These aircraft are part of a batch of 57 Hawks ordered jointly by the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force (IAF) for around 700 million pounds, the first 17 of which will go to the navy.
Navy to get 1st Hawk AJTs in July
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Israel Military Industries loses Indian blacklist challenge
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The Delhi High Court has dismissed the challenge filed by Israel Military Industries (IMI) to its blacklisting, saying there was no merit in its petition.
Riding the Atlas
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StratPost was invited to the annual Airbus Military Trade Media Briefing in Spain last week and, as it turned out, ended up getting a ride on the A400M. Read about the experience and check out all the pictures.
Images: Indian Navy Dhruv ALH flies for #IndNavAir60
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Check out these images of the Indian Navy’s Dhruv Advanced Light helicopters (ALH) preparing for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fleet Air Arm at INS Hansa in Goa this week.
India, China hold Flag Meeting
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The Flag Meeting took place on a day when Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurien Antony had some tough words for the intruders at the Unified Commanders Conference of the Indian armed forces.
Defense procurement changes fail to impress
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Kavi kehna kya chahta hai? Giving the iteration a thumbs-down, defense industry executives questioned the rationale behind some of the amendments and also expressed pessimism, saying in some cased it would ‘make things worse’.
Changes announced in Defense Procurement Procedure
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These changes are skewed to favor and encourage defense industry in India, some of which appear to have been influenced by reactions to corruption scandals. Do have a look at the list of changes, copied and pasted, verbatim, from the defense ministry press release.
5 Indian troops killed in South Sudan
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The troops were part of the UN Mission in South Sudan. Five other Indian army personnel were also injured. The casualties belonged to the Indian Army’s 6 Mahar and 9 Mechanized Infantry regiments.
Rolls Royce hopes to power IAF A-330 MRTTs
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Rolls Royce is hoping the IAF will select it’s Trent 700 engine over the GE CF-6 engine for the Airbus A-330 MRTT aircraft and is relying on performance, costs and market leadership to make its case.
Graphic: Defense Budget 2013
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Here’s a look at the pattern of the defense budget in the past two years and the changes in priorities for expenditure in the year 2013-14.
MEA’s planned outlay doubles
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This is the central plan segment of the MEA’s total expenditure, which is budgeted to be INR 11719 crore after last weeks budget announcement. Bhutan remains far ahead of Afghanistan as India’s largest beneficiary of foreign aid.
Why blacklisting doesn’t work
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Blacklisting is the politician’s response to cop out of responsibility for ensuring a corruption free defense acquisition process, that serves no purpose for either the Indian armed forces or the taxpayer, and is effectively the application of rules that govern the PWD (Public Works Department).
#ChopperScam: The Italian Job
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Here’s a quick narrative of how the alleged AgustaWestland corruption scandal unfolded, with links to the reports filed by the intrepid Manu Pubby of The Indian Express.
#ChopperScam Chatter
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The story about the arrest of Giuseppe Orsi, Chairman and CEO of Italian defense and aviation company, Finmeccanica, broke sometime on Tuesday afternoon, a few days less than a year when investigations first began into the company over allegations of corruption in Indian contracts.
BAE Systems quits DLSI JV with Mahindra
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BAE Systems is to sell its stake in Defence Land Systems India (DLSI) to Mahindra Defence Systems less than three weeks after the two issued a statement announcing a strategic review of their joint venture.
