DefenceTalkIndia has grounded its entire Sukhoi 30 fleet after a recent crash because it doesn’t want to put its pilots in harm’s way. The fighters have not flown for a week after a Su-30 MKI of the Indian Air Force crashed near Pune, raising questions about the safety record of the fighter. With the IAF […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-plays-safe-grounds-entire-su-30-fleet-60820/

DefenceTalkIndia wants to resolve its border row with China but will not compromise on territory, the country’s new national security adviser said Tuesday, after a tense stand-off between troops on the disputed border last month. Hundreds of Chinese troops allegedly moved into territory claimed by India ahead of a visit by China’s President Xi Jinping […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-says-no-compromise-with-china-on-territory-60798/

DefenceTalkA tender for procuring 56 naval helicopters from abroad at an estimated cost of Rs 9,000 crore was on Tuesday scrapped by the Defence Ministry which decided to get them manufactured in India by local players with foreign collaboration. This is the third helicopter tender in the recent months to have been scrapped by the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tender-for-56-indian-naval-choppers-scrapped-60777/

DefenceTalkIndia successfully test-fired its first domestically built nuclear-capable long-range cruise missile Friday, marking another step in building up the country´s defence prowess. The “Nirbhay”, or “fearless”, missile blasted off from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Missile Test Range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa, the Press Trust of India reported. “The trial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-first-home-made-cruise-missile-60771/

DefenceTalkAn Italian court on Thursday acquitted senior executives of military consortium Finmeccanica of corruption charges in the VVIP helicopter deal with India, but [India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI] insists that the verdict would not adversely affect its ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore 2010 deal. The Milan court […]https://www.defencetalk.com/italian-court-acquits-finmeccanica-bribery-charges-helicopter-deal-60738/

DefenceTalkIndian top-gun pilots are slowly but surely running out of combat-worthy fighters to fly. Faced with the twin-threat from China and Pakistan, the IAF has once again sounded the red-alert over the huge delays dogging all its three fighter induction projects. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Saturday said the delays in the MMRCA (medium […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-airforce-chief-concerned-by-fighter-delays-60669/

DefenceTalkIndia will, for the first time, join hands with China to develop remote sensing satellites. Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) chairman K Radhakrishnan told TOI that an agreement in this regard was signed two days ago. Right from the initial days of its space program in the 1960s, India had collaborated with the US, USSR […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-develop-remote-sensing-satellites-with-china-60626/

DefenceTalkAir chief marshal Arup Raha has said that it is critical to keep the $25 billion (Rs 1,50,000 crore) French Rafale fighter deal on schedule as the IAF cannot afford any more delays. Raha’s comments are significant as the Eurofighter consortium, backed by four European countries, is trying to re-enter the race to sell its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-cant-afford-delay-in-rafale-deal-says-air-chief-60496/

DefenceTalkRussia and India plan on signing a contract to supply India with A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, Beriev Aircraft Company General Director-General Designer Igor Garivadsky told journalists Tuesday. “We plan on signing a deal with the Republic of India to deliver the A-50 aircraft,” Garivadsky said. The A-50 aircraft are intended to detect, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-plans-to-supply-india-with-a-50-aircraft-60441/

DefenceTalkDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in New Delhi today on his first trip to India as defense chief for what he described as get-acquainted meetings with the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while seeking to expand common interests and renew a defense framework agreement set to expire next year. “I’m going to listen […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hagel-seeks-to-expand-us-india-defense-relations-60331/