A couple suspected of being Israeli spies were arrested in the southern Indian city of Kochi, Kerala on February 5. Local newspapers, which reported the arrest, quoted unnamed police officials as stating that Shneor Zalman and Yaffa Shenoi, both Israeli passport holders, to be 'foreign agents'
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 will likely fail to meet two of the Korean Air Force’s key requirements — the ability to carry weapons externally and fly at Mach 1.6 (1,930 kilometers per hour) or faster, according to the Korean Times
While the Russian Defense Ministry is looking to equip itself with ‘NATO standard’ weapons, Russian manufacturers tell the Defense Ministry to “buy what we have”, according to a Ria Novosti report. On Friday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was quoted as saying that it was “untenable when manufacturers do not comply to Nato standards”
Dassault Aviation is preparing to hold discussions with the Indian MOD's contract negotiations committee (CNC) in the coming weeks to freeze the Rafale aircraft architecture as the next step in its quest to sign the estimated $12 billion contract. A source from Dassault told Defenseworld
There are grey areas in industrial licensing and foreign direct investment (FDI) policy which is hindering the follow of foreign investment in India. India has no comprehensive list of what constitutes a weapons product
RUAG, a technology partner of the Swiss Armed Forces, teamed up with systems specialist Rheinmetall to manufacture and market the armoured engineer and mine clearance vehicle. The vehicle represents a technological world first based on a Leopard-2 chassis
India will procure 500 air-to-air missiles from French firm MBDA for IAF's Mirage 2000 aircraft fleet which are being upgraded by Dassault-Thales. The missiles are worth Euro 950 million, nearly three fourths as much as what the aircraft upgrade will cost
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