Work at full swing at Defence expo 2016 : Report

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK It’s raining heavy equipments at the tiny village of Betul just 20kms off Margao town where Goa’s first Defexpo India 2016. Land, Naval & Internal Homeland Security Systems Exhibition will be held for the first time thanks to Defence minister Manohar Parrikar who comes from Goa. Our local representatives of idrw.org […]

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Defence expo to begin in Goa next week; no bar on blacklisted firms

SOURCE: PTI Unlike last time, there is no bar on blacklisted companies from taking part in the Defence Expo being held in Goanext week, the largest ever hosted by India that will see participation of over 1000 companies from across the world. “Is there any bar on participation of blacklisted companies? This is a commercial exhibition. […]

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Russia to Exhibit Over 800 Pieces of Equipment at Defexpo India 2016

SOURCE: SPUTNIK Around 18 Russian defense industry companies will exhibit over 800 models of military equipment and hold pre-contract talks with foreign partners at the largest defense expo in India next week, Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said Monday. “At the international exhibition of land and naval armaments Defexpo India 2016, which will be held for the first time in South Goa on March […]

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Russia, India to Discuss Boosting Defense Industry Cooperation

SOURCE: SPUTNIK Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport plans to discuss Russian-Indian cooperation in modernizing India’s defense industry within the Make in India program, the company said on Wednesday.”India is willing to develop its own defence industry in accordance with the ‘Make in India’ programme. We are ready to propose new large-scale projects for implementation in […]

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Russia Discusses Licensing Admiral Grigorovich Frigate Production to India

SOURCE: SPUTNIK The project is set to take place amid increased Russia-Indian defense industry cooperation.”At the present time, for instance, we are in talks on the feasibility of developing Project 75 (I) submarines based on the latest Amur-1650 diesel-electric submarines, and on the procurement of an additional lot of Project 11356 frigates and setting up […]

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Resolution introduced to bring India on par with NATO allies

SOURCE: PTI on par with NATO allies in terms of trade and technology transfer besides elevating its “status” in export of defense articles from the US has been introduced. Introduced by Congressman George Holding, Co-Chair of the House India Caucus, the US-India Defense Technology and Partnership Act (HR 4825) proposes to amends the Arms Export […]

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Tahawwur Rana knew about my LeT links, was opposed to it: David Headley

SOURCE: IANS Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley claimed on Wednesday that his associate Tahawwur Rana was opposed to Headley’s links with the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Headley, 56, said that Pakistani national Rana, who ran an immigration consultancy in Chicago had knowledge that he worked as an operative of the LeT. The revelation came during […]

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