After Trenton, Navy’s Eyes Now On USS Nashville
After procuring the USS Trenton (now INS Jalashva) The Indian Navy has expressed its interest in the USS Nashville as its second large amphibious warfare …
DEFENCE PROCUREMENTS
Army Can Forget About New Towed Artillery
The government’s decision to re-tender the towed artillery competition (450 guns) has come as a deep shock to the Army, notwithstanding indications from the government …
HAL Tejas and the MRCA
Heard something quite interesting. If it’s true, it will gladden a lot of hearts, especially some on this blog. Rumour is out that HAL will …
DRDO’s VK Aatre: Then and Now
Frontier India has done an interview with Dr VK Aatre, former DRDO chief, on the current state of affairs in the organization and its relationship …
NEWSFLASH! DAC Clears 126 MRCA Procurement
News just in by this MoD press release (!!). Finally!: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has cleared …
INS Vikramaditya by 2010?
Viktor Litovkin, RIA Novosti’s military commentator and columnist, has written a column in the current issue of India Strategic. Well, the Chief of Naval Staff …
MRCA RfP This Month…?
Just received word that the RfPs for the MRCA contract will be issued this month. There’s been a great deal of activity between Vayu Bhavan …
*MMRCA Contract Update*
The request for proposal (RFP) document for the IAF’s proposed 126 medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) purchase is complete and ready to be fired. The …
Army Asks For Man-Portable UAVs
Last week, the Army presented a fresh reworked QR to the Ministry of Defence for upto 32 man-portable UAVs for “tactical, point-of-interest imaging and rapid …
Israel and the MRCA
In the third week of April 2007, a small team from Israel’s MoD and IAI (unannounced, undisclosed) met with a team at Vayu Bhawan and …