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Swedish Defence Minister Makes Strong Pitch in Support of Gripen Aircraft Sales to India

New Delhi: Swedish defence minister Peter Hultqvist strongly pitched for SAAB’s Gripen fighter aircraft  as New Delhi looks to acquire 114 fighter aircraft to replace its old fleet as well as make up the...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Releases E-booklet on 20 MoD Reforms in 2020

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh June 7 released an E-booklet titled ’20 Reforms in 2020’, highlighting the major reforms undertaken by Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 2020, in New Delhi on June 07,...

Thales Appoints Ashish Saraf Vice-President and Country Director for India

  New Delhi. Thales today announced the appointment of Ashish Saraf as Vice-President and Country Director for India with effect from June 1, 2021. In this role, Ashish will lead the company’s India business and...

Big Boost to Make in India: Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) Approves RFP for Construction of Six Submarines under Strategic Partnership Model; Air Defence Guns...

New Delhi. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in its meeting held under the Chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on June 4, 2021,has approved proposals concerning Capital Acquisitions of various equipment for modernisation and...

Defence Ministry Reserves Rs 17,500 crore for Private Sector Buys to Encourage Domestic  Manufacturing and Defence Industry Ecosystem

New Delhi. The defence ministry has reserved over Rs 17,500 crore this year for procurement from the non-public trade after notifying a unfavourable import checklist, as a part of its measures to encourage home...

IAI Signs US$ 200 million Contract with India to Provide Unmanned Aerial Systems Services

  Tel Aviv. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently signed a US$ 200 million contract to provide unmanned aerial systems (UAS) services to India, that operates the Israeli company's Heron-1 UAS. Earlier this year India purchased and...

Decision on Second Defence Negative Import List Expected Next Week

  New Delhi: The meeting to review and clear the decision on the second defence negative import list is now expected next week. According to the sources in the defence establishment, the list has been...

Smiths Detection’s BioFlash Biological Identifier Offers Real-Time, on the Spot Testing for COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies

  New Delhi. With the deadly Covid-19 virus continuing its death march across the world disrupting normal life and offices closed and sports coming to a halt, Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection...

Biden’s First Defence Budget Under Pressure, Getting it Through Will Be Testing

  Washington: Even though details of President Joe Biden’s first defence budget won’t be out until May 28, but battle lines are already being drawn by lawmakers on the left and right. For Hill progressives,...

The Illusion of the MMRCA Deal and Its Future Flight Path

  New Delhi: The MMRCA (Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) tender was issued in 2007 to bridge the gap of declining fighter squadrons in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and fulfill its desired squadron strength of...

MiG-21 Crash: Why the Bison Belongs In the Boneyard – Not In the Air?

    On May 22, a MiG-21 Bison jet flown by Squadron Leader Abhinav Choudhary was on a routine training sortie and was returning to Suratgarh when it crashed in a field near Moga, Punjab. In...

Top Russian Defence Analyst Konstantin Makiyenko No More

Moscow. A top Russian defence expert - Konstantin Makiyenko, Deputy Director and founder of post-Soviet Russia’s first independent think tank - Centre for Analyses of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) was given a tearful farewell...

US to Maintain “Strong” Military Presence in Indo-Pacific: Biden Tells China

Washington: Declaring that "America is rising anew" under his leadership, President Joe Biden has told China that the US will maintain a "strong" military presence in the Indo-Pacific "not to start conflict, but to...
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