India and Russia had inked the $ 5 billion deal for the S-400 Triumf deal believed to be the best in the world, at the end of the annual summit between the two countries in New Delhi in 2018. The delivery of the missile systems is expected to start from October 2020 and will be completed by April 2023.
“IAF contingent landed at Air Force Base, Mont-de-Marsan, France, today. The IAF contingent was given a warm welcome by the French Air Force. The Air warriors of IAF are ready for flying operations,” IAF said in a tweet. “A contingent of 4x Su-30 MKI, 2x C-17 and 1x 1L-78 tanker of the Indian Air Force arrived at France.
Modi also added that the three chiefs with their respective countries will work for ‘sabka saath, sabka biswas (Together we grow, Together we will build a strong nation). The three leaders agreed to work towards an inclusive framework that focused on growth and development along with security.
According to the police, the reason for the terrorists hiding in the area was that it was just three kilometres away from the Srinagar bypass road, on which convoys of defence and security personnel ply throughout the day. In an encounter in Kanipora area of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces killed a terrorist on Friday morning.
PiyushGoyal directed that all four Ministries must work in coordination with each other so that the 14% logistics cost of India’s GDP may be brought down to 9%.
The company is in advanced talks with its Indian partner, Olectra Greentech Ltd, to either form an equity joint venture or invest in a stand-alone entity in the country
While HAL has been making the aircraft for decades, hiccups occurred for the upgraded version that was to be equipped with a digital cockpit and new avionics. Outsourcing of work orders to the private sector has been identified as a priority achievement for defence PSUs such as HAL by the government.
The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) carried out successful night-firing test of a ballistic missile off the coast of Odisha. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike range of 350km, was carried out from a mobile launcher from Launch Complex-III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, near here, at around 8.30pm, sources said.
The roll call identified only Squadron Leader Hasan Siddiqui as the pilot of F-16B, which is a twin-seater aircraft. This has led to a huge speculation within the online community in India about the fate of the second ‘missing’ pilot.
Earlier, India used the rupee-rouble route to carry out the existing defence transactions, said the report, adding that Russia’s VTB bank has agreed for the said euro transactions, that would dodge the sanctions for the military hardware purchases, which include S-400 air defence missile system.
