India’s quest to sell Tejas jets to Argentina gets renewed push
India is very much a geopolitical underdog in the Argentinian competition, as it is up against both the US and China.
US approves $4 billion deal to sell India 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones
The Biden administration reportedly pushed New Delhi to approve the deal on its end ahead of a state visit by Indian leader Narendra Modi in June.
Space Force, AFRL ink first non-US research agreements with Indian AI, sensor firms
While this may be the first CRADA's between the two Indian space startups and the Space Force, neither company is a stranger to the US space market ecosystem.
UK lawmakers say ‘limited’, ‘modest’ Indo-Pacific presence not enough to address China threat
UK's Defence Committee also called for greater support of Pacific nations and more clarity on the AUKUS submarine program.
US in ‘no win’ situation after Canada suggests India involved in assassination
The allegation and diplomatic reprisals have left the US to balance its relationship between a longtime Five Eyes ally and a rising Asian democracy that could be a check on China.
New Chinese 10-Dash map sparks furor across Indo-Pacific: Vietnam, India, Philippines, Malaysia
The new map sparked sharp reactions from India, Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan. The new document was released one week before the G-20 summit in India. President Xi Jinping was to attend but news reports now indicate he will not.
With India’s Moon triumph, lunar space race surges while UN struggles to set guardrails
"More than 100 lunar missions are planned for this decade alone, including many that are commercial," said Jessica West, of Canada's Project Ploughshares.
Malabar exercise brings India to the Pacific – along with Aussie F-35s, P-8s
The 10-day exercise brought Vice Adm. Dinesh Tripathi of the Indian Navy from India's western coast to Papua New Guinea, via the Solomon Islands and on to Sydney, a rare outing for the Indian admiral who had only visited the Pacific once in 2018.
All domain C2, data sharing key for Talisman Sabre: US 3-star
The new Combined Joint Network Operations Security Center (CJ-NOSC) "gives us the ability [to] collaborate along with our partners, which hasn't existed before," US Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of Army I Corps, told Breaking Defense.
India, France increase defense ties with new Rafale jet and submarine buys
As part of Modi’s visit to France, the two countries released a document entitled “Horizon 2047,” about the future collaboration between the two sides — including on defense issues.
India’s Modi to leave Washington with host of defense, tech agreements in his wake
“We intend to support India in the creation of logistics, repair, and maintenance infrastructure for aircraft and ships… that is obviously something that will be important as we work together to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder.
India signs Artemis Accords, tightening ties with US in space race with China
New Delhi's adherence to the accords represents a boost to US efforts to rally allies to help counter China's expansion of its own civil and military space activities, as well as Beijing's use of space as a soft-power tool on the global stage.
F-35 Drives Closer Integration With Allies: Aussie Air Chief
WASHINGTON: The F-35 Joint Strike fighter will drive deeper and more useful military connections between Australia, the United States and regional partners such as Japan and Malaysia, the head of Australia’s air force said today. “This aircraft has redefined joint” for Australia, Air Marshal Leo Davies said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this morning, accelerating policy […]
SecDef Mattis To Tap Former Army FAO For DASD South Asia
WASHINGTON: One of the more important national security jobs in this town, deputy assistant defense secretary for south and southeast asia, will be filled by a former Army officer with extensive foreign affairs and counterinsurgency experience, a well placed source tells us. Retired Col. Joe Felter, who now works at Stanford’s Hoover Institute, “led the […]
US Ships, Planes Challenge 22 Countries’ Claims — Not Just China’s
WASHINGTON: In 2016, the Defense Department flew aircraft or steamed ships through territories claimed by Albania, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Malta, and, well, China, according to the Pentagon’s annual report released today. So should Beijing be relieved it was not the sole focus of American Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) or should it feel slighted that it […]