Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said the Charles de Gaulle battle team needed technical checks and rest after participating in the NATO-led Libya operation for almost five months.
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Russia, US plan new military cooperation deals
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This May, the US signed a USD 367.5 million contract with Russia to buy 21 Mi-17V5 military transport helicopters for the Afghan army, said the deputy chief of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.
Russia’s MiG starts new batch of fighters for Indian Navy
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Russia’s MiG aircraft corporation has launched production of a new batch of carrier fighters for the Indian Navy, a MiG spokesman said.
IAF has lost 999 planes in crashes since 1970
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) has lost 999 aircraft in crashes since 1970 and 39 percent of these accidents occurred due to pilot error, a parliamentary panel was informed by the defense ministry.
Defense sector to gain from $30 billion inflow
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The Indian defense industry will benefit from an inflow of $30 billion as offsets through military procurements from abroad over the next decade, according to a report submitted to parliament Wednesday.
Defense proposal caught in red tape
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In the committee’s report on budgetary demands for grants for 2011-12 submitted to Lok Sabha(Indian Lower House of Parliament) Wednesday, the defense ministry has told the committee that differences with the finance ministry on its plan size had led to it not being finalized yet.
India to focus on UN peacekeeping during presidency
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India will focus on the issue of UN peacekeeping during its UN Security Council presidency for the month of August, Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the UN has said.
Indigenous aircraft carrier launch this December: Antony
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The construction of India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) at Cochin is expected to be completed in December this year, after which the warship will be launched, Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurien Antony said Tuesday.
No US waiver to DRDO on technology imports: Antony
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The US has removed four Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) labs from the restricting Entity List that regulates technology exports, but it has not provided any waiver in acquiring technology without license or any exemption from existing obligations concerning exports.
Chinese aircraft carrier nears completion
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Fifty-year-old Li Xiaoyan, a senior colonel in the Chinese Navy, will command the ship.
IAF pilot killed in MiG-21 plane crash
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) Tuesday lost a combat pilot when a MiG-21 fighter jet he was flying crashed near Bikaner in Rajasthan.
Irregularities in road contracts for China border roads
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The government has ordered an investigation into alleged irregularities in allocation of Border Roads Organization (BRO) tenders for Indian roads along the border with China.
High Court clearance required for artillery tender
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The Delhi High Court has placed a hold on the acquisition of artillery guns by the Indian Army without its clearance. In the course of hearings of writ petitions filed by arms company, Singapore Technologies Kinetics, a bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishen Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher passed an interim order on May 02, 2011, asking the Ministry of Defense to refrain from awarding the tender without ‘leave and liberty of the court’.
Blog: Another strange arms marketing promo
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This is how the French shipyard Chantier Naval Couach marketed its Fast Interceptor Craft to the Indian Navy. The navy ordered 15 of the vessels and the first three were inducted last month.
India to hold naval drills with Turkey
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Four Turkish vessels are to arrive at Mumbai on Thursday and will hold exercises with Indian warships this week.
