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Has India Put the FGFA Project with Russia on Back-burner?
June 15, 2015 @ 02:07 PMIndia may delay its involvement in the Future Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) Project with Russia and instead focus on the acquisition of medium multi role combat aircraft(MMRCA) such as the Dassault Rafale and another lighter jet to meet the immediate requirements of the Indian Air Force. Informed sources told Defenseworld
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Polish Parliament Votes To Raise Defense Spending
May 28, 2015 @ 04:33 PMThe Polands Sejm lower parliamentary house has voted to increase the defense spending from 1.95 percent to 2 percent of GDP on Wednesday
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Indian MoD Clears Purchase of BAE Systems M777 Howitzers
May 13, 2015 @ 07:47 PMIndias Defence Acquisition Council tonight cleared the procurement of M777 howitzers made by BAE Systems of the US. A council meeting chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar approved the purchase and the start of negotiations with the US government as it will be a procurement under the Foreign Military Sales program
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AugustaWestland VVIP Chopper Probe At Advanced Stage
May 9, 2015 @ 01:55 PMIndias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in Agustawestland VVIP chopper deal has reached an advanced stage, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh said in parliament on Friday. The minister said in a written reply to a question, “The investigation is in advanced stage and during the probe, the central investigative agency has sent Letters Rogatory to Italy, Tunisia, Mauritius in 2013 and UAE, UK, Switzerland, Singapore and British Virgin Islands in 2014
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FGFA's R & D Phase Yet To Be Concluded
May 9, 2015 @ 11:41 AMThe Research & Development (R&D) phase of Indian Air Forces Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project is yet to be concluded, Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar said in a Parliament today. As per the draft R&D Contract, the delivery of FGFA can commence after 94 months from the start of the contract
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Indian Sukhoi-30MKI Fighters Have No Protective Shelters; Parliamentary Report
May 8, 2015 @ 11:48 AMThe Parliamentary Committee on Defense in a recent report has asked the ministry of defense to speed up the process of setting up hardened aircraft shelters for the Indian Air Force frontline combat aircraft, Sukhoi-30MKI, Indian Express reported Tuesday. “The committee is concerned to find that our Air Force, which is already short of planes and worse than that hardened shelters for the existing limited number of aircrafts are not available,” the report submitted in the parliament recently said
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India To Start Manufacturing Its Own ‘Bofors’ Artillery Gun
April 28, 2015 @ 11:23 AMUsing drawings supplied as part of technology transfer of the original Bofors gun, the Indian Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) plans it manufacture some 114 pieces of its homemade artillery called ‘Dhanush. The plan is to equip six army batteries with the homemade gun
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BEL Exports Hull Mounted SONARs To Myanmar
April 28, 2015 @ 11:06 AMIndias Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has exported three hull-mounted SONARs to Myanmar based on the technology developed by DRDO, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said in a written reply at the parliament today. Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed SONARs for Indian Navy and has transferred technology to Indian Industries for manufacture and supply to Indian Navy
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India’s Indigenous Artillery Gun ‘Dhanush’ Meets Tech Parameters
April 27, 2015 @ 01:43 PMIndias indigenously designed and manufactured 155mm x 45mm caliber artillery gun, Dhanush has successfully met all technical parameters during the winter and summer trials, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar told at the Parliament today. Informing the Members of Parliament of the Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry, the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said
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Rafale Acquisition ‘On Better Terms’ Than Under RFP
April 25, 2015 @ 11:59 AMIndias proposed acquisition of 36 Rafale aircraft from France would be “on terms better than that conveyed by Dassault Aviation as part of a separate process”, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said. The procurement of the Rafale Jets in a fly-away condition would be made “as quickly as possible” to meet the critical operational necessity for Multirole Combat Aircraft for Indian Air Force (IAF), the minister said in the Indian Parliament yesterday
India Commissions New Russian-Built Project 11356 Frigate ‘Tamal’
U.S. Approves $510M Sale of JDAM Guidance Kits to Israel
Turkey to Prioritize 10-Ton Multi-Role Helicopter over ATAK-2 Combat Chopper
Russia Shows All-weather Anti-drone Electronic Warfare System 'Radon-O'
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
