India and Belgium have announced an expansion of defence cooperation, including collaborations between industries in both countries to manufacture ammunition and rockets in India. Separate partnerships for counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) and robotics have also been unveiled.<\/p>\n
At the government level, India will post a defence attach\u00e9 at its embassy in Brussels. The two countries have also signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) establishing a framework for regular exchanges, staff talks, education and training, research cooperation and defence-industrial partnerships.<\/p>\n
The Belgian Navy warship \u2018Leopold I\u2019 is scheduled to visit India in November 2026, while the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad, will send a batch of officers to Belgium next month.<\/p>\n
Among the key industry projects, Belgium\u2019s New Lachaussee has partnered with India\u2019s Tembo Classic Engineering to supply a complete production line for two types of ammunition. The facility is expected to have a production capacity of around 100 million rounds annually. Valued at \u20ac50 million, the project is scheduled for delivery in 2028 and 2029.<\/p>\n
Following talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said defence and security cooperation had emerged as a key pillar of India-Belgium relations.<\/p>\n
Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd (KSSL) and Belgium\u2019s FN Herstal on Friday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue local manufacturing and industrial cooperation in support of India\u2019s defence requirements. The partnership will cover small arms, integrated weapon systems and counter-unmanned aerial system solutions.<\/p>\n
KSSL and Thales Belgium have also signed a strategic alliance agreement to establish a capability for manufacturing 70-mm rocket systems in India. The partners aim to produce the first fully assembled rocket in India by early 2027.<\/p>\n
According to Thales, the alliance provides a framework for technology transfer, local production and distribution of both unguided and laser-guided 70-mm rocket systems and associated equipment.<\/p>\n
In the maritime domain, Belgium will supply autonomous toolboxes for mine-countermeasure vessels being built by Larsen & Toubro. The first phase of the programme covers 12 vessels.<\/p>\n
Belgian companies are also exploring cooperation in autonomous maritime systems, underwater robotics, advanced sensors and technologies to protect critical infrastructure such as ports, pipelines and subsea data cables.<\/p>\n
Pitagone Belgium is establishing a joint venture with Krishna Allied to manufacture mobile barriers designed to protect against vehicle-borne attacks. OIP Sensor Systems of Belgium is collaborating with India Optel on electro-optical systems for the Arjun main battle tank. John Cockerill Defence is also a contender to supply the turret for India\u2019s Zorawar light tank, which is being developed for high-altitude operations.<\/p>\n
Among the other MoUs exchanged on Thursday were agreements between the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers and the Belgian Security & Defence Industry; Larsen & Toubro and Exail Robotics SAS (France) and Exail Robotics (Belgium); and DGVK Enterprises Pvt Ltd and Sol1 BV of Belgium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India and Belgium have announced an expansion of defence cooperation, including collaborations between industries in both countries to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[19542,19543,19544,19545,19546,19547,19548,19549,19550,7,19216],"class_list":["post-36252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-ammunitionmanufacturing","tag-counteruas","tag-defenceindustrialpartnerships","tag-indiabelgiumdefence","tag-lighttankzorawar","tag-maritimesecurityindia","tag-roboticsdefence","tag-rocketsystemsindia","tag-strategicalliance","tag-belgium","tag-defencecooperation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/117214630844042977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}