The Indian Air Force (IAF) Tuesday lost a combat pilot when a MiG-21 fighter jet he was flying crashed near Bikaner in Rajasthan.
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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.
Navy inducts interceptor boats
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The Indian Navy has inducted three Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC). These are the first of fifteen FICs in an order to a French manufacturer worth around USD 13 million. A second order worth USD 67 million for the acquisition of 80 more FICs has been given to Solas Lanka.
Book Review: …So That Others May Live
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) is launching a book on Thursday, detailing the history of their experience of humanitarian, supply and special operations.
MMRCA may already have one assured winner
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Top brass split over Mirage upgrade
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With the USD 2.4 billion Mirage-2000 upgrade deal with France in its final stages, India’s defense ministry and air force top brass seem to be split over the high costs and likely benefits to the country’s future air power needs.
Army’s 2nd OTA at Gaya opens next month
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India is all set to open a swanky new military training academy at Gaya in Bihar in a month to augment the number of troop commanders.
Krishna visiting Myanmar to engage civilian government
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For the first time since a civilian government took over in Myanmar, India will hold a high-level engagement with it when External Affairs Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna will be on a three-day visit to Yangon and new capital Nay Pyi Taw beginning Monday.
Indian military team heads to China
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Rashtriya Rifles’ Delta Force commander Major General Gurmeet Singh, responsible for anti-insurgency operations in Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban areas of Jammu and Kashmir, will head the eight-member delegation that will tour Beijing and Urumqi in Xinjiang province in western China.
Navy looking for more helicopters
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The Indian Navy has issued a Request For Information for a second batch of Multi-Role Helicopters, even with the existing tender process for 16 helicopters still under way. Unlike the earlier tender, the new RFI is also taking Life Cycle Cost into consideration as part of the assessment process.
India signs order for 10 C-17 aircraft
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Boeing will establish a High Altitude Engine Test Facility as well as a Trisonic Wind Tunnel Facility at India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
ITBP recognized for counter-insurgency school
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The Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was a self-funded training camp until it was formally sanctioned by Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on May 6, 2011, in recognition of its exceptional and state-of-the-art training.
