Bengaluru, India (Feb. 11, 2025) — The Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) is exploring future co-assembly and co-production opportunities of the Javelin anti-tank weapon system in India through a competitive source selection process with potential Indian partners. In addition, the JJV signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Government of India Enterprise with vast experience in weapon production and system integration.

“We look forward to exploring partnership opportunities to co-produce Javelin in India and better support its defense and security needs,” said Dave Pantano, Javelin Joint Venture vice president and Lockheed Martin Javelin program director. “In recent months, we have met with potential Indian partners to discuss a competitive source selection process with the goal of developing strategic long-term partnerships that will help the Indian Ministry of Defense deter and defend against potential threats.”

The renewal of the MOU with BDL will allow the JJV to evaluate the possibility of manufacturing Javelin in India, fulfilling potential future requirements of the Indian Ministry of Defence and strengthening its anti-tank capabilities.

“Together with industry partners in India, we are exploring opportunities to leverage in-country expertise for Javelin,” said Andy Amaro, president of the Javelin Joint Venture and Raytheon’s Javelin program director. "As demand continues to grow for Javelin, these agreements will help support local industry, while providing India the most effective, combat-proven anti-armor weapon system in the world.”

Javelin is developed and produced by the JJV between Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, in Tucson, Arizona, and Lockheed Martin in Orlando, Florida. To date, the JJV has produced more than 55,000 Javelin missiles and more than 12,000 reusable Command Launch Units. Javelin has been procured by 25 countries around the globe. 

About Lockheed Martin 
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About Raytheon
Raytheon, an RTX business, is a leading provider of defense solutions to help the U.S. government, our allies and partners defend their national sovereignty and ensure their security. For more than 100 years, Raytheon has developed new technologies and enhanced existing capabilities in integrated air and missile defense, smart weapons, missiles, advanced sensors and radars, interceptors, space-based systems, hypersonics and missile defense across land, air, sea and space.

About RTX
With more than 185,000 global employees, RTX pushes the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses — Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon — we are advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems, and developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges. The company, with 2023 sales of $69 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

About BDL
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), right from its inception in the year 1970, has been in the forefront of defence technology to manufacture state-of-the-art, cost effective missile systems, underwater weapons and allied defence equipment to the Indian Armed Forces, which are indigenously developed by DRDO, ToT from foreign OEMs or co-developed using in house R&D.

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