The appointment of Sergio Gor to the newly-created position of Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs does not need Senate approval, unlike nomination as ambassador, so he can begin dealing with India immediately, at a time when ties between the two countries have plunged over tariffs and Trump’s insistence on taking credit for the India-Pakistan ceasefire in May.
Russia has set up manufacturing of the Mango armour-piercing tank round in India, designed to be fired from the guns of T-72 and T-90 Main Battle Tanks and penetrate composite armour. It has also announced the delivery of 35,000 AK203 rifles to the Indian defence ministry, manufactured by the Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited joint venture at Korwa Ordnance Factory in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Modi visits troops in forward areas in Ladakh, India’s defence ministry approves the purchase of new missiles and fighter aircraft, Japan has changed its laws to secure information shared with friendly militaries and Nepal’s prime minister might have his fate decided on Saturday.
Progress is scarce on a resolution to the Ladakh stand-off
Australia plans to hike defence spending
NATO allies France and Turkey have had a row
Finland’s air force has discarded its old insignia
Germany has disbanded a special forces unit over right wing extremism
The defence ministry has provided a singular and unconvincing defence of why it did not ask for, or entertain, a competing commercial offer for the Eurofighter Typhoon pitched by Airbus.
A phone call by President Trump to PM Modi on Independence Day mentioned the setting up of a ‘2-by-2 ministerial dialogue’ between the two countries.
During his visit to New Delhi, the the U.S. NSA is expected to deliver an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Washington D.C. in the week of June 12.
Saab has offered its cutting-edge Gallium Nitride AESA radar technology if India decides to produce the Gripen fighter aircraft for the IAF.
Saab proposes to train Indian engineers in Sweden to build Indian Gripen aircraft while simultaneously building a greenfield facility for Make in India.
He is on a five-day tour of Sweden as part of discussions on cooperation in aerospace and defence between the two countries.
Boeing, Saab and Lockheed Martin are offering to build fighters in India and each is bringing something different to the table.
A recent intelligence alert has warned of terror attacks by Laskhar e Toiba in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming days, putting the sputtering dialogue between India and Pakistan under pressure.
The post-MMRCA narrative unfolding since April is one in which the Modi government has quietly reached out to at least three foreign OEMs to invite interest in building fighter aircraft in India.
Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar told Parliament on Thursday that the IAF tender for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) has been withdrawn.
The tender to manufacture the C-295 was the first aircraft procurement plan especially intended by the IAF and the defense ministry to be solely partnered in India by private industry.
