The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is lifting a ban on Italian firm AgustaWestland and its parent company Leonardo, imposed in 2014 over allegations of kickbacks in the VVIP chopper scam. The names of the two Italian companies were missing from a new notification dated 12 November issued by the MoD with a list of firms debarred/put on hold/suspended from doing business with it
Russia will present a mock-up of the 'Checkmate' Light Stealth Fighter along with the Orion surveillance drone at the upcoming Dubai Airshow. Denis Manturov, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade told Defense Ministry-owned TV channel tvzvezda
Indian Ambassador to Moscow Bala Venkatesh Varma said Monday that Russia has moved back again as the top defense partner of India. “There has been a fundamental change in how our defense relationship has moved on in the last 3 years
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The South Korean Navys 3,200-ton Gwanggaeto destroyer has been upgraded with anti-submarine warfare capabilities as part of the services modernization efforts. Gwanggaeto was sent for upgrade in April 2020
The Indian Navy took delivery of its 11th P-8I Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft manufactured by American company Boeing. The patrol aircraft is an integral part of the Indian Navys fleet and has surpassed 30,000 flight hours since it was inducted in 2013
Turkey has sought 40 new F-16 Fighter Jets from the U.S
The French submarine manufacturer Naval Group will submit to Australia a "detailed and quantified proposal" of "costs already incurred and to come" after the termination of the contract for the construction of 12 submarines, its CEO Pierre Eric Pommellet told Le Figaro publication. The total value of the contract, of which only the first phases have been concluded, amounted to A$50 billion (€31 billion) at the time of signing, or A$90 billion taking into account inflation over the duration of the programme and cost overruns
In announcing a security partnership with the U.S and the U
The South Korean Navy will launch ROKS Pohang, its new Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate with improved anti-submarine capabilities, on Wednesday. Pohang is the sixth of the countrys 2,800-ton FFX Batch II frigates being built to replace the Navy's 1,500-ton frigates and 1,000-ton patrol combat corvettes