Seattle-based Boeing and India's Navy signed a $100-million contract, that requires Boeing to maintain spare parts and personnel in India, ready to respond to any defects or failures in the P-8I fleet over the next three years. This 'performance-based logistics' contract requires Boeing to continue the warranty services it has...
India's Defense Forces Evaluate America's Combat Planes
The Indian Air Force will try out America's latest version of the F-16 and Sweden's Saab Gripen fighter aircraft with the advanced AESA radar to select a partner to build 120 combat planes. The deal is estimated at $20 billion. India's Air Force will replace its ageing fleet of Russian MiG-series...
GE Turbines to Power Indian Navy’s Frigates
ASDNews reports GE Marine Solutions announced that its LM2500 marine gas turbines will power the Indian Navy’s P17A stealth frigate. These gas turbines will be provided under license from GE by its in-country partner, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Industrial and Marine Gas Turbine division, located in Bangalore. “We are delighted that...
India's Defense Ministry Plans $223 Billion Spend
India is planning to spend $223 billion on weapons over the next eleven years. Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked his ministry to project the expected cost of upgrading and modernizing India's armed forces. An annual hike of 8 percent in capital spending will be allocated in each year's budget....
India Seeks 22 Armed Drones from U.S.
Within days of having entered the Missile Technology Control Regime backed by President Obama, New Delhi has expressed interest in buying Predator drones from San Diego, California-based General Atomics through the Foreign Military Sales program. Defense News reports that according to an official of the Indian Ministry of Defense, a Letter of...
India’s Navy Seeks Cutting-Edge Technology
India’s Navy has crafted a plan to acquire 100 cutting-edge technologies in the next 15 years to build its war-fighting capabilities, including naval missiles and guns, propulsion and power generation, surveillance and detection systems, torpedoes and directed energy weapons, submarines and anti-submarine warfare systems, naval aviation, network-centric warfare and combat management...