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Switzerland To Buy 6 Israeli Drones For $256 Million
September 8, 2015 @ 04:30 PMThe Switzerland parliament has approved to acquire six Israeli surveillance drones, worth $256 million. The Council of States approved the purchase Monday by 30 votes against 12, whereas a left-wing minority argued in particular on human rights issues but failed to block the acquisition, the department of defense announced today
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French Defense Firms To Accompany Jean-Yves Le Drian To Malaysia
August 31, 2015 @ 02:56 PMSeveral business representatives from French defense industry will be part of the delegation that will be accompanying Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian during his visit to Malaysia on August 31st and September 1. Representatives from Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran, DCNS, DCI, MBDA will be part of the delegation along with 10 members of Parliament, among them Jean-Pierre Raffarin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee and former Prime Minister, and Patricia Adam, chairman of the National Assembly Defense and Armed Forces Committee, French Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said last Thursday
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India Bought $20 Billion Defense Equipment From 18 Foreign Vendors During 2014-2015
August 11, 2015 @ 11:43 AMThe Indian Defense Ministry has signed 18 international contracts worth INR 29,222 Crore (US $20.1 billion) between May 2014 and February 2015
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India May Take the Rafale Route to Purchase Russian T-50 Stealth Fighters
August 11, 2015 @ 11:31 AMIndia may opt for off-the-shelf purchase of three squadrons of the Russian T-50 fifth generation stealth fighters, instead of taking the earlier Joint R & D route to manufacture 127 fighters in India. Just as the Indian MoD abandoned discussions for licence-manufacture of the Rafale in India and went in for direct procurement of three squadrons, it may do the same in case of the T-50 for speedier procurement
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Indian Navy's Sikorsky Chopper Procurement Rebooted
August 8, 2015 @ 12:39 PMIndian navy's procurement of the 16 multi-role naval helicopters from Sikorsky could be delayed following a restart of negotiations with the US company. The negotiations have restarted after the American company demanded for a price escalation to which the Indian MOD had refused, defence minister Manohar Parrikar told Indian parliament on Friday
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Indian Defence R & D Budget Shows Declining Trend
August 8, 2015 @ 10:56 AMIndias defence research and development budget has remained static, if not declining in the last two years. In 2014-15, the R&D spend of the ministry of defence (MoD) has been Rs 15,282
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Spain Approves US Reaper Drone Purchase
August 6, 2015 @ 04:29 PMSpain has approved a proposal to buy four US Reaper surveillance drones worth a $27 million. The defence ministry has selected the bid from General Dynamics, which has a teaming agreement with Spanish engineering firm Sener, to supply it with four Reaper drones, a ministry spokesman said
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AgustaWestland Chopper Scam "torpedoes" Indian Navy Scorpenes
August 5, 2015 @ 02:29 PMThe Indian Navy has been unable to obtain heavy weight torpedoes from a Finmeccanica group company, Wass for installation on its Scorpene submarines owing to the Italian company being blacklisted in India. Wass Italy had won a contract to supply heavy weight tropedoes for the Navy's Project 75 submarines in 2014
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India Falls Short Of Tanks And Artillery Ammunition
July 31, 2015 @ 09:53 AMIndia faces serious shortage of ammunition especially for tanks and artillery and has stocks enough for only 10 days of war. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had noted in May this year that stocks of 125 out of 170 kinds of ammunition or, to put it differently, 74 per cent of the total stocks are not enough for even 20 days of a shooting war
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Rafale Negotiating Team to Prepare Draft Agreement
July 31, 2015 @ 08:33 AMA draft agreement to purchase 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft will be prepared by the Indian team after concluding negotiation with their French counterparts. Indian defence minister Manohar Parrikar told parliament that team has commenced negotiations but did not specify how long the negotiations would go on
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