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BrahMos fetches $4bn order to deliver missiles

Bengaluru: Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace has secured orders from the Armed Forces to deliver supersonic cruise missiles, valued at $4 billion, a top company official said on Tuesday.

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35 Russian firms at Aero India 2011

Moscow: Russia will exhibit over 80 types of weaponry and will be represented by 35 companies at the upcoming Aero India 2011 air show, state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said in a statement.

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Suspected US spy drone crashes

Aden,Yemen: A suspected US spy drone crashed near the south Yemen town of Loder on Tuesday, a police official said, as witnesses said al-Qaeda forces made off with the plane's wreckage.

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Stealth bomber without pilot soon

London: The new stealth plane X-47B is something straight out of a sci-fi flick. This superbreed is capable of flying undetected to pound targets thousands of miles away.

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SC dismisses plea to hear armed forces on homosexuality

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea to make armed forces a party to the petitions supporting and opposing the Delhi High Court's ruling which decriminalised homosexual acts between two

Indian Navy detains 52 in pirate 'mothership' capture

Mumbai: The Indian navy and Coast Guard captured a suspected pirate 'mothership' and detained more than 50 people after a firefight on Sunday off southwestern India, the defence ministry said.

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'Defence exports have dropped to laughable levels'

New Delhi: Defence exports from the country's Ordnance Factories have fallen to such meagre levels that the quantum is 'laughable', a former Army General has said.

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US eyes sale of high tech items to India

With the easing of export controls for India, the United States will press New Delhi to buy US fighter jets and other advanced technology products on a trade mission to India starting on Sunday.

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IAF may get 'Star Wars' helmet from Europe

A hi-tech helmet, reminiscent of movies like 'Star Wars' and 'Firefox' as it helps fighter pilots operate aircraft through a seemingly fictional vision-and-voice command, has been offered to India by

Two pilots killed as chopper crashes

Two pilots were killed when a defence helicopter crashed into a thickly-populated residential area of this city on Wednesday morning, police said.

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