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L&T - Raytheon team up on T 72 tank upgrade
16 Feb 2010
India to exercise options for six more Lockheed C-130-30Js
12 Feb 2010
American defence contractor, Lockheed Martin, has said it expects India to shortly issue a Letter of Request (LoR) for the acquisition of an additional six C-130-30J Super Hercules transport aircraft.
Limit to the waiting game on IPI project: Iran
10 Feb 2010
With reports that China was set to replace India as a partner in the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline doing the rounds with increasing frequency, Iran on Tuesday said that there should be “some limit” to the decision making process.
India, UK clinch N-deal agreement
05 Feb 2010
India’s run of nuclear power agreements with countries willing to supply materials and technology in this sector continues unabated - the latest being the United Kingdom.
Indo-US N-deal lurches ahead another step
04 Feb 2010
The Indo-US nuclear deal lurched ahead another step with president Barack Obama certifying that India had formally agreed to provide access to the IAEA of its civilian nuclear reactors.
China, India hike defence expenditure as the West cuts back
04 Feb 2010
According to prestigious defence think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, global recession has affected defence spending differently across the world, with China and India sharply hiking expenditure for 2009.
Indian Army issues RFI for all-terrain vehicles
25 Jan 2010
Lt Gen VK Singh appointed next Indian Army chief
22 Jan 2010
India, US discuss defence cooperation
20 Jan 2010
India wants bilateral defence trade with the US to move to a more comprehensive relationship covering transfer of technology and co-production.
Indian networks were hacked same day as Google: Narayanan
18 Jan 2010
Govt of India computer networks came under hostile Trojan attacks on 15 December 2009, the same date that US defence, finance and technology companies, including Google, reported cyber attacks from China.
US defence secretary arrives in Delhi on Tuesday
18 Jan 2010
Experts ponder on identity of Google’s cyber-attackers
14 Jan 2010
Post China’s concerted attack on Google’s e-mail service, experts are now pondering on the identity of the persons, or the organisation, that is orchestrating these attacks.
China conducts missile intercept test
12 Jan 2010
India extends $1-billion credit line to Dhaka - its largest ever
12 Jan 2010
In an unprecedented gesture, India has extended $1 billion as line of credit to Bangladesh for economic development - the largest ever provided by India to any country.
Maritime trade paying Yemen safe passage money
07 Jan 2010
According to a report, the Yemeni navy is charging international maritime vessels up to $55,000 each for safe passage through pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden.
IAF bid to acquire A-330 MRTT refuellers turned down
By Rajiv Singh | 07 Jan 2010
The Government of India has turned down an Indian Air Force bid to purchase six new Airbus-330 MRTT refuelling aircraft, which was potentially worth $1.5 billion for parent company EADS.