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Vietnam is a ‘pillar’ of India’s Act East Policy

Posted on by india defence | 8308 Views | 6 min read

The Indian ‘Act East Policy’ ( earlier know as the Look East Policy), entails long-term strategic engagement with countries that are located east of itself, these include Japan, South Korea, the ten -country ASEAN as a block and also bilaterally with each of them.

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Boeing: validated F/A-18 to operate from Indian carriers

Posted on by india defence | 7278 Views | 3 min read

Doing a ‘ski-jump’ take off is needed for Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) operations off the carriers. The ability to do STOBAR operations is listed as a requisite in the January 2018 Request for Information (RFI) by the Indian Navy. It had sought 57 deck-based fighters for an estimated cost of about 95000 crores (USD 9.5 Billion

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Success of ‘Netra’ propels India to look within

Posted on by india defence | 6855 Views | 4 min read

AEW&CS planes are to be developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – an entity under the Ministry of Defence – under a Rs 10,500 crore ( $1.3 billion) plan. These planes will be modified to fly with a radar that will give 360-degree surveillance capability to the defence forces.

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US is inches away from air docking of UAV

Posted on by india defence | 5130 Views | 4 min read

attempts at airborne retrieval of three unmanned air vehicles, nicknamed Gremlins, were just inches from success in DARPA’s latest flight test series which started on October 28. The DARPA hopes to rectify and demonstrate air retrieval in the next testing scheduled in spring of 2021

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‘Make in India’ is opportunity for US companies

Posted on by india defence | 5505 Views | 3 min read

New Delhi has suggested it can host new production lines, participate in US export orders for the Asian market and host maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities for US equipment operating in the Indo-Pacific.

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Foreign OEM’s and Indian industry gain from policy shift

Posted on by india defence | 6809 Views | 8 min read

The policy aims to promote ‘Make in India’ as OEM’s which transfer technology to Indian companies will gain under the new policy while those who can move their manufacturing plants to India will get priority.

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India sheds ‘Quad’-reluctance; has logistics pact with all members

Posted on by india defence | 9321 Views | 6 min read

From a reluctant player in the ‘Quad’, or the Quadrilateral, India is now shedding its ambivalence, to openly work towards making the alliance stronger and a seamlessly effective entity in the Indo-Pacific.

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US alters category of armed drones to avoid MTCR rules

Posted on by india defence | 5510 Views | 4 min read

US President Donald J. Trump, on July 24, lowered a subset of UAS from category I, with highest restrictions, to category II, allowing easier exports without getting bogged down with MTCR rules. All other US rules will continue to apply on such equipment.

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