India to soon fly home-grown surveillance radar (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, S Sep 20 (IANS) India will soon join the elite group of countries by flying its own airborne radar for surveillance to detect enemy fighters and cruise missiles, as ... Read more...
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India opens coastal radar chain to plug surveillance gap (Lead)
August 25th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Nearly four years after ten Pakistani terrorists struck at Mumbai, India Saturday opened its surveillance radar network clusters that cover the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
BSF plans hotline to Pakistan Rangers
June 23rd, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 22 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) is planning to commission a hotline with its Pakistan Rangers counterpart for urgent discussion of problems on the border without ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
NATO spends $1.7 bn on surveillance system
May 21st, 2012 - 8:44 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 21 (IANS) NATO and Northrop Grumman Corporation, a European defence technology provider, Sunday signed a $1.7-billion contract here to set up a ground surveillance system.The contract, signed during ... Read more...
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India signs pacts with Seychelles to combat piracy
February 15th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Amid China's bid to step up ties with the Indian Ocean archipelago nation, India and Seychelles Tuesday signed three pacts for the supply of coastal ... Read more...
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Russia to develop new AWACS plane
August 9th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia hopes to develop a new airborne warning and control system (AWACS) plane by 2016, Air Force chief Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said Tuesday."We are ... Read more...
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IAF to set up radar, station fighters in Mizoram
June 2nd, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, June 2 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) will install a surveillance radar and station fighter aircraft in mountainous Mizoram, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, an official release said Thursday.The ... Read more...
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Raytheon bags radar contract for India’s maritime surveillance aircraft
July 19th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Farnborough (Britain), July 19 (IANS) Raytheon Company has received a contract from Boeing to develop an international version of the surveillance radar for India's maritime reconnaissance aircraft, it was announced here Monday.
The ... Read more...
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BSF for new devices to check Kashmir infiltration
May 18th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 18 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) is procuring new equipment that can give out alerts about terrorists from Pakistan sneaking into Jammu and Kashmir, say sources in the paramilitary ... Read more...
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Bharat Electronics posts 13 percent sales growth
April 1st, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 1 (IANS) Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) posted a turnover of Rs.5,235 crore for fiscal 2009-10, registering a growth of 13.2 percent over the previous fiscal at Rs.4,624 crore, the state-run ... Read more...
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India to supply coastal security equipment to Mauritius
November 5th, 2009 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) India and Mauritius signed an agreement for enhancing coastal security during the visit of the Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor earlier this week, ... Read more...
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BEL sales up 13 percent, pre-tax profit down
April 2nd, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 2 (IANS) State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) posted a turnover of Rs.46.18 billion in 2008-09 as against Rs.41.03 billion notched up the previous fiscal, registering a 13 percent year-on-year (YoY) ... Read more...
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Indian Defence Research ready to make any weapon within 4-7 years
February 19th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Feb 19 (ANI): The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), which is ready to launch underwater missile, is confident of catering to Indias defence requirements and ready to ... Read more...
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