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Manish Kumar Jha is an Associate Editor, BW BUSINESSWORLD & BW DEFENCE. He writes on the Foreign affairs, International Trade & Defence. His global coverage-on the ground- spans more than 25 countries worldwide. Received International Press Fellowship award.
36 state-of-the art Rafale aircraft will replace some of the vintage MiG series fighter jets
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“It is the Indian government which has proposed this service group and it is Dassault that has negotiated with Anil Ambani. We didn’t have a choice; we took the interlocutor that was given to us," said Francois Hollande
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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the 5th ADMM Plus meet in Singapore on 20 October, which is a forum for Defence Ministers from ten ASEAN and eight ASEAN Plus countries. She conveyed the sustained focus of 'Act East' policy and the centrality of ASEAN
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The price of the F-35 will drop 5.4% to $89.2 million under an agreement between the U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin to purchase 141 of the stealth advanced fighter aircraft for $11.5 billion.
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“It is the Indian government which has proposed this service group and it is Dassault that has negotiated with Anil Ambani. We didn’t have a choice; we took the interlocutor that was given to us," said Francois Hollande
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the indigenously developed surface-to-surface tactical missile ‘Prahar’, from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Balasore, today(20 September).
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The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, cleared the procurement of equipment for the Defence Forces valued at over Rs 9,100 crore
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During the last three years and current year, up to June, 2018, 215 contracts for capital procurement of defence equipment with total value of Rs 2.5 lakh crore have been signed.
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Rajib Kumar Sen is the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Defence and he is responsible for the policies in the area of defence Offsets primarily. As an economist, he is also credited with initiating several policy inputs for promoting indigenization in the defence manufacturing sector. In an exclusive chat with BW Businessworld’s Defence Editor, Manish Kumar Jha, Sen outlines the major overhaul in the Draft defence policy and Offsets that will enable domestic manufacturers to meet the requirement of high quality military hardware under Make in India.
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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla has taken over the reins of the Southern Naval Command as its 28th Flag Officer Commanding- in-Chief on 31 Jul 18.
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