DefenceTalkNew Delhi: French and Indian defence officials are to hold fresh talks Tuesday on the purchase of 36 Rafale jets, with hopes drawn-out negotiations on the multi-billion-dollar deal are close to concluding, an official said. The talks are going ahead in New Delhi after the French side agreed to an Indian government demand for future […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-hold-crunch-talks-india-rafale-deal-65516/

DefenceTalkRAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said the continuous ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) is an “unsuccessful attempt” to distract Pakistan from its own anti-terror war. Talking to troops at forward positions on the LoC in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), General Raheel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-aggression-attempt-to-disrupt-war-on-terror-pak-army-chief-65471/

DefenceTalkNew Delhi: India on Tuesday cleared a $2.5 billion deal to buy 37 military helicopters from aviation giant Boeing, on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, a government source said. Modi’s government is in the middle of a multi-billion dollar upgrade of its Soviet-era military hardware, partly to keep […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-clears-2-5-billion-boeing-military-chopper-deal-65468/

DefenceTalkPeshawar, Pakistan: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked an air force base in the country’s restive northwest Friday, killing at least 17 people in their deadliest assault in months following a major military offensive against them. The military said more than a dozen insurgents entered the residential compound at the base near Peshawar, the gateway […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taliban-gunmen-kill-17-in-pakistan-air-force-base-attack-65430/

DefenceTalkMOSCOW: India has expressed interest in carrying out a joint project to extensively modernize its SU-30MKI aircraft in collaboration with Russian companies, the Russian state technology corporation Rostec said in a statement Friday. “In the long term, as recommended by the Russian Ministry of Defense, we plan a major upgrade of the SU-30SM [model] to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-plans-joint-su-30-aircraft-modernization-with-russia-65365/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: The Natio­nal Command Authority (NCA) concluded on Wednes­day that India’s rapidly growing nuclear program and absence of a conflict resolution mechanism were upsetting strategic stability in the region and the situation was compelling Pakis­tan to maintain ‘full-spectrum deterrence capability’. According to ISPR, the apex policy-making body for the country’s strategic progra reviewed in its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-to-keep-broadest-deterrence-capability-65334/

DefenceTalkFor the first time, the size and specifications of the Indian Navy’s future aircraft carrier have been officially acknowledged. The navy has written to at least four major global shipbuilders, asking for proposals to help in designing a 65,000 tonne carrier that would be about 300 meters long. The letter of request, issued by the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-specifies-65000-tonne-aircraft-carrier-with-catapult-64907/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders on Wednesday including China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies. Putin is to hold bilateral talks with leaders of the other BRICS countries — China, Brazil, South Africa and India — in the city […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-hosts-brics-summit-amid-standoff-with-west-64852/

DefenceTalkThree squadrons of the aging MiG 21 and MiG 27 fighter jets are set to be phased out this year even as Indian Air Force focuses on cannibalization to keep the serviceability rate of its aircraft high. Top defence sources said that while three squadrons, 18 aircraft each, will be pulled out due to the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-retire-three-mig-21-mig-27-squadrons-this-year-64736/

DefenceTalkPARIS: Looking at India as its key focus market, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has asked its Indian partner to speed up the design work for their joint production of the Multi-role Transport Airplanes (MTAs). UAC chief Yuri Slyusar also said that India has agreed to install the Russian PS-90 engines on the MTAs which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-uac-asks-hal-to-speed-up-joint-aircraft-project-64606/