Archive · 1 Sep 2026
US-India Javelin Co-Production Deal Marks Defence Partnership Milestone
India and the United States are planning to work together to make parts of the Javelin missile system in India.
Tata Advanced Systems will work with Lockheed Martin and Raytheon through the Javelin Joint Venture.
The companies signed an agreement to study how a factory in India could assemble and integrate the missiles.
Some parts will still be made in factories in Alabama and Arizona.
Those parts would then be sent to India.
Supporters say the project could create skilled jobs and teach Indian workers new defence-manufacturing skills.
It could also help India get the systems more quickly and strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
The agreement is a plan to explore co-production, rather than confirmation that full production has already begun.
US Ambassador Sergio Gor called the Javelin co-production agreement a major step forward for the US-India defence partnership.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited and the Javelin Joint Venture signed an MoU to explore producing Javelin All Up Round systems in India.
The proposed Indian facility would handle final assembly, integration and some component production.
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon will produce sub-assembly kits and guidance electronics in the United States for shipment to India.
The initiative is intended to create skilled jobs, transfer expertise and strengthen the defence industries of both countries.
- Who
- Tata Advanced Systems Limited, the Javelin Joint Venture, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and US Ambassador Sergio Gor.
- What
- The parties signed an MoU to explore co-producing Javelin All Up Round missile systems in India.
- When
- The agreement and Ambassador Gor’s comments were reported on September 1, 2026.
- Where
- The proposed final assembly and integration facility would be in India; sub-assembly kits would be produced in Troy, Alabama, and guidance electronics in Tucson, Arizona.
- Why
- The initiative is intended to expand defence-industry cooperation, strengthen manufacturing capabilities, create jobs and support supply-chain resilience.
- Agreement
- A memorandum of understanding between Tata Advanced Systems Limited and the Javelin Joint Venture.
- Proposed Indian work
- Final assembly, integration and component production for the Javelin All Up Round.
- Indian prime partner
- Tata Advanced Systems Limited was selected as the Javelin Joint Venture’s prime partner for future in-country co-production efforts.
- US production sites
- Lockheed Martin’s facility in Troy, Alabama, and Raytheon’s facility in Tucson, Arizona.
- US ambassador’s assessment
- Sergio Gor called the collaboration a major step forward for the US-India defence partnership.
- Expected benefits
- High-tech jobs, knowledge transfer, stronger local manufacturing expertise and supply-chain resilience.
- Related procurement
- The Indian Army had signed an agreement to procure US-origin Javelin anti-tank guided missile systems days before the co-production announcement.
