A Kargil martyr’s daughter would get angry waiting for someone to write about her dad. She has finally written a book, herself. Diksha Dwivedi tells Saurabh Joshi why she wrote Letters from Kargil and what it was like growing up for the daughter of Major Chandra Bhushan Dwivedi, 315 Field Regiment.
We examine lessons learned from the MMRCA contest and look at seven ways to derisk the process to prevent a repeat of the result in the earlier MMRCA competition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The list of 51 items proposed consists of a range of equipment and includes fighter aircraft, amphibian aircraft, tanks, artillery, small arms among others.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 is the third international manufacturer to have announced a partnership with Indian companies for the production of fighter aircraft in India.
