• India to buy 29 more MiG-29Ks
January 18, 2010
Reports noted that India is planning to sign a $1.2 billion deal with Russia to buy 29 more MiG-29Ks. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by the PM, has approved the said proposal. These planes are in addition to 16 jets that Indian has already ordered along with Gorshkov aircraft carrier in 2004 in a 1.5 billion contract. These planes are slated to operate from both Russian made Gorshkov as well as the indigenous aircraft carrier Air Defence Ship (ADS), which is presently being built at MoD’s recently acquired Cochin Shipyard.
• India raises defence export license concerns with US
The defence minster AK Antony raised “concerns regarding denial of export licenses” to various Indian defence industrial establishments and their inclusion in the ‘Entity List’ of the US with the visiting Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates. While expressing “satisfaction” with the progress of bilateral defence cooperation since the signing of bilateral cooperation agreement in 2005, the Indian minister told his visiting counterpart that “the bilateral defence trade relations between India and the USA should move from a purely buyer-seller relationship to a more comprehensive relationship covering transfer of technology and co-production.”
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