India Signs a $3 Billion Deal with Boeing to Buy 22 Apache and 15 Chinook...
India today signed a nearly $3 billion deal for purchase of 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers with American aviation giant Boeing and the US government.The first...
View ArticleArgument that G4 Route Weakens India's UNSC Case is a Red Herring
by Sanjay Baru In a world of multiple partnerships, there is always space for a new club of the willing. Knee-jerk criticism of the Narendra Modi government's decision to breathe life into the moribund...
View ArticleEgypt Considering MiG-35s
Egypt awarded Russian arms vendor Rosoboronexport a contract for 50 Kamov Ka-52 Alligator combat helicopters, according to Russian media reports. Details of the transaction remained scarce, but it is...
View ArticleKerry Now Hounding Sharif to take Action Against LeT, Haqqani Network
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) poses with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during their meeting ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 27, 2015The banned...
View ArticleAfter Chinese Incursion Bids, ITBP to Set up New Command in Leh
NEW DELHI: In the wake of frequent incursion bids by Chinese People's Liberation Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will be establishing a new command at Leh and the process of setting up over 40...
View ArticleTies with Pakistan not Against India
In a wide-ranging interview, Denis Alipov, Deputy Chief of Mission in the Russian Embassy in New Delhi, outlined his views on the Russian relationship with India and the situation in South Asia.The...
View ArticleIndigenization has to be a Core Strategic Policy for India
In its first budget presented last year, the new Narendra Modi led NDA government substantially increased the allocation for the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and has more or...
View ArticleECONOMY: In a Surprise move RBI cuts Interest Rate more than Expected as...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seal is pictured on a gate outside the RBI headquarters in Mumbai October 29, 2013.by Suvashree Dey Choudhury and Rafael NamThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its...
View ArticleRussian Patrol Ships Win Popularity Battle
Project 22500 - Designed for protection of ships and against hostile surface ships and submarines as well as to meet attacks of air assault weapons both independently and as a task force ship, search...
View ArticleRussia's Lethal Su-35 Fighter vs. Eurofighter: Who Wins?
With heightened tensions in Europe over Russia’s actions Ukraine, NATO countries have stepped up their air patrols over the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. While the U.S. Air Force...
View ArticleRafale Deal Delay and Defence Offsets – Here is a fix
by Sitaramarao Yechuri Ph.DBloomberg says India has emerged as America’s second largest Arms Buyer - Boeing and Lockheed Martin want simplified processes from India - And India’s Rafale deal remains...
View ArticleNavy to Get 'Conquerer' INS Kochi, Largest India-made Warship, Tomorrow
Left: INS Kochi's 76mm Oto-Melara Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) being tested ahead of the ship being commissioned. The Kochi's 76mm Super Rapid Gun mount in the foreground with the large Israeli built...
View Article120 Kashmiri Youth Inducted into Indian Army
A Kashmiri youth undergoes a physical fitness test during a recruitment drive by Indian army in Anantnag some 55 kilometres south of SrinagarAs many as 120 youths hailing from different parts of Jammu...
View ArticleISRO Looking at Industry-Built Launch Vehicles in 3-4 Years
Envisaging a more active participation from domestic industry in India's space program, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today said it looked forward to industry-built and assembled launch...
View ArticleSpace Race on Earth: Astronauts Compete in 2,000-Mile Road Rally
Astronauts from the U.S., Brazil, India and France will compete in the ninth season of the Fireball Run, "Space Race."A new international space race is set to launch between astronauts from the United...
View ArticleRafale Deal: French Team Arrives Today; $4.5 Billion may be Invested in ‘Make...
NEW DELHI: A major breakthrough could be imminent in the Rafale fighter aircraft deal with the French side agreeing to an Indian condition that calls for investing 50% of the deal value in 'Make in...
View ArticleWhatsApp New Frontier for Army Social Media Warriors
by Sushant SinghIndian Army, Gen Dalbir Singh, Indian Army social media team, army social media team, PTAT, army WhatsApp group, One Rank-One Pension, OROP, indian express, business newsThe Army’s...
View ArticleMake in India: Boeing in Talks with Indian Firms to Manufacture parts of...
NEW DELHI: American aviation giant Boeing today said it is in talks with Indian firms to manufacture parts of Apache helicopter, a day after it signed a contract with India for 15 Chinook heavy-lift...
View ArticleDid China Just Hit Mach 5?
A news report describes a landmark event: the flight of an airplane that can go twice as fast as the Concorde. Then, just as quick, the report vanishes. What just happened?On a night apparently in...
View ArticleProcurement: How The Indian Army Got Its Apaches
India, after three years of deliberation by the procurement bureaucrats and politicians, approved the purchase of 22 American AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships and 15 CH-47F transport helicopters. Such...
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