Indian Navy Gets 4th P-8I
This just in: Boeing has delivered the fourth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India on schedule, fulfilling the first half of a contract for eight aircraft.The […]
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DEFENCE PROCUREMENTS
Indian AWACS Reloaded: Competition For 6 Aircraft Announced
HS-748 AWACS TEST PLATFORM THAT CRASHED IN 1999 A six-aircraft AWACS fleet for the Indian Air Force is now properly under way. After formal project
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HAL’s IJT Delayed, IAF Scouts Foreign Source
The face-off between the Indian Air Force and HAL over the basic trainer programme festers nastily, much of it in public. But here’s something that’s
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Indian MoD Orders Probe Into Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Deals
The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will shortly begin a detailed investigation into aircraft engine contracts in India. Based on a direct recommendation by
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On Display At DefExpo 2014: Photo Report (Part 2)
IAI PANTHER UAS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK SEA HAKE HEAVY TORPEDO.INDIA’S PIPAVAV HAS TEAMED UP WITH ATLAS TO PITCH THE SEA HAKE, WITH UNCERTAINTY OVER THE WASS
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The New Indian Bofors Gun ‘Dhanush’ At Defexpo
I couldn’t possibly write better about the Ordnance Factory Board’s derivative of the Bofors FH77 towed gun than my friend Sujan Dutta of The Telegraph
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Life Cycle Cost Snags & Broke Govt Stall MMRCA: Minister
Making official year-long speculation about delays in the $20-billion M-MRCA jet bid, in which India has negotiated for over two years with Dassault Aviation for
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On Agusta Agent Christian Michel’s ‘Gandhigiri’
A March 2008 note purportedly written by arms businessman Christian Michel to Peter Hulett (at the time, AgustaWestland’s India boss) has exploded in the Indian
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Engine Hunt Begins For Indian Civil Jet Effort
Easily its most ambitious non-military aerospace endeavour, India has announced a competition to engine its proposed 90-seater indigenous regional jet, currently being conceptualised under the
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No Basis To Terminate Chopper Contract: AgustaWestland
Official AgustaWestland statement: [AgustaWestland], a Finmeccanica company, confirms to have received yesterday from India’s Ministry of Defence a notification concerning the appointment of an arbitrator from
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