DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to India for Follow-on Support of C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $96 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-india-support-of-c-130j-super-hercules-aircraft-64004/

DefenceTalkThe fourteenth (14th) edition of Indo-French naval exercise (VARUNA) started with the arrival of four French naval ships at Goa today. Representing the French Navy is aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, two destroyers Chevalier Paul and Jean de Vienne, replenishment tanker Meuse and a maritime patrol aircraft Atlantique 2. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-french-naval-exercise-varuna-commences-at-goa-63959/

DefenceTalkIndia Navy’s new stealth destroyer, Visakhapatnam, designed indigenously and fitted with advanced features, was launched here on Monday, boosting the maritime force’s firepower capability. The Kolkata-class warship, the first of P15-B stealth destroyers, was launched by Minu Dhowan, wife of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. K. Dhowan, at Mazagaon Docks Ltd (MDL).Top Navy and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-navys-new-stealth-destroyer-launched-63904/

DefenceTalkIndia’s future purchase of Rafale fighter jets will only come through direct talks with the French government, the defence minister has said, effectively killing talks on a massive deal. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last week that New Delhi had ordered 36 Rafale fighter jets from France in a multi-billion-dollar agreement that has been […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-signals-end-of-talks-on-larger-french-rafale-deal-63829/

DefenceTalkDassault Aviation, which is the Indian Air Force supplier for more than 60 years, is honored of the repeated trust of the Indian Government and welcomes its intention to finalize the acquisition of 36 Rafale aircraft at conditions that will allow to meet rapidly the security needs of India. Dassault Aviation is grateful to the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-acquire-36-rafale-fighter-aircraft-63823/

DefenceTalkIndia’s multi-billion-dollar deal to buy 36 fighter jets from France will cement strategic political ties between the two countries at a time when both are looking to kickstart their economies, experts say. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first trip to France, said Friday he had ordered the 36 “ready-to-fly” Rafale jets as part […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-france-jet-deal-may-fuel-trade-partnership-63812/

DefenceTalkIndia on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface Dhanush, a naval variant of India’s indigenously-developed Prithvi missile, was test fired from a ship in the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast by the Strategic Force Command […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nuclear-capable-dhanush-missile-successfully-test-fired-63807/

DefenceTalkA naval aircraft crashed off the western Indian coast leaving two pilots missing, the navy said Wednesday, in the latest of a string of accidents which have hit the force. Rescue operations were underway after the Indian navy’s Dornier aircraft plunged into the sea some 25 nautical miles off the western holiday state of Goa […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-missing-after-india-navy-plane-crashes-into-sea-63658/

DefenceTalkSenior Indian and Chinese envoys will this week hold talks aimed at resolving a bitter border dispute, the first such discussions since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power. China’s special representative Yang Jiechi will visit New Delhi from Sunday until Tuesday for talks with national security adviser Ajit Doval, the Indian foreign ministry said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-china-to-hold-talks-on-border-row-63615/

DefenceTalkFaced with huge delays in clinching new fighter projects even as it grapples with fast-eroding air combat power, IAF finally has some reason to cheer. The force will get its first two upgraded Mirage-2000 fighters with new avionics and weapons this week. The defence ministry says France will hand over the two “almost new” Mirage […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-receive-upgraded-mirage-2000-fighter-jets-63631/