No word from India-China corps commanders meet
China passes an authoritarian security law for Hong Kong
Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs
Boeing suffers a 97 aircraft order cancellation
Rude morale patch gets US Navy aviators a scolding
Boris’s ride is back from the body shop
India bans the TikTok smartphone app
Indian and Chinese corps commanders to meet on Tuesday
Japan cancels Aegis Ashore
US-Russian intercepts
New AESA radar for German Eurofighter Typhoons
Saab’s Mats Palmberg gives the details about their INAC/Indian Aircraft Company proposal that is part of their offer of the Gripen to India.
Director General (Acquisitions) Apurva Chandra clarified at a webinar on Friday that ‘We have already launched two programs on it (Chapter 07) and we don’t foresee a change in this (FDI limits)’.
Angad Singh, military author and Project Coordinator at the Observer Research Foundation examines the response of the Indian armed forces to the Covid 19 contagion, its impact on operational availability, defence supplies and defence budgets.
Veteran defence journalist Sujan Dutta explains the setting of the Coronavirus outbreak in the Indian Navy establishment in Mumbai and its implications.
All of them are logistics sailors who come from the same block at INS Angre, which is the base depot ship or offshore administrative hub of the Indian Navy at Mumbai and services multiplying outlining naval units.
The F-15EX is neither a ‘navy fighter’ nor a renamed F-16 and the IAF is curious about it. That’s why the Rafale might finally have a formidable challenger, if India can get past the fact that it’s American.
According to the company, “We’re establishing a supply chain footprint that could do a minimum of forty percent of a future buy,” adding, “BAE Systems would like a request for a proposal for more Ultra-Lightweight Howitzers but we’d like to see a minimum of forty percent made in India.”
Lucknow will see global aviation majors exhibiting at DefExpo 2020 with a line-up that includes Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Saab, India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and France’s Dassault Aviation.
The defence ministry says the number of foreign companies at the event has increased from 160 the last time to 172 and the booked exhibition space has almost doubled from the Chennai edition.
Seven naval personnel were arrested earlier this month after an alleged spy ring with links to Pakistan was exposed by Andhra Pradesh Intelligence & Naval Intelligence. Besides social networking, smartphones have also been banned for use by naval personnel onboard ships and bases.
India’s foreign ministry quickly & firmly shut down chatter from U.S. President Donald Trump about mediating in Kashmir, while meeting Pakistan PM Imran Khan. Trump claimed that Indian PM Narendra Modi had asked him to mediate Kashmir ‘two weeks back’. The MEA replied in short order: No, he didn’t.
The IAF’s new contest for fighter aircraft is expected to get underway over the next few months. But there remain a number of significant outstanding problems ahead, that could delay or derail the process.
Part III of this analysis examines the implications of the single most interesting data point to emerge from the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. This date has never been mentioned in earlier media reports, and what is almost startlingly significant is not only what transpired on this date, but the fact of the date, itself.
