Defence Budget & Aatmanirbharta Drive
India's defence budget and the Aatmanirbharta drive behind it set how much the armed forces may spend and how much of that money has to be spent at home: Rs 7.85 lakh crore for the Ministry of Defence in 2026-27, the largest allocation given to any ministry, with three-quarters of the acquisition budget ring-fenced for Indian industry. It is in the news because on 6 October 2026 HAL's Koraput Division delivered its 2,000th aero-engine and the Ministry signed a Rs 661.50 crore contract for BrahMos fire-control systems and launchers on Navy ships, under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
- defence budget 2026-27
- Aatmanirbhar Bharat defence
- Open General Export Licence
- defence exports
- INS Nipun
- Tri-Services Future Warfare Course
- DRDO missile technology transfer
- Nistar class
- HAL
- LCA Tejas
- HTT-40
- Dhruv NG
- Pawan Hans
- NGMV
- Cochin Shipyard
- defence budget
- Aatmanirbharta
- Next Generation Missile Vessel
- defence production
- SAT-SAAW
- Bharat Dynamics
- auxiliary power unit
- Buy Indian-IDDM
- Technology Development Fund
- Zero mK India
- dilution refrigerator
- quantum technology
- Indian Navy
- Naval Commanders' Conference
- warship induction
- HAL Koraput
- AL-31FP
- Shakti engine
- BrahMos
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