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Negotiations to begin for Rs9,500-cr upgrade programme of IAF Mirage 2000s
17 Jul 2009
India will commence negotiations for the upgrade programme of the Mirage 2000 fighter jets with a French delegation. The upgrade costs may work out to as much as Rs9,500 crore.
Indian indigenous nuclear sub to be unveiled on 26 July: report
16 Jul 2009
Reports in a section of the media suggest that the secretive Indian nuclear submarine programme, referred to as the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV), may finally be unveiled at a Vishakhapatnam naval shipyard on 26 July.
Northrop bags Space Fence project to monitor space debris
15 Jul 2009
Tracking and detecting the ever-proliferating space junk has now become a matter of urgency for all space-faring nations, particularly as space-related activities begin to mount in the coming years.
Pradeep Kumar appointed next defence secretary
14 Jul 2009
EADS to build $3.5 billion Saudi fence
13 Jul 2009
Sea trials of Russian nuclear sub for India resume
10 Jul 2009
A Russian nuclear-powered Schucka-B (NATO: Akula II) class submarine, expected to join the Indian Navy by the end of this year, has resumed sea trials on Friday in the Sea of Japan. (See: video)
DARPA to revolutionise supercomputing
08 Jul 2009
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is all set to develop a new breed of supercomputers that will be smarter, faster, and also smaller, requiring much less power than the massive machines in operation today.
After Tibet, Xinjiang erupts - 140 killed, over 800 injured
By Rajiv Singh | 06 Jul 2009
Ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the western China desert region of Xinjiang have clashed heavily with Chinese paramilitary and Han Chinese in the capital city of Urumqui resulting in over a 1,000 casualties.
IAF’s MMRCA tender: Pentagon prevents Saab-IAI collaboration
06 Jul 2009
The US administration may have compelled Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) to pull out from a proposed collaboration with Swedish firm Saab Gripen to develop an advanced model of their multi-role JAS-39 fighter for a $12 billion IAF MMRCA tender.
Medvedev asks shipyard to deliver Adm. Gorshkov carrier on time
By Rajiv Singh | 03 Jul 2009
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has warned a Russian shipyard that there could be “grave consequences” if the refit programme of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (ex-Adm Gorshkov) failed to meet current schedules.
New batch of IN stealth frigates to be delivered on-time: Russia
29 Jun 2009
Russia will deliver three stealth frigates worth $1.6 billion to the Indian Navy in line with the "contract deadline" of 2012, a senior official of a Russian shipyard has said.
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