New Delhi: India’s defence procurement decision-makers are a confused lot. If one proposes, the other disposes, and the process of indecisiveness repeats itself for years, frustrating the acquisition plans. In a sign of things to come, the Indian air force chief has contradicted Chief of Defence Staff General […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: A week before US President Donald Trump‘s state visit, India today approved the purchase of a $2.6-billion deal to buy Lockheed Martin-made helicopters to shore up its capabilities to counter an increased Chinese warship and submarine presence in the Indian Ocean Region, […]
By N. C. Bipindra Lucknow: Lockheed Martin has drawn the attention of India to an enticing $165-billion F-16 combat aircraft ecosystem market globally, as it prepares to bid for the world’s biggest combat aircraft order. The world’s largest defence firm has pitched its F-21, with substantial capabilities that […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India is all set to sign a $2.6-billion deal to buy 24 helicopters from the US in a bid to shore up its capabilities to counter an increased Chinese warship and submarine presence in the Indian ocean region, people familiar with the […]
(Correct: An earlier version of the story had called the MBDA a French firm. MBDA is jointly owned by Airbus (37.5%), BAE Systems (37.5%), and Leonardo (25%).) New Delhi: India’s navy has launched a search for a Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SR-SAM) and European firm MBDA has offered […]
New Delhi: India has signed a cumulative $5.67-billion defence offset from 21 contracts with foreign companies in the last three years. This would mean the Narendra Modi government clinched overseas deals worth at least $20 billion during the period, bringing benefits to the local industry India’s defence offset […]
New Delhi: India plans to roll out its first indigenous fifth-generation combat aircraft in five years of project approval, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman Dr G. Satheesh Reddy has said. The DRDO will aim to deliver the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), as the Indian fifth […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India had given a clear verdict on Dec. 14, 2018 on a petition seeking an inquiry into the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft. Today, the Supreme Court has categorically rejected the Review Petitions filed subsequently against the order, on merits, bringing […]
Snap Shot Court corrects previous judgment that had errors regading CAG report on Rafale Court says satisfied on Rafale pricing, which was marginally lower that earlier offer Court accepts ex-Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s apology for politicising judgment New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today rejected and dismissed […]
Saint-Cloud (France): French aircraft maker Dassault Aviation today announced that it has entered into a long-term partnership with Pune’s College of Engineering in India to set up a skill development centre for aeronautical integrated design. At the second knowledge summit organized by Institut Français en Inde here, Dassault […]
India has received delivery of the first Rafale combat jet from France, in an effort to boost its capabilities to counter Pakistan and China. Defense minister Rajnath Singh flew to Merignac, Bordeaux to join a symbolic delivery of the first aircraft manufactured by Dassault Aviation under a 2016 […]
The acquisition of the Rafale aircraft will greatly enhance India’s operational capability, Indian Air Force‘s newly appointed chief Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria said on Oct. 4, just four days ahead of the 87th Air Force Day celebrations on Oct. 8. As IAF celebrates, the same […]
Saint-Cloud (France): Dassault Aviation recently took the top position in two of the business aviation industry’s leading gauges of customer satisfaction, the Aviation International News (AIN) and ProPilot product support surveys. The top ranking, after several straight second and third place finishes, follows a multi-year effort to establish […]
