Fwd: 2-year wait for world's biggest fighter jet deal

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Mon, Jun 04, 2018 | 01:25 PM IST

Boeing sees two-year wait for world's biggest fighter jet deal The tender for 110 combat aircraft mandates building at least 85 percent of the order locally. The deal is likely to be at least $15 billion.... Tata Boeing facility delivers 1st fuselage for AH-64 Apache combat helicopter The government had finalised an order with Boeing for the supply of 22 AH-64E Apache helicopters in September 2015.... Modi is threading a path between a rising China and an uncertain US Modi's stance at Shangri-La Dialogue is sure to please China. Yet he has done something of a turnaround on its regional rival in recent weeks.... Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, who announced surgical strikes, is Northern Army Commander In a significant rejig of the Indian Army on Friday, Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh, who announced the September 2016 surgical strikes in Pakistan, assumed ... Post-Doklam, first Chinese military delegation to visit India The Western Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) guards the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India.... Government spending on defence and roads rises The total spending in April was Rs 2.23 lakh crore, Rs 1.77 lakh crore revenue spending and Rs 46,703 crore capital spending.... India tastes only partial success in Ramjet test The booster phase of the test was successfully carried out but later on the booster did not separate from the missile, resulting to an engine setba... After snubbing Australia on Malabar, India to send jets for air drill This will be India's first appearance in the Pitch Black exercise hosted by Australia once every two years, usually including the US, Canada, Franc... Google retreating from military Artificial Intelligence project: reports An internal petition calling for Google to stay out of "the business of war" garnered thousands of signatures, and some workers reportedly quit to ... Indian Navy completes refit of 32-year-old Mauritian ship The `service life extension refit' of the 32-year-old ship started on December 1, 2017 at Naval Dockyard and ensured timely completion of its hull,...

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