Aerospace and Defence News 2

Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 10 February 2011

Attack Helicopter Sale to India

The US Department of Defence is asking the Congress to approve a possible $1.4 billion sale of 22 AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopters to India, prior to a possible selection by New Delhi. The approval is...

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Aerospace and Defence News 3

Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 09 February 2011

Apart from the $4.1 billion deal for ten Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy airlift aircraft, India is considering purchase of another six for an estimated value of $2.4 billion. This is expected to create more than twenty thousand jobs back in...

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India and South Korea Explore Nuclear & Space Cooperation

Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 October 2010

In the talks between the Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan, India and South Korea have agreed to explore the possibilities for bilateral civil nuclear cooperation as well as the launching...

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Indian Navy Launches P 15A

Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 October 2010

Hull of the third ship of the P15A Kolkatta-class destroyer was launched by Elizabeth Antony, wife of Defence Minister AK Antony at the Mazagaon Docks Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai on April 01, 2010 in the presence of the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral...

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User Trial of Agni II

Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 October 2010

The Indian Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully test fired from a rail mobile system the nuclear capable Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, the Agni II from Wheelers Island off the coast of Orissa. Logistic support was provided by the...

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Aerospace and Defence News

Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 October 2010

IAF Mirage Upgrade by France

After protracted negotiations, a deal worth $2.2 billion for the mid-life upgrade of the fleet of 51 Mirage 2000 combat aircraft acquired by the IAF in the mid eighties in response to the supply of F-16 fighters to...

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