Exail are preparing an advanced Unmanned Mine Countermeasures suite for the Indian Navy’s planned Mine Counter Measure Vessel programme.
