The Big ‘Make In India’ Submarine Hunt 3.0
I was a rookie reporter nine years ago in October 2005 when, in the main ceremonial room of the Indian MoD, then Defence Secretary Shekhar […]
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DEFENCE PROCUREMENTS
Contest Opens: Airbus & Tata Team Up For IAF’s Avro Replacement
This was in the works for a while, and it’s now the first horse in what’s going to be a big and unprecedented race. Full
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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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Indian All-Clear For $2.5b Deals For Apaches & Chinooks
PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEPT OF DEFENSE It’s effectively all-clear from India for two key deals with Boeing Defense for 22 AH-64D Apache Block III and
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Advantage Sikorsky As Indian MoD To Finally Open MRH Bids
After sitting on two commercial bids for over two years, the Indian MoD today formally decided it would move forward with the stalled Multirole Helicopter
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Choppers, Tanks, Artillery: Major Indian Arms Deals Likely To Be Cleared Tomorrow
PHOTO /Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson A handful of high-value defence deals, delayed over the cusp of government change in the country, are likely to come
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Dassault’s Rafale Tech Transfer Offer Compliant: Indian MoD
US Navy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Snyder Apparently putting to rest questions over technology transfer negotiations being one of the bumps slowing
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India’s Apache & Chinook Buys To Be Cleared This Month
US ARMY PHOTO Half a century after the Indian Air Force last operated U.S.-built helicopters, it’s about to happen again. India will push through deals
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Indian Newspaper Flies With MMRCA Ditch Story, Journalist Disowns
“I disown this report and disassociate myself completely from it. It should have been attributed not to me but the person responsible for introducing gross
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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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