Surya Kiran pilot dead in Aero India rehearsal crash Wing Commander Sahil...
Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi, who had been with SKAT since the team was re-formed in 2016 with the induction of the Hawk aircraft, went down in his aircraft after it collided with another SKAT Hawk...
View ArticleBoeing gets new boss for India ops Salil Gupte was vice president of Boeing...
Salil Gupte was vice president of Boeing Capital Corporation and succeeds Pratyush Kumar as President of Boeing India. Kumar left the position in November 2018 to go as vice president and program...
View ArticleAero India 2019 begins today 403 exhibitors, 63 aircraft, A330 Neo, AN-132,...
The airshow has 403 exhibitors participating in this edition of which 165 are international exhibitors. 63 aircraft will be present at the show, either on static display or for flight demonstrations....
View Article#RafaleScam: The CAG’s History How the game was fixed for the French fighter
Part I of this three-part analysis is a contextual reading of the February 2019 CAG report and outlines how the IAF's MMRCA contest was fixed to get the Rafale back into the contest after it was...
View ArticleHow the MMRCA was killed #RafaleScam And the Eurofighter was shafted by...
Part II of this analysis examines how the defence ministry's Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC) interpreted an inflated cost analysis of the Eurofighter bid and undervalued the cost of the Rafale...
View Article#RafaleScam: The Crucial Date The date reveals what was known, to whom, and when
Part III of this analysis examines the implications of the single most interesting data point to emerge from the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. This date has never been...
View ArticleThat Fighter Thing Again The IAF's new contest for fighters has major...
The IAF's new contest for fighter aircraft is expected to get underway over the next few months. But there remain a number of significant outstanding problems ahead, that could delay or derail the...
View ArticleTrump offers to mediate Kashmir, shut down by India MEA denies Trump claim PM...
India's foreign ministry quickly & firmly shut down chatter from U.S. President Donald Trump about mediating in Kashmir, while meeting Pakistan PM Imran Khan. Trump claimed that Indian PM Narendra...
View ArticleScoop: Indian Navy bans Facebook for all personnel No Bumble, Tinder,...
Seven naval personnel were arrested earlier this month after an alleged spy ring with links to Pakistan was exposed by Andhra Pradesh Intelligence & Naval Intelligence. Besides social networking,...
View ArticleDefExpo 2020 begins Wednesday MoD: 'Biggest ever DefExpo to be held in India'
The defence ministry says the number of foreign companies at the event has increased from 160 the last time to 172 and the booked exhibition space has almost doubled from the Chennai edition.
View ArticleAviation giants to show off at DefExpo 2020 Dassault is the debutante at the...
Lucknow will see global aviation majors exhibiting at DefExpo 2020 with a line-up that includes Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Saab, India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and France's Dassault...
View ArticleBAE Systems wants to build 40% of M777 in India And they'd like a Request For...
According to the company, "We're establishing a supply chain footprint that could do a minimum of forty percent of a future buy," adding, "BAE Systems would like a request for a proposal for more...
View ArticleF-15 offer could disrupt Indian fighter contest But only if the Indian Air...
The F-15EX is neither a 'navy fighter' nor a renamed F-16 and the IAF is curious about it. That's why the Rafale might finally have a formidable challenger, if India can get past the fact that it's...
View ArticleMumbai: 21 Indian Navy sailors test positive for #Coronavirus Positive cases...
All of them are logistics sailors who come from the same block at INS Angre, which is the base depot ship or offshore administrative hub of the Indian Navy at Mumbai and services multiplying outlining...
View ArticlePodcast: INS Angre Coronavirus outbreak
Veteran defence journalist Sujan Dutta explains the setting of the Coronavirus outbreak in the Indian Navy establishment in Mumbai and its implications.
View ArticlePodcast: Impact of Covid-19 on Military Preparedness
Angad Singh, military author and Project Coordinator at the Observer Research Foundation examines the response of the Indian armed forces to the Covid 19 contagion, its impact on operational...
View ArticleNo FDI hike in strategic partnership projects: MoD Chapter 07 projects will...
Director General (Acquisitions) Apurva Chandra clarified at a webinar on Friday that 'We have already launched two programs on it (Chapter 07) and we don't foresee a change in this (FDI limits)'.
View ArticleThe Trouble with ToD Alternatives, Duration, Training and Unit Dynamics are...
Brigadier Rajiv Williams (retired) explains the problems with the recently floated idea of a three-year Tour of Duty in the army and recommends, instead, a greater focus on increasing the flexibility...
View ArticleQ&A: Saab’s pitch for an Indian Aircraft Co. The proposed INAC will assemble...
Saab's Mats Palmberg gives the details about their INAC/Indian Aircraft Company proposal that is part of their offer of the Gripen to India.
View ArticleDefending ground or defending a new reality
As China menaces India’s access to the Karakoram Pass, Sujan Dutta explains that Delhi needs to defend its ground or end up papering over the changed reality.
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