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
Daily Podcast | 30 June 2020
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Q&A: Saab’s pitch for an Indian Aircraft Co.
The proposed INAC will assemble & deliver the Gripen in India
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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.
No FDI hike in strategic partnership projects: MoD
Chapter 07 projects will not see hike in max. automatic FDI to 74%
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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)’.
Podcast: Impact of Covid-19 on Military Preparedness
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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.
Podcast: INS Angre Coronavirus outbreak
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Veteran defence journalist Sujan Dutta explains the setting of the Coronavirus outbreak in the Indian Navy establishment in Mumbai and its implications.
Mumbai: 21 Indian Navy sailors test positive for #Coronavirus
Positive cases are logistics sailors from INS Angre
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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.
F-15 offer could disrupt Indian fighter contest
But only if the Indian Air Force is ready to buy American
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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.
BAE Systems wants to build 40% of M777 in India
And they'd like a Request For Proposal for a follow-on order, please
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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.”
Aviation giants to show off at DefExpo 2020
Dassault is the debutante at the ball
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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.
DefExpo 2020 begins Wednesday
MoD: 'Biggest ever DefExpo to be held in India'
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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.
Scoop: Indian Navy bans Facebook for all personnel
No Bumble, Tinder, Instagram, WhatsApp or Messenger for sailors, either. Nor smartphones onboard ships and at bases.
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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.
Trump offers to mediate Kashmir, shut down by India
MEA denies Trump claim PM Modi asked him to mediate
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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.
That Fighter Thing Again
The IAF's new contest for fighters has major problems ahead
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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.
#RafaleScam: The Crucial Date
The date reveals what was known, to whom, and when
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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.
How the MMRCA was killed #RafaleScam
And the Eurofighter was shafted by interpretation of costs
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Part II of this analysis examines how the defence ministry’s Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC) interpreted an inflated cost analysis of the Eurofighter bid and undervalued the cost of the Rafale bid, five times.
