A&D Advisory connects Indian aerospace, space and defence companies with buyers, partners and capital in Europe, South-East Asia, Japan and the United States. Share a few details about you and your company and we will open the site.
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We are a group of A&D professionals who work on matchmaking, partnerships and M&A. Our focus is closing deals and opening new markets for India's MSMEs.
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Each card links to its source, which holds the full report. Headlines last compiled 21 Oct 2026.
What changes in Indian defence buying and where bids are published. The alert bar at the top cycles through these items.
We work on mandates where a deal or a new customer is the outcome. Each engagement starts with a clear target market and a counterpart profile.
Customer mapping, distributor and prime introductions, and trade-show positioning for Europe, South-East Asia and the US.
Introductions for supply chain placement, co-development, licensing and joint ventures between Indian firms and foreign OEMs.
Buy-side and sell-side mandates, minority investments and capital raising for A&D MSMEs and technology companies.
Guidance on AS9100 supplier approvals, export controls such as ITAR and EAR, and offset and industrial participation rules.
Navigating Make in India procurement routes, iDEX and defence export permissions on the Indian side.
Launch-chain suppliers, satellite subsystems and uncrewed systems makers looking for overseas customers.
Reading RFPs and tenders, checking eligibility, building the technical and commercial response, and teaming with partners to bid for Indian and overseas programmes.
Supplier development, localisation and qualification, and scaling build-to-print production so MSMEs can meet the volumes and schedules of global primes.
Matching Indian suppliers to the offset and industrial participation obligations of foreign OEMs, and structuring offset proposals that meet the buyer's requirements.
Each market buys differently. We plan entry around who signs the purchase, what approvals apply and how long qualification takes.
Defence spending and munitions capacity are growing, and primes are widening their supplier base.
Government-to-government ties, training aircraft, naval systems and drones, with several buyers close to India.
Large defence industrial base investment and a heavy focus on drones, electronics and space.
Japan's April 2026 change to its equipment transfer rules and its drive for domestic production open room for co-development with Indian firms.
A deal moves through the same five stages. You always know which one you are in.
Scope, target market, deal size and exclusivity.
Shortlist of counterparts and a one-page teaser.
Data room, capability and compliance checks.
Commercial terms, structure and approvals.
Definitive agreements and a hand-over plan.
Where European defence news appears, and the international shows where deals start.
The founder and our domain advisors. Each profile links to LinkedIn, and open advisor slots are filled as advisors join.
Official sites, LinkedIn pages and Instagram accounts that report on and shape Indian and global defence.
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