New Delhi:
India is planning to purchase the battle-tested Javelin single-man-portable, ‘fire-and-forget’, medium-range anti-tank weapon system, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor stated. The US State Division accepted the sale of the FGM-148 Javelin weapon system to India in November final 12 months, in a transfer to strengthen defence cooperation between New Delhi and Washington.
“BIG information! India plans to purchase the battle-tested Javelin anti-tank system. Simply as US Secretary of State Pete Hegseth highlighted on the Could 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue, it is a nice step ahead within the US-India defence relationship and opens the door to co-production potentialities. The engagement between our two nations is at record-high ranges,” Gor stated in a publish on X.
BIG information! India plans to purchase the battle-tested Javelin anti-tank system. Simply as @secwar highlighted on the Could 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue, it is a nice step ahead within the U.S.-India protection relationship and opens the door to co-production potentialities. The engagement between…
— Ambassador Sergio Gor (@USAmbIndia) August 28, 2026
The missile system is already in service with the U.S. Military and Marine Corps, in addition to a number of worldwide clients, the embassy added.
“The settlement creates new alternatives for the defence industries of each international locations to work collectively. We see super potential for future cooperation that strengthens the defence industrial bases of each international locations,” Gor added.
It’s not instantly identified what number of Javelin anti-tank guided missile methods India is procuring or the general price of the procurement. New Delhi additionally didn’t instantly touch upon the settlement.
About Javelin
The Javelin — a transportable anti-tank missile system collectively developed by Lockheed Martin and RTX to be used in opposition to armoured targets — is broadly deployed by the US and allied forces.
The shoulder-fired system options an computerized steerage mechanism that permits the missile to trace its goal after launch, enabling the operator to take cowl and keep away from counterfire.
The javelin hits the cover of the tank from the place individuals enter the cockpit, which is the least armoured a part of the tank. It flies in an inverted U-shaped trajectory from launch to hit to exactly strike its goal.
The gunner selects the goal utilizing a cursor, after which the command launch unit sends a lock-on-before-launch sign to the missile. Its mild weight permits troops to reposition after firing or reload to interact one other menace.
Its soft-launch design additionally permits the system to be fired safely from enclosed buildings, together with buildings and bunkers.
The Javelin was developed and produced for the US Military and Marine Corps by the Javelin Joint Enterprise, involving Lockheed Martin in Orlando, Florida, and Raytheon in Tucson, Arizona.
US-India Ties
The event comes amid India’s increasing procurement of US defence tools. In November 2025, the US State Division accepted a possible USD 93 million sale to India masking as much as 100 Javelin methods and 216 Excalibur guided artillery projectiles.
India is the world’s fifth-largest army spender and the second-largest arms importer after Ukraine, in keeping with knowledge from the Stockholm Worldwide Peace Analysis Institute. It already operates Excalibur ammunition with its M777 howitzers.
The USA and India signed a framework for a serious defence partnership final 12 months in October, aimed toward strengthening interoperability throughout land, sea, air, area, and our on-line world. India has additionally acquired a number of US-made defence platforms, together with Apache and Chinook helicopters, C-17 and C-130J transport plane, P-8I maritime patrol plane and M777 howitzers.
