Angad Singh and Pushan Das help StratPost editor Saurabh Joshi understand how the new IAF fighter contest will be different from the last one and why it will take two general elections before an order is placed.
Podcast: Breaking down MMRCA 2.0
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Honeywell launches new tactical vest in India
The Centurion composite vest claims a weight reduction of 35-40%
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The Centurion composite vest claims a weight reduction of 35-40% and is based on Honeywell’s Spectra fibre, which it says is 15 times stronger than steel, weight for weight.
Airbus to offer Eurofighter for MMRCA 2.0
Updated: Dassault to offer Rafale too, completing the MMRCA 6
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Updated: MMRCA 2.0 will be a repeat of the MMRCA contest with the same six aircraft: F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III, MiG-35, F-16 Block 70, Gripen E, Eurofighter and Rafale.
OFB official tweets query on army chief’s comments
The tweet has since been deleted
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General Rawat’s comments were critical of OFB’s products and were made with reference to a recent controversy over changes in rules for the supply of uniforms to troops.
Podcast: Ankit Panda at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2018
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Ankit Panda, Senior Editor at The Diplomat reviews new constructs like the ‘Indo-Pacific’, the ‘Quad’ and Indo-U.S. relations with Saurabh Joshi at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2018.
MoD issues export wishlist to industry
This includes fighters, tanks, artillery, UAVs, small arms...
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The list of 51 items proposed consists of a range of equipment and includes fighter aircraft, amphibian aircraft, tanks, artillery, small arms among others.
‘We’re happy to meet anyone at altitude’
Lockheed Martin looks forward to an open Indian contest for 110 fighters
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Lockheed Martin’s Vivek Lall welcomed the IAF’s open contest for 110 fighter aircraft and explained why he thinks the F-16 makes a good case for India.
Detailed: Lockheed Martin’s F-16 offer to India
The company has offered the only 'bisexual' F-16 Block 70 for the IAF contest
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Find out exactly what Lockheed Martin is offering for the F-16 Block 70 to India, the only F-16 concept to feature both drogue as well as receptacle refueling, plus Auto GCAS, besides other Indian-spec requirements.
Rubin offers 80% indigenous Amur submarine to India
The Russian design bureau will bid with Larsen & Toubro for the P75(I) program
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United Shipbuilding Corporation design bureau Rubin is offering the Amur 1650 submarine with AIP in partnership with Larsen & Toubro for the Indian Navy’s P75(I) program for six submarines.
Boeing to explore KC-46 dual-fuel capability for India
Indian RFI requires tankers to be able to refuel western & Russian aircraft
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The IAF currently operates four types of fighter aircraft of Russian origin and two western fighter models, with a third — the Rafale — expected to be added to the fleet by September 2019.
Airbus offers two birds for NUH program*
*And hopes the Indian Navy will pick the Panther AS565 over the H135M
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Airbus VP Ashish Saraf explains why they’re offering two helicopters for the same Indian Navy program, how new performance parameters could change the result & the challenges of strategic partnerships.
BAE Systems looks at Make in India for global supply chain
The company's 1st Suppliers Summit evaluated around 70 Indian companies
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Chief Procurement Officer Paul Smith told StratPost that identifying suppliers for offsets for the Indian M777 artillery order is only a small part of their USD 12 billion global supply chain requirement.
Boeing pitches Indian F/A-18 line with HAL, Mahindra
Boeing has offered the Block III Super Hornet to the Indian Navy & IAF
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Boeing is the third international manufacturer to have announced a partnership with Indian companies for the production of fighter aircraft in India.
Book launch, defence minister, controversy. Repeat.
India's defence ministers could consider rote-learning their nuclear doctrine
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Taken literally, the defence minister’s words could have signified a change in India’s nuclear deterrence policy, which is structured around No First Use followed by ‘massive retaliation’.
How the USAF chief ended up in the LCA
Hint: The Tejas was not his first choice for a ride in an IAF fighter aircraft
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An LCA ride might have turned into something else entirely, had the original request for a demonstration flight been acceded by the Indian Air Force.
