Washington (DC): India and US today concluded a key agreement that will help smooth transfer of classified military technologies and information between private companies of both nations to enable growth in their bilateral defence trade that has grown to nearly $17 billion already in the last 12 years. […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: The Indian Navy has come up with the latest edition of its ‘Naval Aviation Indigenisation Road‘ (NAIR) for a three-year period till 2022, which includes spares and parts for its aviation assets including the Russian-origin MiG29K variants and the US-made P8I maritime […]
New Delhi: Driven by budgetary constraints and the need for faster modernisation of the armed forces, India today cut down its purchase of Boeing Co. P8I aircraft by 40 per cent to just six, instead of the navy’s projected need for 10, people with knowledge of the matter […]
New Delhi: India’s highest defence procurement decision-making panel will take up for approval a navy proposal to buy 10 Boeing P8I surveillance aircraft for a whopping $3 billion, people with knowledge of the meeting agenda said today. The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, […]
New Delhi: India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’ could enter a contest against China-Pakistan JF-17 in the Royal Malaysian Air Force‘s tender. If Tejas wins the race to supply 36 new light combat aircraft to Malaysia, this will be India’s first foreign sale and export of the indigenous […]
Snapshot * $2.8-billion contract is for A321XLR aircraft deliveries beginning 2023 * Two more A320/A321 flight simulators for the aviation academy New Delhi: European aerospace major Airbus SE won a 20-plane order from Vietnam’s VietJet Aviation JSC for the A320neo narrow-body aircraft valued at $2.8 billion at list […]
New Delhi: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SE today landed one of its largest-ever deals with the sale of 300 narrow-bodied planes from its stable to Indian budget carrier IndiGo, an order worth at least $33 billion. The contract for the A320neo Family aircraft includes the latest extended long […]
New Delhi: American aerospace major Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the arrival of the first four AH-64E Apaches for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Hindan Air Force Station. An additional four Apaches will arrive in the coming week, and the eight will then move to the […]
