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Defence Ministry gives nod to indigenous choppers, fire control systems, & naval gunsThe order is a boost for the Make in India initiative, given that the chopper has been fully designed and developed in-house by HAL, borrow...
Cash crunch forces military to take equipment on leaseThe maritime force also recently issued a request for information (RFI) to foreign companies for the lease of 24 twin-engine armed light ut...
On eve of Trump's visit, India finalises $3.5 billion defence deals to be inked with USIndia has finalized two more mega defence deals with the US, together worth over $3.5 billion (Rs 25,000 crore) for 30 heavy-duty armed hel...
Alpha Design seeks to join Naval Chopper upgrade work in tieup with Adani DefenceADTL had written to the Navy last month that it has expertise in MLU of helicopters and has a “strong partnership” with Adani Defence that ...
US places its latest tanker aircraft to meet India’s need for longer legs in the airThe Boeing KC 46 'Pegasus' tanker has been presented to the Indian air force a few times in the past few months and interest has been shown...
Defence preparedness: 6 recent developments that will boost India's submarine fleetIndia's first indegenously developed nuclear submarine Arihant, which has completed the sea trials held so far, will undergo its maiden mis...
Anti-submarine helicopter acquisition delay has Navy in dire straitsAmerican firm Sikorsky has demanded a steep hike from India for proposed acquisition of 16 of its S-70B choppers on grounds of delay of con...
Lack of helicopters hits Navy's operational capabilities against enemy submarinesThe situation has become so desperate that the Navy has now submitted a “dissent note” to the MoD against the move to junk the procurement ...
ET Defence Bulletin: Stories you should not miss (December 17, 2016)This is a list of the top defence stories of today.
India imposes partial ban on fresh arms contracts with Finmeccanica but allows ongoing onesMoD also said cases in which a Finmeccanica is a subcontractor to a contracting party with the government of India" will go ahead as usual.
Government defers decision on 16 naval multi-role helicoptersThe two contenders in the competition are the European NH-90 helicopters and the American Sikorsky-70B choppers.
- French aerospace firm Thales eyes Indian market with cooperation from HAL
French aerospace major Thales plans to expand business in India in cooperation with defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
FDI in defence: Raising cap may help reduce dependence on importsUnless India hikes the cap on FDI in defence from 26% to 49%, foreign players may shy away from aligning with Indian partners.
Chopper scam: Finmeccanica's India expansion plans may crash, Tatas say no threat to JVThe Rs 3,760-crore helicopter scam may affect India expansion plans of Finmeccanica, whose subsidiary AgustaWestland is at the heart of the...