India will buy U.K. missiles for £350 mn
BILATERAL – INDIA-UK
10 OCTOBER 2025
- India has signed a £350-million defence deal with the U.K. to buy U.K.-manufactured Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) for the Indian army, the British government said.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his U.K. counterpart, Keir Starmer, also agreed to take forward their collaboration on electric-powered engines for Naval ships, worth an initial £250 million.
- In a separate release, the U.K. government said 64 Indian companies had so far committed to invest £1.3 billion (or ₹15,430 crore) in the U.K., a sign of the growing business confidence boosted by the India-U.K. trade deal.
- Among the major investment announcements are TVS Motor’s plan to invest £250 million in Solihull to expand its Norton Motorcycles operations and develop next-generation electric vehicles.
- “Engineering company Cyient is investing £100 million to boost innovation in semiconductors, geospatial tech, mobility, clean energy, and digital domains — creating 300 U.K. jobs and strengthening its long-standing presence in the country,” the release said.
- Muthoot Finance UK Limited, a part of the Muthoot Group, plans to invest £100 million to expand its branch network to 20 locations in the U.K. Hero Motors plans to invest £100 million in the U.K. over the next five years in its e-mobility, e-bicycles and aerospace divisions.
- The Indian government has not shared similar data on investment commitments by U.K. companies in India.
- However, the U.K. government also said that the University of Lancaster and the University of Surrey had been given approval to open campuses in India to help meet booming demand from Indian students.
