Goodluck Defence & Aerospace Limited, a subsidiary of Goodluck India Limited, has commenced its first overseas dispatch of 155 mm heavy calibre empty shells from its manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh. The shipment forms part of an export order valued at USD 6 million and marks the company’s entry into international defence supply deliveries. The […]
Sunita Tools Limited said it has received 100 percent advance payment under an Interim Sales Agreement for the supply of NATO specification and standard 155 mm M107 empty shells as a prototype consignment. The advance payment relates to the first lot of prototype NATO standard shells that the company is required to supply under the […]
Balu Forge Industries Ltd has entered into a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the supply of large calibre ammunition shells from its greenfield manufacturing campus in Belgaum, Karnataka. The agreement, effective from 25 February 2026, covers monthly supplies of 155 mm and 152 mm variants, with serial deliveries scheduled to commence from April 2026. […]
Sunita Tools Limited has entered into an interim sales agreement to supply 240,000 empty NATO Spec and Standard 155mm M107 artillery shells. The company described the arrangement as an interim sales agreement and stated that it will be converted into a sales agreement after clearance of the prototype batch. It referred to receipt of a […]
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has developed a ramjet-assisted artillery shell that can extend the firing range of existing 155 millimetre gun systems by nearly 50 percent without reducing lethality. The technology integrates a ramjet engine into a standard artillery shell, enabling sustained propulsion after the projectile exits the gun barrel. The new […]
Balu Forge Industries Limited has commenced operations of an automated empty shell production line at its greenfield manufacturing campus in Belgaum, Karnataka. The line has an annual production capacity of 360,000 shells and includes an advanced forging and machining line for large calibre ammunition projectiles. The production line is one of the first fully indigenously […]
Goodluck India Limited’s subsidiary, Goodluck Defence and Aerospace Limited, has obtained an Industrial License under the Indian Arms Act, 1959, to manufacture empty shells for the defence and aerospace sector. The company plans to begin trial production of M107 artillery shells by the third quarter of the financial year 2025-26. The new facility is designed […]
Reliance Infrastructure-promoted Reliance Defence has signed a cooperation agreement with Germany’s Diehl Defence to manufacture the Vulcano 155 mm Precision-Guided Munition System in India. The partnership is expected to address the operational requirements of the Indian Armed Forces and has the potential to generate revenue of INR 100 billion for Reliance Defence. Under the agreement, […]
Reliance Infrastructure is establishing a greenfield explosives and ammunition manufacturing facility in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The plant, being developed within the Dhirubhai Ambani Defence City, involves an investment of INR 50 billion and is aimed at supporting the production of newly developed 155mm artillery ammunition. The facility is part of the company’s broader defence manufacturing initiative […]
Ceres Power, a developer of solid oxide fuel cell and electrolyser technologies, has announced the first hydrogen production at its first megawatt-scale solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) demonstrator system located at Shell’s Technology Centre in Bengaluru. The system, developed in partnership with Shell, is designed to produce up to 600 kilograms of hydrogen per day […]
