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Four Russian military aircraft shot down near Ukraine's border, says report
Two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters were shot down on Saturday close to the Ukrainian border, reported Sky News
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47 Chinese military aircrafts enter air defence zone, claims Taiwan
It further said that its armed forces monitored the situation and stated that its aircraft, navy vessels and missile systems have been tasked to respond to these activities
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Centre to order 15 more C-295s from Tata-Airbus' Vadodara facility: Report
Out of 15, nine C-295s will be acquired for the Navy and six for Coast Guard
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Top headlines: Twitter Blue likely to be back soon, Nawaz may return to Pak
Business Standard brings you the top headlines this hour
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Philippines signs $624 million deal to purchase 32 Black Hawk helicopters
Due to financial constraints, the Philippines has struggled for years to modernise its military, one of the most underfunded in Asia
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3rd military aircraft bring 86 Russians from Kazakhstan to Moscow: Ministry
The third military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered 86 Russian citizens from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Tata, Airbus sign Rs 20,000-cr contract to manufacture military aircraft
The Defence Ministry on Friday inked a nearly Rs 20,000 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to procure 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft which will replace Avro-748 planes of the Indian Air Force. The long-pending procurement was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security two weeks back. "Contract signed between #MinistryOfDefence and @AirbusDefence &Space, Spain for procurement of 56 C-295 transport aircraft for the #IAF," Defence Ministry Spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu tweeted. Under the deal, 16 aircraft will be delivered in a flyaway condition by the Airbus Defence and Space within 48 months of signing the contract. The remaining 40 planes will be manufactured in India by a consortium of the Airbus Defence and Space and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) within 10 years of signing the contract, officials said. The C-295 MW aircraft is a transport plane of 5-10 tonne capacity. This is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft will b
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$2.5-billion buy of 56 C-295 military transport planes cleared
The C-295 has a rear ramp door for quick loading and unloading and for para dropping of troops and cargo
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From a mere token presence, Rolls-Royce's India operations boom in a decade
A decade ago, Rolls-Royce India was little more than a trading outpost in Bengaluru that provided engineering services using 500 employees from TCS and QuEST
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Asia, now a growth market for military aircraft
Lockheed, the manufacturer of the aircraft, is vying for a contract to sell fighter jets to India
