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American Industries Identify 25 Defense Technologies For Transfer To India

September 21, 2015 @ 01:26 PM

American and Indian industries have identified 25 new technologies for transfer to the latter under the defense trade and technology initiative (DTTI) to be made in India. This follows an earlier attempt to offer India 17 technologies under the DTTI which did not find favor with Indian defense industries with one observing commenting that the technologies on offer were “Mickey Mouse” stuff
Indian Naval Helicopter ALH Dhruv Gets Foldable Rotors

September 15, 2015 @ 02:10 PM

Naval versions of Indias ‘Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) will get folding rotors to accommodate the chopper in tight spaces on board Indian ships. Work on this modification has been done at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bangalore to make the rotors foldable which will increase the versatility of the helicopter
India Approves $400 Million Purchase Of 10 Armed Israeli Drones

September 11, 2015 @ 12:57 PM

The Indian government has approved purchase of 10 missile-armed Heron TP drones from Israel for $400 million. The government made the decision last week to enhance cross-border military strike capability, The Economic Times daily reported Friday
Russian MoD May Order 75 More Su-30SM Jets

September 10, 2015 @ 02:32 PM

The Russian Ministry of Defense might order an additional 75 Su-30SM multi-role fighter jets with Irkut. “Russia might teed up a larger contract for up to 75 of the military planes
Airbus Withdraws From Japanese Tanker Aircraft Tender Citing Terms Favor Boeing

September 8, 2015 @ 04:09 PM

Airbus has decided not to bid for the Japanese air-to-air refueling tanker aircraft contract worth over a billion dollars citing terms of tender favor its rival, Boeing. “The RFP allowed Japan to buy tankers under the US government's foreign military sale mechanism, which involves the two governments negotiating the contract directly,” Airbus was quoted as saying in a statement by Reuters Tuesday
To Cut Costs, Poland May Join Norway Or Netherlands To Buy Subs

September 7, 2015 @ 02:38 PM

Poland may join Norway or the Netherlands to buy submarines instead of buying them alone to cut costs. Polish ministry of defense had plans of buying three submarines at an estimated cost of US $2 billion at the start of the year
Yahoo, Google Help Sought To Prevent Iranian Cyber Crimes

September 7, 2015 @ 12:57 PM

The Iranian cyber police officials have called Yahoo and Google cyber companies to co-operate with them for preventing online crimes. Iran has asked Yahoo, Google, and the messaging app Telegram to "work with us in the prevention of criminal acts," Hossein Ramezani, Iran's deputy cyber-police chief for international affairs
China's DF-26 IRBM "Vastly Superior" to India's Agni-V: Chinese Media

September 1, 2015 @ 12:48 PM

China's DF-26 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), expected to be unveiled in the September 3 Military Parade is significantly smaller in size and weight as compared to India's Agni-V but can hit targets with greater precision while carrying heavier warheads. Several Chinese media such as Sina
Switzerland Not To Help India In Rheinmetall Bribery Investigations

August 31, 2015 @ 12:35 PM

Switzerland has denied offering support to India in investigating bribery cases involving two Swiss companies to win arms deals. “As the requesting authority did not deliver information requested by international assistance law, the OAG (Office of the Attorney General) was by law not in a position to provide information,” an OAG spokesman was quoted as saying via an emailed comment to Reuters on Sunday, confirming a report by the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper
Lockheed Martin, AM General May Protest US Army JLTV Contract To Oshkosh

August 27, 2015 @ 07:27 AM

Lockheed Martin, AM General may protest the US Armys decision to award $6.7 billion contract to build first 17,000 production models of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to replace Humvee fleet

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