The cost of Antony's halo
Defence Minister AK Antony rides one of the T-72s that remain night-blind because of MoD procurement failures. Is the Congress Party beginn...
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February 22, 2010
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Monday, 22 February 2010
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Defence magazines: feeding off the arms business
Force magazine publisher, Pravin Sawhney, with Brig Gurmeet Kanwal, Director of CLAWS (Centre for Land Warfare Studies) at the Force Magazi...
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February 20, 2010
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Thursday, 18 February 2010
Russia objects to T-72/T-90 simulators: Friend turns 'foe' in tank battle simulator deal
by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 19th February 2010 The deeply traditional Indian Army, which prides itself on training outdoors with re...
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February 18, 2010
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Eurofighter’s mission to India: making the shortlist
(Photo: Courtesy Mario Serrano at airliners.net) The Typhoon simulator as seen from the cockpit. Eurofighter has put up this simulator at D...
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February 17, 2010
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Shaurya surfaces as India’s underwater nuclear missile: New “hybrid” technology more advanced than China’s or Pakistan’s
By Ajai Shukla Defexpo 2010, New Delhi The country’s top defence scientist has, for the first time, revealed that India’s new...
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February 16, 2010
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Guns and vehicles: the Mahindras bet big on defence
Top: The FH-77B and the M777 Ultralight Howitzer dominate the Mahindras and BAE Systems displays at the Defexpo 2010 Centre: A closer...
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February 16, 2010
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Sunday, 14 February 2010
Special coverage of Defexpo 2010: a gateway to the Indian defence market
A Boeing Chinook helicopter, which India is considering for replacing its Russian Mi-26 heavy lifters, carries an underslung load in a high...
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February 14, 2010
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Minister of State for Defence, MM Pallam Raju: “Private sector should complement, not compete with DPSUs”
MM Pallam Raju with former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, Lt Gen HS Lidder by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 15th Feb 2010 On Fore...
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February 14, 2010
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Army, DRDO want L&T; but Antony bats for BEML
The second section of a Sarvatra bridge being launched. The bridge consists of 5 sections, each bridging a distance of 15 metres (Concludi...
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February 14, 2010
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Friday, 12 February 2010
The ECIL influence: MoD shuts out private companies from fuze purchase
The Fuchs M9801 multi-option fuze for artillery shells from 105 mm to 203 mm. Fuchs fuze components are imported by the Electronics Corpor...
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February 12, 2010
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Thursday, 11 February 2010
MoD breaks its own rules to favour its PSU
The Samyukta EW system, in which the DRDO partnered Tata Power SED to create fully-indigenous Control Centres (3-article series on: DPS...
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February 11, 2010
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010
MoD scraps plans for Raksha Udyog Ratnas
India's defence minister, AK Antony has bowed to public sector unions. Industry bodies plan to take up cudgels By Ajai Shukla Bus...
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February 10, 2010
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Monday, 8 February 2010
Israel develops capabilities, India pays the bill
India's first Phalcon AWACS was delivered by Israel on 25th May 2009. Here it touches down on Indian soil for the first time, at Jamnag...
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February 08, 2010
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