DefenceTalkThe leaders of India and France were looking to shore up a troubled multi-billion dollar fighter jet deal and make a new push on solar energy as they gathered in New Delhi for talks Monday. After beginning a three-day visit to India in the northern city of Chandigarh on Sunday, French President Francois Hollande has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-indian-leaders-bid-to-shore-up-fighter-jet-deal-66528/

DefenceTalkRussian Aircraft Corporation MiG is ready to deliver the required number of naval MiG-29K/KUB multirole fighter aircraft for the new Indian Vishal aircraft carrier, a company spokeswoman, Anastasia Kravchenko, said Thursday. On Wednesday, Indian media reported that Delhi requested four manufacturers’ proposals to supply fighter aircraft designed for the new carrier, capable to carry over […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-ready-supply-fighters-new-indian-aircraft-carrier-66523/

DefenceTalkIndia’s Ministry of Defense has opened up negotiations with local private entity Larsen & Toubro (L&T) regarding pricing for at least 100 modified variants of South Korea’s Samsung Techwin K-9 self-propelled howitzers. The acquisition is estimated at $800 million and if consummated would meet one of the Indian Army’s longstanding artillery requirements under its Field […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-tries-to-move-ahead-on-another-artillery-program-66423/

DefenceTalkA fresh gunbattle erupted Sunday at the Indian air force base attacked by suspected Islamic militants a day earlier with the loss of 11 lives, police said. Officers said they believe up to two gunmen were still hiding inside the base. Seven soldiers including a senior officer and four attackers have so far been confirmed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fresh-gunfire-at-indian-air-force-base-in-punjab-police-66231/

DefenceTalkPATHANKOT: An operation to secure a militant-hit Indian air base near the Pakistan border ended on Saturday with at least four suspected gunmen killed, police said, after an assault that threatens to undermine the two countries’ fragile peace process. At least four gunmen alleged to be from Jaish-i-Mohammed group dressed in army uniforms infiltrated the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iaf-men-killed-gunmen-attack-indian-air-force-base-pakistan-66196/

DefenceTalkSwedish defence major Saab has offered to manufacture its Gripen fighter aircraft here with technology transfer to India, in a renewed bid for a pie in the multi-billion dollar worth IAF modernization plan. Saab, which had lost out in the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft tender in 2011 which was won by French firm Dassault Aviation, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-offers-gripen-technology-transfer-assembly-line-to-india-66169/

DefenceTalkNEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow, the government Thursday cleared an approximately Rs 30,000-crore (approx. $4.8 billion—Ed.) plan to purchase five units of the Russian S-400 Triumph air defence missile system. The acquisition will pave the way towards plugging the gaps in the existing air defence (AD) capability of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-approves-acquisition-of-russian-s-400-missile-system-66139/

DefenceTalkThe indigenously designed and built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) is all set to achieve final clearance anytime this month. Following that, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will start serial production of the attack choppers. The 5.8 tonne multirole attack chopper is intended to play a major role in providing close air support to ground forces and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-light-combat-helicopter-set-to-achieve-final-ioc-65789/

DefenceTalkIndian engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T), in partnership with Korea’s Samsung Techwin (STW), has bagged a Rs 4,875-crore ($750 million) order for supplying the Indian Army with 100 self-propelled (SP), tracked howitzers. Business Standard has learnt the defence ministry has written to L&T and STW informing them that their gun – called the K-9 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-make-south-korean-k-9-artillery-guns-in-750m-deal-65576/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, while addressing a gathering at Royal United Services Institute in London, said that Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of Indo-Pak partition which needs to be resolved for the sake of peace and stability in the region. According to details of the gathering shared by Director General of the Inter-Services […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kashmir-is-unfinished-agenda-which-hinders-regional-peace-general-raheel-65544/