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Indian Navy closely tracking Chinese submarines, warships moving for engag
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing global instability, Chinese submarines and warships are moving towards Pakistan for likely wargames and are being closely tracked by the Indian Navy assets including the P-8I surveillance planes and MQ-9B Predator drones.
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India-US 2+2 meeting to be held in November second week
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing global turbulence, India and the US are scheduled to hold the 2+2 meeting in New Delhi around November 9-10.
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Indian Predator drones help Navy keep a close watch over Indian Ocean Regi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Predator drones of the Indian Navy have flown over 13,000 hours of missions across the Indian Ocean Region from INS Rajali, Naval Air Base here and helped the maritime force keep a close watch on the entire area for interest of the country.
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Defence forces to jointly maintain common weapon platforms like Rafales, A
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a step aimed to help save funds in a big way, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) is working towards creating a system where maintenance of common weapon systems and platforms are done jointly by forces.
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Predator drones, P-8I surveillance aircraft have proved to be useful in op
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"The sensors they (Predators) have are quite a state of the art and they provide good recognizance and intelligence effort. So I would say no asset belongs to just any one service. It's a national asset and we need to use it wherever it can give the best results and optimal results so tha
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Indian Navy to extend lease of two Predator drones inducted in 2020
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Indian Navy is planning to extend the lease of the two Predator drones which have flown more than 12,000 hours for surveillance across the country including the boundary with China.
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Price of US Predator drones not finalized, Centre refutes Congress allegat
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The cost of 31 Predator drones, which India will be buying from the United States, is still in the early stage of negotiations and a fair distance away from the final figure, Defence Ministry officials said on Thursday
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Indian defence forces planning to equip Predator drones with India-made mi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Indian defence forces are planning to integrate made-in-India missiles on Predator drones, which are being acquired from the US under a foreign military sales deal.
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"Speculations about price should be kept aside..." Vice Admiral Ghormade o
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
He also called the deal very important for the armed forces adding that all the decisions will be taken in the national interest.
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Predator drones provide lot of capabilities, forces keen that they are pro
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Indian Navy has been operating these drones. They fall in the category of the HALE, (high altitude long endurance drones). So, we realised there is a need for having these drones for better surveillance and increased maritime domain awareness," the Navy Chief said.
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"Endurance of 33 hours in the air..." Navy chief gives details of Predator
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Amid the questions being raised over the capabilities of the proposed Predator drone deal with the US, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar on Wednesday said the drone has got long endurance and can stay in the air for 33 hours.
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MQ-9B drones acquisition: Speculative reports have ulterior motives, says
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Ministry of Defence said on Sunday that some speculative reports emerged in sections of social media referring to the price and other terms of purchase of 31 predator drones(MQ-9B drones) from the US have ulterior motives and are aimed at derailing the due acquisition process.
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