Baltiisky Zavod, a state-controlled shipyard in northwest Russia, will manufacture ship components for India's Navy worth over $20 million, the company said Monday.
The plant in St. Petersburg will produce three sets of shaft lines for Project 15-A destroyers, which are currently being built in India, under a contract signed in April 2007. Each set includes two shaft lines and two propellers.
Israel not only emerged as India’s second biggest defence equipment partner last year but is poised to maintain the tempo, with the Defence Ministry considering at least 18 projects in which Tel Aviv could be a potential partner, according to Defence Ministry sources.
If the deal for 126 fighter aircraft does not go Russia’s way and it loses out in the race for some projects under consideration, Israel could emerge as the biggest exporter of defence equipment.
One of the most eagerly awaited fighter jet competitions is now under way, with India requesting for proposals from six manufacturers for its 126 multirole combat aircraft requirement.
"We've got the ball rolling," says the Indian defence ministry, which expects technical responses to the 211-page RFP by 3 March 2008. The Indian air force will then evaluate the bids and conduct field trials over the next few years. Commercial bids
Air Commodore Subhash Chander Luthra VSM took over as Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of 3 Base Repair Depot (3 BRD) Air Force here today. In an impressive handing over ceremony accompanied with ceremonial parade at 3 BRD, Air Commodore Luthra assumed the charge of the Command from Air Commodore RK Srivastava who has been promoted to the rank of air Vice Marshal and posted out to Air Headquarter, New Delhi. Addressing the air warriors on the occasion, the outgoing AOC thanked them for their whole-hearted support in fulfilling the multifarious tasks of 3 BRD during his tenure.
Trained to be only winners in battles, nearly five thousand military personnel from 89 nations across the globe on the last count will compete with each other at the biggest multi-sport International event of 2007 on the world stage - the fourth edition of the 'Conseil International du Sport Militaire's' (CISM) Military World Games (MWG), being hosted at Hyderabad and Mumbai from October 14-21, in India.
The ambassadors of the armed forces of the participating nations will sportingly achieve the underlying CISM mission - promote peace through friendship, set against the backdrop of the CISM motto - 'friendship through sport', adopted in 1948. But that
Iran says it has succeeded both in restoring its F-14 fighter-jet fleet to operational service and in developing its own GPS-guided smart bomb.
Industry sources said Iranian defense firms have been overhauling and upgrading F-14A fighter-jets. They said the Defense Ministry has overseen a serial production line for F-14 overhaul.
After catering to the requirements of the Indian armed forces for decades, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now eyeing export of military hardware taking advantage of lower production costs at home.
DRDO sees export potential for certain types of rifles, rockets, and radars, while it had also secured orders for delivery of BrahMos cruise missile developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture, its Chief Controller (R&D) Dr W Selvamurthy, told PTI here.
India is developing a military appetite to match its growing economic power, and defense contractors are scrambling to profit.
As the country overhauls its largely Soviet-era military arsenal, it could spend as much as $40 billion over the next five years purchasing everything from artillery to submarines to tanks, analysts estimate.
In particular, American defense contractors are now aggressively pursuing bids after decades of Cold War alliances and sanctions kept India off limits.
In terms of "potential for growth, India is our top market," said Richard Kirkland, the Lockheed Martin president for South Asia.
Better late than never, seems to be the watchword at South Block as the government finally issued the long-delayed global tender for providing the Indian Air Force (IAF) with a new fleet of 126 lightweight fighters last Tuesday. The document reportedly outlines requirements in areas like technology transfer, licensed manufacturing and through-life support arrangements for the Multi-role Combat Aircraft that will replace the ageing MiG-21 interceptors. The government has been sitting on the IAF’s request
Even as the differences between the UPA and the Left over the Indo-US nuclear deal continue to simmer, the government has informed Parliament that the joint naval exercise by India, Japan, Australia, Singapore and the US, in the Bay of Bengal from September 4-9 “is in consonance with India’s foreign policy”.
The CPM polit bureau had described the move as being “harmful to India’s strategic interests” and the Left has announced two ‘jathas’ (processions) against the naval war games from September 4-8, coinciding with the exercise.
The government’s reply came in response to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on whether a joint naval exercise had been planned between the five countries
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