Pentagon approves $90 million sale equipment, spare parts for India’s Super Hercules fleet

The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency said the sale will strengthen the country’s relationship with India.

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· Oct 02, 2020 · 01:43 pm

Centre announces policy to end offset contracts in government deals for military technology

This was done as the offsets did not succeed in bringing top-grade technology into the country, a government official said.

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· Sep 28, 2020 · 10:49 pm

Lockheed Martin promises not to sell F-21 fighter jets to other countries if India buys 114 aircraft

The development follows the Indian Air Force’s tender to acquire 114 jets for around $18 billion.

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· May 14, 2019 · 10:41 am

‘Rahul Gandhi’s Midas touch’: BJP on report that his firm’s co-owner got defence deals in UPA’s time

Subsidiaries associated with Ulrik McKnight reportedly got offset contracts in the Scorpene deal when the Congress-led UPA was in power.

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· May 04, 2019 · 07:32 pm

Nirmala Sitharaman says US ‘heard and understood’ India on S-400 missile deal with Russia: AFP

India had signed the deal in October despite the US’ warning it would impose sanctions if the agreement went through.

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· Apr 13, 2019 · 01:46 pm

US Department of State approves sale of 24 MH-60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters to India

The State Department said the sale will support the foreign policy and national security of America by strengthening the US-India strategic partnership.

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· Apr 03, 2019 · 09:21 am

India the second-biggest importer of weapons after Saudi Arabia between 2014-’18, says report

Indian arms imports decreased by 24% from 2009-’13, partly due to delays in deliveries of weapons from other countries.

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· Mar 12, 2019 · 10:51 am

Rafale debate: Rahul Gandhi asks Nirmala Sitharaman if Air Force opposed ‘Centre’s interference’

The Congress president also reiterated his accusation that the defence minister had lied in Parliament about granting ‘orders worth Rs 1 lakh crore to HAL’.

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· Jan 07, 2019 · 03:40 pm

Rafale: Rahul Gandhi challenges Narendra Modi to one-on-one debate on the jet deal

The Congress president claimed that the prime minister had ‘changed the contract and made a new contract to help his friend Anil Ambani’.

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· Jan 02, 2019 · 07:32 pm

Rafale: Claims against deal were fiction, says Arun Jaitley, criticises Rahul Gandhi for ‘falsehood’

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated that due process was followed during the deal and there was no commercial favouritism.

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· Dec 14, 2018 · 05:16 pm

Can Modi explain this fundamental contradiction in Centre’s stand on the Rafale deal?

Either the jets are the same as before and India is paying more, or they are dramatically better but processes were not followed.

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· Nov 13, 2018 · 12:00 pm

HAL is focusing on manufacturing aircraft, not on offset business, says its chairperson

R Madhavan said the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited should not be dragged into the controversy over the Rafale deal.

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· Nov 07, 2018 · 03:37 pm