New Delhi: At a time when the leak of Army chief General VK Singh's letter to the PM has raised several questions about our military preparedness, the defence expo in the capital has thrown up several ideas for modernisation. The world has made a beeline to India's capital, drawn by India's forty billion dollar defence budget. India may have picked France over Britain in a humongous deal for fighter planes....
10:42 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and prepared for its first aircraft carrier in recent weeks as it modernizes its military to match China's. India and China have had tensions since a 1962 border war, and New Delhi has watched with dismay in recent years as Beijing has increased its influence in the Indian Ocean. China...
12:41 AM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Big decisions on warplane purchases by Japan and India have intensified competition in the multi-billion-dollar global market, with Western defense firms scrambling for orders in Asia and the Middle East as their home-country budgets shrivel. Growing international unease over China's military build-up and ongoing tensions between Iran and Western allies in the Gulf, coupled with the deep pockets of nations basking in high commodity prices, have sparked a...
04:46 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: India's 1.3 million-strong armed forces, hobbled by outdated equipment and slow decision-making, are undergoing an overhaul as defence priorities shift to China from traditional rival Pakistan. And like a refit of the imposing but dilapidated Defence Ministry on Delhi's grand South Block, it's a plodding process. Defence chiefs are hurrying to modernise aging weaponry as China reinforces a 3,500-km (2,200-mile) shared but disputed border through the Himalayas. It...
11:07 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Washington: After losing out to the French, the US asserted its F-16 and F-18 fighter jets would have provided India unbeatable platforms with proven technologies, but said it had not offered India more advanced F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF). "We are extremely confident that the F/A-18IN and F-16IN would have provided the Indian Air Force unbeatable platforms with proven technologies at a competitive price," Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr Leslie Hull-Ryde said....
03:05 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Washington: Just years after US resumed weapons sales to New Delhi, India has jumped to become third biggest arms purchaser from America logging contracts worth over USD 4.5 billion last year alone. Had the US firms bagged India's biggest ever deal for fighter jets, New Delhi would have been on the top spot of American arms sales worldwide, according to a Pentagon report. Even though the US firms lost the...
02:44 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Washington: The Pentagon is still interested in selling its fighter jets to India, which recently decided against it, and is seriously exploring the potential of co-development of military weapons systems with India. In a nine-page report to the Congress on Tuesday, the Pentagon acknowledged that India's recent decision not to opt for America's F-16 and F-18 for its 126-fighter jets was a setback. "Despite this setback, we believe US aircraft,...
09:07 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Bangalore: The Indian Air Force's aerobatic team - Surya Kiran - will perform at the Bangalore air show on Friday. The pilots of the Surya Kiran team feel it is a privilege to fly the machines and say it's a different high when they paint the Indian skies in tri color. The Surya Kiran team has almost sixteen Kiran jet planes. The Indian Air Force trains rookie pilots on such...
11:28 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Washington: The US is open to Indian participation in its Joint Strike Fighter programme that would finally lead to its purchase of fifth generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, a top Pentagon official said on Thursday. "There is nothing on our side, no principle which bars that on our side, Indian participation in the Joint Strike Fighter. Right now, they're focused on these aircraft which are top-of-the-line fourth-gen fighters," Under...
08:25 AM, Jan 28, 2011
China has signed a contract with Pakistan to sell 36 J-10 fighter jets. ...
01:11 PM, Nov 13, 2009
Pakistan will acquire China designed and built J-10 fighter planes. ...
05:24 PM, Nov 11, 2009
Fighter jets getting outdated; not enough submarines to guard the seas. ...
01:02 AM, Jul 27, 2009
First crash of a Su-30MKI, India's frontline fighter aircraft. ...
01:42 PM, Apr 30, 2009
Other bidders include Boeing, Russia's MiG-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon. ...
01:28 AM, Apr 17, 2009
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