MMRCA deal still some way off as irritants remain
Though India and France failed to ink the much-awaited US $12-billion 126 MMRCA deal during the French defence minister's visit on Friday, the two sides discussed military cooperation, including high-technology areas involving joint research and development and transfer of technology. Though India and France failed to ink the much-awaited US $12-billion 126 MMRCA deal during the French defence minister’s visit on Friday, the two sides discussed military cooperation, including high-technology areas involving joint research and d…
Russia says in race to bag mega sub deal
It is considered an outsider in the race to bag the Indian navy's contract for a new generation, long endurance conventional submarine but Russia maintains it is a strong contender as it will soon have the Air Independent Propulsion. It was the lack of the AIP, which drastically increases the capability of a submarine to stay underwater by reducing dependence on compressed oxygen to burn fuel, that was seen as a disadvantage to Russia's participation in the navy's Project 75I to procure six new generation conventional subma…
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