China Makes Advance Payment for Russia’s S-400 Missile
China could receive the first batch of the long-range anti-aircraft missile systems in the first quarter of 2017.by Franz-Stefan GadyChina has made an advance payment under a contract made public in...
View ArticlePAK SCAN: India Enhancing Naval Capacity to Counter China Influence
Islamabad - India is heavily investing on building its naval capacity to increase maritime operations in western Indian Ocean with explicit goals to watch growing Chinese maritime presence.This comes...
View ArticleDefence Acquisition Council Clears New Defence Procurement Procedure
NEW DELHI: After a delay of several months, the new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), focusing on India-made products and fast-tracked acquisition process, was today cleared by the top committee of...
View ArticleCoast Guard Ship ICGS Arnvesh Commissioned
VISAKHAPATNAM: ICGS Arnvesh, a fast patrol vessel (FPV) of Indian Coast Guard, was commissioned here today.The ship is primarily intended to undertake surveillance at sea, coastal patrol,...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi to Seek NSG Membership During US Visit for Nuclear Security...
Getting membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for India will be top priority when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the US later this month for the fourth Nuclear Security Summit to be...
View ArticleCoast Guard Air Squadron Likely by 2017-End
VISAKHAPATNAM: To strengthen the security along the vast 974-km coastline of Andhra Pradesh, the Coast Guard has proposed to have an air force station close to INS Dega of the Eastern Naval Command at...
View ArticleAnalysis: Brussels Attacks Tear at the Fabric of the European Union
The March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels come as the European Union is still reeling from the November Paris attacks and scrambling to solve the migrant crisis. More important, they come as...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Readies Requirements for Unmanned MQ-25 Stingray
The U.S. Navy’s original plan to build an unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UClass) aircraft has morphed into an unmanned aerial refueling platform that is being called the...
View ArticleAdvanced Russian Frigate Heads to Barents Sea for Trials
The lead warship in the series Project 11356 , the Admiral GrigorovichThe state-of-the-art Russian frigate Admiral Essen is due to conduct the second stage of its state tests in the Barents Sea later...
View Article'Invisible' Russian Jets Evade Enemy Thanks to Electronic Countermeasures
More Russian warplanes will be equipped with state-of-the-art Khibiny electronic countermeasures systems in the near future, according to RIA NovostiA greater number of Russian military jets, including...
View ArticleBoeing Wins $185 Million US Army Contract For Apache Helicopters
Boeing has been awarded a $185 million worth contract from the US Army for the production of an undisclosed number of Apache AH-64 attack helicopters.“Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded an...
View ArticlePAK SCAN: The New Silk Road and the Sea
The New Silk Road will link China with Europe through Central Asia and the Maritime Silk Road to ensure a safe passage of China’s shipping through the Indian Ocean & South China Seaby Jennifer...
View ArticleIncrease in Assertiveness by China During LAC Patrol: Report
NEW DELHI: The Defence Ministry today red flagged the "on-going contestations" over island territories in the Asia Pacific as a threat to security in the region even as it said there has been an...
View ArticleMaritime India Summit to be Held in Mumbai, South Korea is Partner Country
NEW DELHI: With South Korea -- a world leader in shipbuilding -- as the partner, India will launch mega 'Maritime India Summit' in Mumbai between April 14-16 hoping to launch a process to achieve...
View ArticlePakistan JIT Applies for Visa to Come to India
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas SwarupSushma Swaraj, after a meeting with her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz, last week in Nepal’s Pokhra had announced that the Pakistani JIT will...
View ArticleDefence Procurement Policy: Revenues May Take a While to Flow In
B Malla Reddy, MD, Astra Microwave Products and Rajinder Bhatia, CEO, Defence Space & Aerospace, Kalyani Group hail new policy, but concur government will have to think out of the box to move...
View ArticleMake in India Encouraging Canadian Firms to Set Up Plants in India: Consul...
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and India’s Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have inked a Statement of Intent (SOI) to explore collaboration in the areas of defence,...
View ArticleReliance Defence and Engineering Limited eyes Rs 20k-Crore Naval Business
RDEL through its naval vertical Reliance Naval Systems or RNS will focus on C4I, underwater systems, optronics, radars and guided weapons. RDEL is focusing to provide integrated solutions for Naval...
View ArticleRussia To Showcase ‘Verba’ Air Defense MANPADS At DefExpo 2016
Rosoboronexport will showcase newest Russian-made man-portable air defence missile system (MANPADS) “Verba” at DEFEXPO-2016 land and naval systems exhibition in South Goa India from 28 to 31 March.At...
View Article$1-Billion Airbus Midair Tanker Deal Caught in Turbulence
An A330-MRTT Tanker is seen refueling A Mirage-2000 Fighter Govt feels Airbus contract too expensive; also wants to first close Rafale dealThe Ministry of Defence seems to be in a fix over plans to...
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