Make in India-Defence

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.

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 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.