NEW DELHI — Rolls-Royce aims to double its defense business in the next three to five years and is looking to team up with Indian firms, the company says. One such collaboration was the recent International Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt Ltd (IAMPL), a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) that was inaugurated in Bengaluru in the southern state of Karnataka.

NEW DELHI — A MiG-21 Indian air force (IAF) fighter crashed July 15 while landing at Uttarlai airbase in the western Rajasthan state, the fifth MiG crash in recent months. The aircraft was on a routine training sortie. “The aircraft crashed at about 9.30 a.m. local time and the pilot suffered fatal injuries, A court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of crash,” defense ministry spokesperson Col. S.D. Goswami says.

NEW DELHI — India will soon swap out its Prithvi ballistic missile for the newly developed Prahar missile as part of the Indian army’s ongoing transformational efforts. The Prithvi I missile, with a strike range of 150 km (93 mi.), will be “soon phased out” and replaced by the solid-propelled Prahar missiles,which are “more advanced, more competent and more accurate,” an official at India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) tells Aviation Week.