First Photo From Akash SAM’s Slam-dunk Week
Smashing week for India’s Akash SAM. Not that it needed any more of a push. But what a week. This image from noon on Friday […]
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Decks Cleared For Indian Truck-Mounted 155mm Gun Competition
The Indian MoD’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the first chaired by new defence minister Manohar Parrikar, today cleared the Indian Army’s proposal to tender for
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Light Chopper Contest 3.0 Begins, Third Time Lucky For Jinxed Indian Effort?
After scrapping the Indian military’s effort to procure light helicopters for the second time in August, the third iteration of the now infamous Reconnaissance &
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India ‘Spikes’ U.S. Hopes, Rejects Javelin
To me the only story from among the bunch of programmes cleared by the Indian MoD yesterday was the government’s decision to reject the U.S.
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Major Blow To Airbus, India Scraps $1.5-bil Light Copter Buy
It’s the unthinkable for Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopter), but it had been on the horizon for at least 18 months now. India’s agonisingly long-drawn out
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Indian Light Copter Bid Extended 7 Times, Could Exasperated Airbus Eject?
Two days after India’s new government took office on May 26, Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter) wrote the latest in a string of exasperated letters to
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VIDEO: Akash SAM Army Variant Tested For Engagement Modes
DRDO Statement: Akash, the indigenously designed developed and produced surface to air missile for the Indian Army was once again successfully flight tested today at
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India’s Arjun Mk.2 MBT To Enter Final Trial Leg
On display at Defexpo this year, the Arjun Mk.2 main battle tank sits on a razor’s edge: from Delhi it will be transported back to
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