India's defence deficit is America's gain
Days before senior Pentagon functionary Ashton Carter arrived in New Delhi earlier this week, the defence ministry cleared purchase of six C-130 J Super Hercules special operations aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The deal, worth around Rs 4,000 crore, might well be the first in the series of big contracts lined up to be signed with the US in the coming months. US deputy secretary of defence Ashton Carter was upbeat after his interactions with Indian security establishment as his visit had served the purpose of giving a much needed pus…
US set to bag $5bn Indian Defence contracts
Having already bagged Indian defence contracts worth over $8 billion in recent years after muscling out Russia, Israel and France, the US is now headed towards clinching another four major deals worth almost $5 billion. Having already bagged Indian defence contracts worth over $8 billion in recent years after muscling out Russia, Israel and France, the US is now headed towards clinching another four major deals worth almost $5 billion. Defence ministry sources on Thursday said the deals for six more C-130J ” Super Hercules” air…
China-specific strike corps on table
The cabinet committee on security is to shortly take a call on the diplomatic ramifications of raising a new army formation for the China frontier in the east and the north-east. The cabinet committee on security is to shortly take a call on the diplomatic ramifications of raising a new army formation for the China frontier in the east and the north-east. The defence ministry has all but finalised the plan for a proposed “mountain strike corps” that the army has been wanting for the last two years, and officials believe the financial…
Indian firm to build parts for Boeing's Chinook
Indian firm Dynamatic Technologies Ltd (DTL) has been awarded a first supplier contract in the country to manufacture the aft pylon and cargo ramp assemblies for Boeing's model CH- 47F Chinook. Indian firm Dynamatic Technologies Ltd (DTL) has been awarded a first supplier contract in the country to manufacture the aft pylon and cargo ramp assemblies for Boeing’s model CH-47F Chinook, a platform that the IAF will be ordering 15 of shortly. Late last year, the IAF chose the CH-47F over the Mi-26T in its heavy-lift helicopter competi…
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