India’s Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC) approves $750 million U.S. deal to procure 145 M777 ultra-lightweight howitzer artillery guns from the U.S.
India’s Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha is on a visit to Saab’s JAS-39 Gripen production facilities in Sweden.
The Government of India has essentially banned (on charges of corruption) the Italian defence giant Leonardo from competing for Indian military contracts.
Bureaucratic friction once again grinds the Indian Air Force (IAF)’s Rafale purchase – $8.9 billion for 36 fighters and offsets – to a halt
After protracted negotiations, India and France have finalized an $8.8 billion U.S. purchase for 36 Dassault Rafale multi-role fighters.
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is in the process of approving a multi-billion dollar purchase of five S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from Russia.
It is no secret that India’s immense and once burgeoning public sector defence industry has its shortfalls, particularly in terms of its inefficiencies, which have consistently delayed and inflated key military programs, most notably the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
By Bilal Khan
It is not an understatement to state that India’s Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program has been a very long and arduous journey for the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Indian Government, and the many suppliers (particularly France’s Dassault) looking…
With it showing interest in the Chinese J-31/J-35 and Turkish KAAN, the Pakistan Air Force could be embarking on its most significant induction yet.
The brief clash underscored a need for the PAF to expand the procurement pipeline across less developed areas, like drones, SAMs, EW/ESM, and ‘smart munitions’.