India invites bids for fighter jets
25302
India invites defence contractors to enter the bidding contest to supply 126 war planes in a $10bn deal.
613118
THE Indian government is to offer 20 oil and gas blocks for exploration to foreign and domestic firms from January. Oil minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said he was seeking bids &quot;with a view to bringing more areas
543587
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits former Cold War ally India this week, hoping to retain a dominant share of India&#39;s military hardware market and boost cooperation in oil and civilian nuclear energy.
118913
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Islamabad has expressed concern over statements emanating from New Delhi that the US sale of F-16 fighter jets or any other military hardware to Pakistan could have a
96959
A senior U.S. defense official said Thursday that Washington is considering an appeal from Pakistan for F-16 fighter aircraft &#151; a request that has received a muted response from the United States in previous years.
118643
[Business India]: Bangalore, Dec 21 : Air Deccan, India&#39;s first low-cost no-frills carrier, Tuesday signed a contract with Airbus Industries to acquire 30 A320 aircraft over the next five years to augment its fleet and expand its operations.
356326
BANGALORE - Indian budget carrier Air Deccan will buy 30 Airbus A320 aircraft with deliveries starting in 2007, the European company said.
359410
Boeing Co.  said it may bid for  $15 billion of Indian military orders in the next decade, as it  seeks to benefit from closer ties between the U.S. and India, a  Bloomberg report said on Friday.
353534
Air Deccan, India's first budget airline, is looking to acquire 15 planes as it seeks to expand its services across the country.
194671
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Indian leaders but sidestepped controversy after New Delhi urged Washington not to sell F-16 fighter planes to rival Pakistan.
585183
BANGALORE, India  - India has sounded out the  United States to consider buying advanced F-16 fighter jets for  its air force, but Washington is yet to decide on the matter,  U.S. ambassador David Mulford said Tuesday.
341465
[World News]: Beijing, Dec 28 : In a major move to enhance mutual trust, India today invited the Chinese military to join for the first time in a military exercise in non-traditional security.
489663
Bad news for tinfoil-sporting 'Aurora' diehards DARPA*, the Pentagon research hothouse where only the most exotic notions bloom on a rich mulch of taxpayer greenbacks, is bidding for a cool three-quarter-billion in funds to build a hypersonic plane.â¦
178577
The Congress-led UPA government decided on Wednesday to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in civil aviation from 40 per cent to 49 per cent on the automatic route, ie cutting through the red tape.
458717
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said he discussed with US President George W. Bush a potential purchase of American F-16 fighter jets to upgrade the defense capability of his country.
51741
In a move that could boost the aviation sector in India, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to hike Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ceiling in civil aviation from 40% to 49%.
26275
Air Deccan orders 30 Airbus planes in a $1.8bn deal as India's first low-cost airline expands in the fast-growing domestic market.