The month of Jul’23 was eventful for the defence sector with developments around submarines, export opportunities for HAL and completion of trials of a few missile platforms. Key points: 1) Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) was granted for 3 Scorpene-class submarines and 26 Rafale-M aircrafts; 2) completion of development trials for HELINA and Dhruvastra ATGMs and Rudram-II ASM.