BAE Systems and the U.S. government will deliver 25 M777 Ultra Light Howitzers off the shelf, while a further 120 will be assembled in India with Indian partner Mahindra.
DAC approves $750m M777 artillery buy
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HAL conducts 1st carriage flight of air-launched BrahMos
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The 45-minute flight was conducted on a modified Sukhoi-30MKI. HAL plans to convert around 40 aircraft to carry the BrahMos cruise missile.
What could Indian and Singapore Defense Industry Talk About?
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Here’s why the first India-Singapore defense industry joint working group held last May didn’t include Singapore’s biggest defense company.
Modified Defense FDI Policy Awaits Test Case
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‘Modern’ technologies may reasonably be understood to be a much larger set than ‘state of the art’ technologies. Only a test case would determine what would fly, though.
Mr. Parrikar goes to Singapore
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The presence of the Indian defense minister at the Shangri La Dialogue made an impression, at a time when the South China Sea was on everyone’s minds.
Saab adds GaN AESA co-dev to Make in India Gripen pitch
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Saab has offered its cutting-edge Gallium Nitride AESA radar technology if India decides to produce the Gripen fighter aircraft for the IAF.
Saab lays out Gripen Make in India plan
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Saab proposes to train Indian engineers in Sweden to build Indian Gripen aircraft while simultaneously building a greenfield facility for Make in India.
IAF chief flies Gripen
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He is on a five-day tour of Sweden as part of discussions on cooperation in aerospace and defence between the two countries.
Navy retires Sea Harriers
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With the retirement of the Sea Harriers, the Indian Navy will no longer operate VTOL fighter aircraft and INAS 300 will convert to MiG-29K/KUB aircraft.
MoD calls deaths of WW2 pensioners ‘natural wastage’
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Natural wastage is not how most people would describe the passing of Second World War pensioners and their families. But tell that to a babu.
Denel back in India with a twist
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Facing a row because of ties to the South African Gupta family, Denel resurfaced in India as an exhibitor at DefExpo 2016 after years of blacklisting.
Tata-Boeing to build Apache fuselage facility
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Tata and Boeing will start work on a manufacturing facility for the Apache AH-64E gunship fuselage of which 22 have been ordered by the Indian Air Force.
Race on to sell fighters to India
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Boeing, Saab and Lockheed Martin are offering to build fighters in India and each is bringing something different to the table.
Lockheed Martin to pitch F-16 line transfer to India
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Lockheed Martin is offering to transfer its F-16 assembly line to India with officials proposing the idea to the Indian government in April.
Pak malware spied on Indian targets: FireEye
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The threat actor also capitalized quickly on an attack at Indian Air Force base at Pathankot in early 2016 as a theme for lure documents.
