DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan for GRC43M Cutters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $350 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Pakistan has requested […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-to-acquire-global-response-cutters-in-350m-sale-60929/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military Tuesday said it had killed 28 militants in air strikes in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battling Islamist groups for more than a decade. The strikes, that also killed a number of foreign fighters, took place on Tuesday in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-28-militants-60801/

DefenceTalkPakistani air strikes killed at least 21 militants Sunday in attacks on their hideouts in a restive northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The attacks were launched in the Kuki Khel area of the Khyber tribal district, where the Taliban and another banned Islamist group, Lashkar-e-Islam, have taken refuge. “In precision air strikes, at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-air-strikes-kill-21-militants-officials-60747/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military on Friday said it killed 15 insurgents in air strikes in a restive tribal district near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battling Islamist groups for more than a decade. “Three terrorist hideouts were destroyed and 15 terrorists were killed in effective and precise aerial strikes early Friday morning in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-15-militants-60665/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Pakistan for 160 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, spair and repair parts, and training, etc., for an estimated cost of $198 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-sell-mine-resistant-ambush-protected-mrap-vehicles-to-pakistan-60628/

DefenceTalkTurkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) delivered the last four F-16 aircraft to Pakistan Air Force (PAF) under Pakistan F-16 Modernization Program, at a ceremony held at TAI’s facilities in Ankara, Turkey, on September 02, 2014. The avionics and structural modernization of 41 F-16s of Pakistan Air Force, under the program which was effected by a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/last-four-tai-modernized-f-16s-delivered-to-pakistan-air-force-60500/

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/

DefenceTalkIndia announced Thursday it would lift the cap on foreign direct investment in the defence sector to 49 percent and announced a 12-percent rise in military spending as part of efforts to modernize its armed forces. In his first budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised defense spending for the current financial year to 2.29 trillion […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-increases-defence-spending-invites-foreign-investment-60106/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Monday launched fresh air strikes on the northwest tribal region where it has deployed up to 30,000 troops in a long-awaited offensive to eliminate Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants from their border stronghold. The action in North Waziristan was launched a week after a brazen insurgent attack on Pakistan’s main airport in Karachi which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-deploys-troops-jets-in-anti-militant-offensive-59894/

DefenceTalkPakistan has placed an order to Russia for purchase of the latest MI-35 Helicopters for multipurpose use including fighting terrorism, Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Y. Dedov told a news conference at the Russian embassy in Islamabad. “The deal is still being negotiated between Russian and Pakistani defense officials and hopefully would be finalized soon,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-negotiating-mi-35-helicopter-deal-with-russia-envoy-59830/