India ends tank program

India has decided to not continue their indigenous main battle tank program. See an article here. India had developed and put into production their own Arjun system, but have now decided that it is not what they need for the long term. No more production contracts will be placed and they will instead build out the 120 or so on order. They will look to foreign firms for a more advanced system. Read more

India’s indigenous helicopter struggling

According to this article the Indian Navy is canceling its procurement of Druhz helicopters. This light aircraft made indigenously by HAL is failing to meet the operational requirements. The Navy will now look to buy a new, most likely foreign aircraft, to meet its needs. The Indian Army and Air Force are also planning to buy new aircraft, and the original plan was to make a joint Indian-Eurocopter aircraft but that deal fell apart due to corruption issues. For more on that see this.