Defence Acquisition: International Best Practices
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DefenceTalkThis book is a compendium of papers presented and circulated in the International Seminar on Defence acquisition organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses on July 12-14, 2011. It contains 29 chapters organized in nine key themes: technical requirement and capability definition; technical and commercial evaluation challenges; optimal procedural framework; contract implementation and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/defence-acquisition-international-best-practices-46722/
US withdraws military equipment through Pakistan
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DefenceTalkThe US military has started to withdraw equipment from Afghanistan through Pakistan ahead of next year’s deadline for combat troops to leave the war against the Taliban, an official said Monday. Two convoys, each hauling 25 shipping containers, entered Pakistan at the Chaman and Torkham border crossings on Sunday as part of the US redeployment […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-withdraws-military-equipment-through-pakistan-46747/
Russian Weapons Sales Shift Away From East
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DefenceTalkRussia is losing arms markets in Asia and the Middle East, two of its traditional strongholds, but gaining new ones in Latin America and Africa, a Russian arms official said this week ahead of an aviation expo in India, a major buyer of Russian weaponry that has recently been opting for Western hardware. “While losing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-weapons-sales-shift-away-from-east-46674/
Russia Remains Key Arms Supplier for India
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DefenceTalkRussia remains a key supplier of weaponry to India with good prospects for future military-technical cooperation, Deputy General Director of Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Viktor Komardin, said. “The country [India] is one of the main importers of defense products on the global scale, and Russia continues to be one of its key suppliers,” Komardin, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-remains-key-arms-supplier-for-india-46664/
MOD Reveals £160 Billion Plan to Equip Armed Forces
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DefenceTalkThe Ministry of Defence has today published details of how it will equip the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force over the next 10 years and how this will be funded. For the first time, the government has set out a fully-funded Defence Equipment Plan totalling almost £160 billion. The affordability of this plan […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mod-reveals-160-billion-plan-to-equip-armed-forces-46610/