New Delhi/Washington: American company Lockheed Martin has proposed manufacturing super advanced F-35 along with F-16 fighter aircrafts In India. The company has expressed preparedness to make changes to the aircrafts as per the needs of the India Air Force. The Indian Air force has a shortfall of hundreds of aircrafts and India has started making […]
Stockholm: On the background of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the demand for arms at the international level seems to be increasing continuously. In 2022, 100 big companies in the defence sector have sold arms worth about $ 600 billion. US companies continue to dominate this business, and 42 US companies have earned […]
Washington: Western defence companies have made the biggest gains from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, claims a US website. A website named ‘Defense News’ made public the list of the top 100 highest-earning companies in the defence sector in 2022. Over 50 US companies are included in these, and the information has come to the fore about […]
Washington – A group of retired US army officials claimed that Iran is almost on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon which can cause instability and crisis in the Middle East. Israel is the only country which can stop this from happening. Hence the US must urgently provide the needed weapons to Israel. The […]
Washington: In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there has been a huge addition in arms sales from the United States to NATO member countries. The leading magazine ‘Foreign Policy’ claimed that in 2022, the value of US defence deals with NATO countries would be more than double compared to 2021. The article in ‘Foreign […]
New Delhi: US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, is visiting India. She is accompanied by a delegation of CEOs from the US industry. The delegation held a joint meeting with dignitaries of Indian industry. Speaking on the occasion, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal firmly believed that the ‘India-US CEO Forum’ would strengthen economic cooperation […]
Moscow/Kyiv: Russian hackers have warned that the ongoing cyberwar between Ukraine and supporting countries could be deadly. Even before the Russia-Ukraine conflict began, cyberattacks had started between the two countries. After the conflict started, Anonymous, the world’s largest hacker group, started attacking Russia in support of Ukraine. After that, a big cyber war erupted between […]
Beijing: China announced sanctions against two US arms companies on selling weapons to Taiwan. The companies are Raytheon Technology and Lockheed Martin. This is the third time China has imposed sanctions against the US defence sector companies. Two weeks ago, the United States approved modernising Patriot Missiles System deployed in Taiwan. This agreement is worth […]
Manila/Warsaw: – Philippines has accelerated the modernisation of its defence forces given the hegemonic Chinese activities in the South China Sea. On Tuesday, the Philippines signed an agreement with Poland to purchase 32 Black Hawk helicopters. This is the third extensive defence agreement signed by the Philippines in the last four months. Earlier, the Philippines […]
Washington: – Pentagon has warned in its report that the monopoly of selected few companies in the defence sector is a threat to US security. The report advocates implementing policies to create healthy competition in the defence industry to break the monopoly. The report reveals that there were 51 companies listed as suppliers with the […]