With the selection of the Rafale Marine by the Indian Navy, here’s a look at how it happened, and the challenges and consequences ahead.
Tag: Comptroller and Auditor General
Rafale, Part Deux
That Fighter Thing Again
The IAF's new contest for fighters has major problems ahead
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•Supreme Court dismisses Rafale order challenge
SC order notable for factual errors, restricting scope of judicial scrutiny
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•Navy MiG-29K in Goa crash
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•‘Make in India’ minus military preparedness?
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•Navy dumps LCA, plans new fighter
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•Before you make it, you gotta shake it
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•Fighters for the IAF: Creating paths to a dead-end
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•An alternate theory of the MMRCA process – II
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•This is the second and concluding installment of the two-part analysis of the process of acquisition of 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Bell Boeing to brief India on V-22 Osprey
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•CAG raps Indian Navy for buying combat planes sans weapons
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•The Indian Navy came in for a hard rap from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Thursday for buying Russian MiG-29K combat planes without their weapons systems, rendering them toothless.
Three IAF officers punished for aerostat accident
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•Three Indian Air Force (IAF) officers had to face disciplinary action after a Rs.338-crore aerostat radar suffered a major accident, requiring repairs that cost INR 30.2 billion, the government’s auditor has found.
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.
Navy gets fleet tanker
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•The Indian Navy commissioned the first of two fleet tankers built by the Italian ship-builder Fincantieri on Friday. The INS Deepak (Lamp) was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai by the Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony.
Indian fleet tanker launched in Italy
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•The Indian Navy’s new fleet tanker, Shakti (Power), was launched on Monday at Fincantieri’s Sestre Ponente Shipyard of Fincantieri in Geoa in Italy.