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Indian Air Force To Get New Fighter Jets After 20 Years
September 16, 2016 @ 02:01 PMNearly 20 years after the Indian Air Force (IAF) procured Sukhoi-30 fighters, the Indian MoD is poised to conclude a deal to buy 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft to supplement the IAFs fleet. The last time India ordered a new fighter aircraft was in 1997 for the purchase of Su-30MK aircraft with Russia
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French Defense Minister To Visit India To Conclude Rafale Deal
September 16, 2016 @ 09:55 AMThe French Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian is likely to visit India to conclude the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between India and France for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets next week. Le Drian is expected to arrive on September 23 in Delhi to conclude the IGA,
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Boeing Demands Denmark Part with Fighter Evaluation Information
September 16, 2016 @ 09:10 AMBoeing has submitted to the Danish Ministry of Defence a Request for Insight, which requires the former to provide all materials related to the fighter procurement evaluation and decision announced in June this year. This is the first step toward bringing a formal legal challenge of the Danish MoDs evaluation regarding the countrys next fighter jet in which it selected Lockheed Martins F-35 over the Boeing F/A-18
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Rafale Deal Close As French Working Team Arrives In India
September 15, 2016 @ 02:12 PMFormal conclusion of the Euro 7.87 billion Indo-French Deal to Buy 36 Rafale fighters could be close at hand as a French working team has arrived in the Indian capital
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Hughes, Airbus Partner To Provide Tactical Military Communications Solutions
September 15, 2016 @ 12:02 PMHughes Network Systems has signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to provide tactical military communications requirements around the globe. Airbus Defence and Space will distribute all models of the Hughes HM System, a satellite networking technology engineered around its software-definable modem (SDM) and scrambled code multiple access (SCMA) waveform, the company announced Tuesday
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Indian Navy To Get Second Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyer This Week
September 15, 2016 @ 11:05 AMThe Indian Navys second guided missile destroyer will be launched in Mumbai this Saturday. The Project 15B ship christened 'Mormugao' being built by the Mazgoan Shipyard will also outsource work for 10 blocks to involve private ship building yard in the program
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Indian Navy To Induct First Locally-Made Aircraft Carrier By 2018
September 15, 2016 @ 09:34 AMThe Indian Navy intends to induct its first home-grown aircraft carrier by 2018 and is considering building a second such ship. Indian navy has set the target of having 212 ships in its fleet by 2027 which will be a "real challenge" and there is a need to work "very hard" for it, Vice Admiral (Controller Warship Production and Acquisition) G S Pabby told reporters Wednesday
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Russia's Proposed Indian Shipbuilding Hub Could Become Global Unit
September 14, 2016 @ 01:53 PMRussias United Shipbuilding Corporation has proposed to the Indian government to set up a production unit in Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh. The proposed manufacturing hub in India could become their global production unit, Alexey L Rakhmanov, president of the United Shipbuilding Corporation was quoted as saying by
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Did Syrian AF Shoot Down Israeli Fighter Jet, Drone?
September 14, 2016 @ 12:38 PMSyrian air defense forces claim to have shot at an Israeli warplane and a drone in response to Israeli air strike against a Syrian artillery battery on Tuesday. Tel Aviv conducted an air strike against a Syrian artillery battery after at least four shells strayed into the Golan from battles between the Syrian army and rebels in the Quneitra sector,
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India's Cochin Shipyard Readies for Initial Public Offering
September 14, 2016 @ 12:15 PMIndia's Cochin Shipyard (CSL) is eyeing to file documents for its initial public offering (IPO) of Rs 600 crores (US$89.6 million) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by the end of this month
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Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles