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India's Rafale Deal Negates RFP Exercise
The decision of the Indian and the French governments to enter into a government-to-government deal for procurement of Rafale fighter aircrafts by the IAF has actually negated the whole exercise...
36 Rafale Jets To Be Inducted Into Indian Air Force In 2...
India after confirming the possible deal with France to buy 36 ‘ready–to-fly Rafale fighter jets on Friday, will induct the jets into the Air Force within a span of two...
Reduced Importance For HAL In India-France Rafale Deal?
With feelers coming from Paris that India is likely to buy 60 Dassault Rafale aircraft in fly away condition for $7.5 billion, Indian Public Sector Company; Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) might...
India Plans To Expand HAL Operations To Compete With Global Defense Manufacturing...
India plans to expand operations of its state run Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) to compete with global defense equipment manufacturing companies, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday. The minister said during the...
Indian MoD on Procurement Overdrive
The Indian MoD has cleared acquisition proposals in excess of INR 60000 crore (US $9.98 billion approx
HAL Orders Saab’s Integrated Defense Aids Suite For Indian Dhruv Helicopter
Saab announced today that it has received follow-on orders worth US$ 78 million (SEK 740 million) from Hindustan Aeronautic Limited (HAL), India, to produce integrated electronic warfare self-protection system for...
Indian Navy’s Dornier Surveillance Aircraft Crashes Into Sea
The Indian Navys Dornier Surveillance aircraft has crashed into sea on Tuesday night during a routine training sortie about 20 nautical miles South West of Goa. The Naval Air Station at...
India Receives First Upgraded Mirage 2000 Aircraft From France
Dassault Aviation handed over the first two Mirage 2000 I/TI to the Indian authorities on Wednesday during the acceptance ceremony held at Istres Flight Test Center. Based on the integration of...
Defense Industry Waking Up To Uses Of Carbon Fiber
U.K., India Deploy Aircraft Carriers Together for First Time in Exercise Konkan
The Royal Navy and Indian Navy have deployed their carrier strike groups side by side for the first time as part of Exercise Konkan 2025, a bilateral naval exercise that has been a fixture of U
Anduril, Raytheon Complete Static Fire Test of Highly Loaded Grain Solid Rocket Motor
Anduril Industries and Raytheon completed a static fire test of an advanced solid rocket motor under contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate
DGA Orders 5 Falcon 2000 Albatros for Maritime Patrol Aircraft Conversion
France’s Defense Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) has placed an order with Dassault Aviation for five Falcon 2000 Albatros aircraft under the Maritime Surveillance and Intervention Aircraft (AVSIMAR) program
Switzerland Asks Elbit System to Compensate for Reduced Functionalities of ADS 15 Drone
Damen Naval Signs Deal with Terma for Decoy Launching System on Colombian...
Italian Officials Observe Turkish Baykar Drone Flights
Russian Firm Develops Device to Intercept Drone Video Signals
Spain Cancels Missile Projects with Israel, Will Go with European Solutions
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...