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Failure of power generators, batteries led to Predator drone crash off Che
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The failure of power generators and batteries on board the MQ-9B Predator drones operated for the Indian Navy by an American firm led to its crash last week off the Chennai coast.
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President Biden welcomes progress on India's procurement of MQ-9B aircraft
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
President Biden welcomed the progress towards India concluding procurement of 31 General Atomics MQ-9B (16 Sky Guardian and 15 Sea Guardian) remotely piloted aircraft and their associated equipment, which will enhance the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of
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US firm expected to replace crashed MQ-9B Predator drone for meeting India
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
US firm General Atomics is expected to replace the MQ-9B Predator drone at the earliest to carry out surveillance missions for the Indian Navy as per the requirements projected in the contract between the two sides.
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MQ-9B Predator drone crashes after technical failure at sea off Chennai
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Indian Navy said that a High Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft (HALE RPA) encountered a technical failure on Wednesday, after which the aircraft was navigated to a safe area over the sea and carried out a controlled ditching at sea off Chennai.
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Indian Navy looking to conclude 3 mega deals worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore by e
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In a move towards boosting its surveillance and fighting capabilities, the Indian Navy is looking towards concluding three major defence deals this financial year, including the 31 MQ-9B drone deal, 3 additional Scorpene submarines and the 26 Rafale-M fighter aircraft project.
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US to provide consultancy to India to build advanced UAVs under USD 3 bill
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
As part of the USD 3.1 billion 31 MQ-9B Predator drone deal between India and the US, American side is proposing to provide consultancy to Indian entities for developing an indigenous advanced unmanned aerial vehicle.
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India expressed interest in co-production of Stryker combat vehicle: US
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Speaking to reporters, Cambell said, "India has expressed an interest (during the meetings) in the co-production of the Stryker combat vehicle."
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India, US release joint fact sheet after iCET talks in Delhi; highlights p
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Following the Critical and Emerging Technology initiative talks in New Delhi on Monday, India and the US released a joint fact sheet which highlighted the progress on MQ-9B acquisition, and on other defence cooperation sectors between the two nations.
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Indian Army, IAF to jointly deploy Predator drones in Gorakhpur, Sarsawa a
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Indian Army and the Air Force are planning to jointly deploy MQ-9B Predator drones at air bases in Sarsawa and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, for upgrading their surveillance capabilities all along the Line of Actual Control with China from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.
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Indo-US MQ-9B Predator drone deal expected to be signed in next few months
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"We are the lead servers who are steering it. The letter of request has been cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council and the letter of request has gone to the US government. They have given us a draft letter of availability. Now the final one will come. It has to be placed before the (the
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US says MQ-9B drones will provide India with enhanced maritime security
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The sale of MQ-9B drones to India will provide the country "with enhanced maritime security and maritime domain awareness capability. It offers India outright ownership of these aircraft, and this is something that we'll continue to deepen our cooperation with our Indian partners on," US
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USIBC President criticises uninformed media reports on US-India drone deal
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"What I find interesting is there's a lot of absolutely uninformed, erroneous gossip being spread in media organs that, frankly, have a track record of not checking their facts and stories are completely at variance with the actual facts...but people ought to do the bare minimum of fact c
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