With two partnerships in two weeks, Adani ramps up defence push
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : A step-down subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Ltd, the group's flagship company, inked a deal with Italian helicopter maker Leonardo to make, maintain and repair military choppers in India—the second such partnership in as many weeks after the firm stitched a partnership with Brazil's Embraer to make aircraft. Adani Aerospace and Defence, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Defence Systems and Technologies Ltd, and Leonardo signed the partnership on Tuesday.
Adani Defence Systems and Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. In an interview with Mint, Ashish Rajvanshi, president and chief executive of Adani Aerospace and Defence, said that the partnerships reflect the ports-to-energy conglomerate’s push to increase revenue from defence ventures over the next five fiscals. "We’re scaling up our current operations based on the required local sourcing norms of the Indian Army and Navy.
Each of these contracts requires varying degrees of component localization, and we will comply with each contract as required. The overall process of localizing military helicopters will happen over time, and we plan to start supplying the first India-made versions of Leonardo’s products to our defence forces before 2030," Rajvanshi said. According to the company's FY25 filings, Adani Aerospace and Defence did not report any operating revenue in the previous fiscal.
Adani Defence Systems and Technologies, its holding company, reported consolidated operating revenue of ₹2,007 crore in FY25. While Rajvanshi did not disclose the company’s capital requirements for the project, he said there are no immediate plans to raise funds. “We are working out the current financial terms of
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