India Receives Last of 3 Follow On Krivak III/Talwar Class Frigates from Russia

India Receives Last of 3 Follow On Krivak III/Talwar Class Frigates from Russia

Talwar class(click to view full) In July 2006, the Indian government announced that Russia would build 3 “stealth warships” for India under a Rs 5114 crore (INR 51.14 billion, then about $1.1 billion) contract signed in New Delhi. The contract actually...
India Receives Last of 3 Follow On Krivak III/Talwar Class Frigates from Russia

Rapid Fire June 28, 2013: Half a Sequester Straightjacket Would Look Like Relief

* Sean O’Keefe, head of EADS North America and the NDIA trade association, urges the US government to at least grant the Pentagon flexibility within sequestration-level budgets. * Latest from the US GAO: feed us more acquisition metrics; improve Army Industrial...
India Receives Last of 3 Follow On Krivak III/Talwar Class Frigates from Russia

Rapid Fire June 27, 2013: Eurocopter’s Export Wish List

* Big defense contracts in Eurocopter’s sights, according to La Tribune [in French]: the US, Qatar, Poland, Norway, India, and Malaysia. * The US started shipping weapons to Jordan to deliver them to Syrian rebels. * The US Air Force’s Cold Weather...
India Receives Last of 3 Follow On Krivak III/Talwar Class Frigates from Russia

Rapid Fire June 26, 2013: Global Defense Spending to Face Tectonic Shifts?

Forecast Me Not * IHS Jane’s is making the bold prediction that aggregated Asian defense budgets will supersede North America’s by 2021. Maybe. They don’t share their methodology but from their release it appears that by “forecast” they...