Boeing pitches Indian F/A-18 line with HAL, Mahindra Boeing has offered the...
Boeing is the third international manufacturer to have announced a partnership with Indian companies for the production of fighter aircraft in India. The post Boeing pitches Indian F/A-18 line with...
View Article#RafaleScam: The CAG’s History How the game was fixed for the French fighter
Part I of this three-part analysis is a contextual reading of the February 2019 CAG report and outlines how the IAF's MMRCA contest was fixed to get the Rafale back into the contest after it was...
View ArticleHow the MMRCA was killed #RafaleScam And the Eurofighter was shafted by...
Part II of this analysis examines how the defence ministry's Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC) interpreted an inflated cost analysis of the Eurofighter bid and undervalued the cost of the Rafale...
View Article#RafaleScam: The Crucial Date The date reveals what was known, to whom, and when
Part III of this analysis examines the implications of the single most interesting data point to emerge from the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. This date has never been...
View ArticleThat Fighter Thing Again The IAF's new contest for fighters has major...
The IAF's new contest for fighter aircraft is expected to get underway over the next few months. But there remain a number of significant outstanding problems ahead, that could delay or derail the...
View ArticleF-15 offer could disrupt Indian fighter contest But only if the Indian Air...
The F-15EX is neither a 'navy fighter' nor a renamed F-16 and the IAF is curious about it. That's why the Rafale might finally have a formidable challenger, if India can get past the fact that it's...
View ArticleDaily Podcast | 08 July 2020
Indian Army orders all personnel to delete their Facebook accounts, Boeing completes delivery of the last five of 22 Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Air Force, Saab begins production of the...
View ArticleDefExpo22: MBDA to show-off missiles and tie-ups Display will include Meteor,...
Also noteworthy will be the Exocet anti-ship missile, with the SM39 submarine variant already delivered for the Indian Navy's Scorpene submarines. The post DefExpo22: MBDA to show-off missiles and...
View ArticleF-35 for India? The F-35 Lightning II offered a thrilling display of...
The acquisition of the S-400, differing points of view on the war in Ukraine, eye-watering costs, a domestic 5th gen fighter program and never having operated any U.S. fighter aircraft are some of the...
View ArticleNewsReel | Fighter engine to power India-U.S. relations
Saurabh Joshi analyses the significance of the agreement to produce GE F414 fighter aircraft engines in India and its far-reaching consequences for India’s military aviation industry, indigenous...
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