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India’s MMRCA contract may force defence offsets policy change
December 14, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian MoD may be forced to bring in an offsets multiplier clause in its defence offsets policy to conclude the estimated $10 billion procurement of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). At least two of the six bidders have demanded offset multipliers to bring in technology for fulfilling the 50% offsets amounting to about $5 billion
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Indian Air Force completes trails of basic trainer aircraft
December 13, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has completed trails of five aircraft shortlisted for the basic trainer contract and the evaluation report is expected to be submitted to the MoD by the end of December or early January. The five aircraft which participated in the trials are the American Hawker Beechcraft T-6C, the Pilatus PC-7 MkII, the Korean Aerospace Industries KT-1, EADS PZL-130 Orlik TC-II from Poland and Grob 120TP from Germany
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India’s $1.34billion Mi-17 helicopters to start arriving by March 2011
December 13, 2010 @ 12:00 AMIndia is expected to start receiving its Mi-17-V5 heavy lift helicopters from March 2011 onwards. The 80 choppers had been ordered from Russia in December 2008 for $1
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India announces failure of Agni 2 plus Ballistic Missile Launch
December 10, 2010 @ 12:00 AMIndia's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has announced that the test launch of a new missile designated Agni 2 Plus has failed. A press release said, experimental launch of A2-P MISSILE experienced a trajectory deviation immediately after the lift-off having failure of the Mission
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Textron wins Indian sensor fused weapons contract
December 9, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Air Force(IAF) will soon receive one of the most lethal bombs in the world, the CBU-105 sensor fused weapon as the U.S
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Kuwait, Malaysia order 900 training simulators worth $900M under U.S. FMS
December 8, 2010 @ 12:00 AMKuwait and Malaysia have ordered training simulators for their army, navy and air force under the U.S
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Boeing Begins Building Indian Navy's P-8I Aircraft
December 8, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe Boeing team began fabricating the first part for the Indian navy's first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft on Dec. 6 in Wichita, U
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DCNS to help accelerate submarine production in Indian shipyard MDL
December 8, 2010 @ 12:00 AMDCNS has clarified that a statement of its CEO Patrick Boissier regarding “breach” in submarine production at Indian shipyard MDL was in the context of the shipyard not receiving submarine orders over the past 17 years. A DCNS spokesperson said, “Patrick Boissier has never blamed India’s state owned shipyard MDL for the delays (in submarine production)”
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Does Brazil favour French Rafale fighter?
December 8, 2010 @ 12:00 AMHas Brazil made up its mind to buy the French Rafale fighter and thus give its maker, Dassault its first foreign sale? This question is uppermost following the publications of several reports in Brazil and Sweden during the past two days quoting the outgoing Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula told TV Brasil that it would be up to the government of his successor, Dilma Rousseff, to decide the issue
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India, France to soon finalize SRSAM, Mirage 2000 upgrade deals
December 7, 2010 @ 12:00 AMIndia and France expect to soon launch the Short Range Surface to Air Missile(SRSAM) and Kaveri (aircraft engine) programmes. “Discussions concerning the upgrading of Mirage-2000 aircraft are expected to be finalised soon”, said a joint statement issued after talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy in New Delhi on Monday
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