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Mon, Feb 04, 2019 | 11:54 AM IST

India cautions US on peace deal with Taliban, looks at China The govt has expressed its reservations before the US special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, who visited India last month, said p... Defence Ministry approves procurement of 73,000 assault rifles from US Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved procurement of the Sig Sauer rifles which will be used by troops deployed along the nearly 3,600-km bo... Defence Ministry may invite private companies to bid for Rs 21,000 crore naval chopper deal "This will be a test case for the strategic partnership policy, which is a completely new process to select the private sector for major defence pr... India to buy 2 more AWACS worth Rs 5.7k crore from Israel India is finally close to approving the over $800 million (around Rs 5,700 crore) deal for two more "Phalcon" airborne warning and control system ... Long-pending project to build six stealth submarines will be under strategic partnership model: Government Dubbed the "mother of all underwater deals" because it will cost at least Rs 50,000 crore, the submarine project called "Project-75 India (P-75I)" ... IAF may crunch training for want of planes All plans to acquire new trainer aircraft have hit a roadblock and indigenous programmes are in a deadlock.... Israel Aerospace Industries announces agreement worth $93 million with Indian Navy, Cochin Shipyard The contracts for the air defence system were entered with the Indian Navy and the Cochin Shipyard. ... View: India must seriously invest in strengthening its indigenous defence industry India needs to re-orient policy and research in a manner that stimulates growth in defence sector.... Defence Ministry to discuss proposal on acquiring torpedoes for nuclear submarine At the moment, the Kalvari class and the INS Arihant are relying on the old torpedoes in the naval inventory for operations.... Government, Goa Shipyard ink pact to construct two missile frigates The two Talvar-class warships will be constructed by the PSU in cooperation with Russia's state-run defence major Rosoboronexport....

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