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Flight trials for IAF’s MMRCA tender set to commence
15 Jun 2009
The Indian Air Force’s global tender for 126 medium range multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) lurched ahead with the defence ministry issuing letters of invitation for flight evaluation trials to six international firms vying for the contract.
Flight trials for IAF’s MMRCA tender set to commence
15 Jun 2009
The Indian Air Force’s global tender for 126 medium range multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) lurched ahead with the defence ministry issuing letters of invitation for flight evaluation trials to six international firms vying for the contract.
IAF inducts first batch of Sukhoi-30MKI fighters at AFS Tezpur
13 Jun 2009
Providing a major boost to its defences along the Sino-Indian border in the country’s north-east, four frontline Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jets landed at Air Force Station Tezpur in Assam on Friday.
IAF inducts first batch of Sukhoi-30MKI fighters at AFS Tezpur
13 Jun 2009
Providing a major boost to its defences along the Sino-Indian border in the country’s north-east, four frontline Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jets landed at Air Force Station Tezpur in Assam on Friday.
IAF inducts first batch of Sukhoi-30MKI fighters at AFS Tezpur
13 Jun 2009
Providing a major boost to its defences along the Sino-Indian border in the country’s north-east, four frontline Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jets landed at Air Force Station Tezpur in Assam on Friday.
United Tech tops defence aerospace companies in market cap
10 Jun 2009
United Technologies leads a table of the top 10 defence aerospace companies in market cap, with $53.22 billion, with Boeing a distant second with $38.37 billion.
William Burns' visit likely to set agenda for Indo-US ties
06 Jun 2009
The visit next week by America's undersecretary of state for political affairs William Burns to New Delhi is likely to set the agenda for future bilateral relationship between India and the United States.
T-90S tank assembly to resume soon
05 Jun 2009
India, Russia secure agreement on Adm. Gorshkov refit
05 Jun 2009
India and Russia may have secured an agreement over the problematical Admiral Gorshkov (INS Vikramaditya) aircraft carrier and other defence deals.
Russian nuke attack sub to join Indian Navy by year-end
03 Jun 2009
The Russian Schucka-B class nuclear attack submarine, damaged in an accident during sea trials last year, will be commissioned by the Russian Navy in the autumn and subsequently leased to the Indian Navy by the year-end.
Air Marshal AK Gogoi is new DG Operations, IAF
02 Jun 2009
Megatons to Megawatts: Russia to supply uranium to US companies
30 May 2009
Russia has said it will supply low-enriched uranium, retrieved from nuclear warheads, to a number of major US energy companies for commercial purposes.
Shangri-La Dialogue: Gates says watershed in Indo-US relations
30 May 2009
US defence secretary Robert Gates has said that in the coming years, the United States would look to India providing security in the Indian Ocean and beyond.
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