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India Removes 20% Local Sourcing Mandate for Satellite Communications, Maintains Security Safeguards
हिंदी में पढ़ें India has officially dropped the 20% local sourcing rule for satellite communications equipment, a move that signals a shift toward greater flexibility in defence procurement. What Changed? The Ministry of Defence announced that the mandatory local content requirement, which previously mandated that at least 20% of satellite communication gear be sourced from domestic…
Malaysia confirmed its CAESAR artillery purchase from France and plans to develop locally made weapons for future ANKA-S drone operations through technology transfer cooperation....
Echoes of Agusta: How a €50m Drone Panic Sparked Belgium’s Latest Defence Crisis
The Brussels public prosecutor’s office has today, 17 April 2026, launched a formal investigation into the Belgian defence ministry’s acquisition of anti-drone equipment. The inquiry, which will examine potential official corruption and the obstruction of public auctions, was triggered by a broadcast from the investigative television programme Pano. The documentary scrutinised a €50m emergency…
The Sun sets on US Empire, a Sunday Special Expose
The American Empire’s Barbed-Wire Canoe The American Empire has finally done it. After strutting the globe like a prize bull in a china shop, for what seemed an eternity, (the blink of an eye in world history), it has tripped over its own tie or Lifts or lies or something and smashed all the valuables. Not an oops-a-daisy. Not a wobble. The full catastrophe. The sort of monumental cock-up that…
Defense Ministry Starts Review of 114-Jet Rafale Mega Deal
India moves closer to its largest fighter jet purchase as the IAF seeks 114 Rafales with local production. India is streamlining its largest purchase of fighter aircraft as the Ministry of Defence begins analysing the Indian Air Force’s request for 114 Rafale jets. The Indian Air Force plans to construct the fighters in India with Dassault Aviation and other major Indian partners, including…
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Germany and India near historic 8 bn dollar submarine purchase deal with tech transfer
A submarine manufacturing agreement between Germany and India is close to being reached with a possible investment of at least $8 billion, making this the biggest ever defense deal if materialized and bringing Indo-German relations to a new level, official sources said. This deal is being framed prior to Germany’s visit to India by Germany’s, Friedrich Merz, next week, and this deal is very…
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Wronski's News on Tuesday
The Unreality Principle: News, Political Fiction and the Theatre of The Absurd So here’s how Tuesday 10 December unfolded in the shallow-deep, darkly comic, parallel universe where Australian politics happens, that strange dimension where things that don’t exist get treated as if they matter, CCS, and things that actually matter, pensions, teeth, get filed under “too hard, check back…
Brussels and London eye a deal on defence procurement but political hurdles and a tight timeline could leave UK firms on the sidelines
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…sidelines. The United Kingdom is eager for its defence giants to snag a share of Europe's rearmament spending splurge, but figuring out a deal is easier pledged than delivered. Despite optimistic signals this spring, negotiations have yet to start with London over it joining the EU's €150 billion Security Action for Europe (SAFE) lending scheme amid Brussels’ summer slowdown and political wrangling. With EU capitals racing to submit spending plans by November, time is running out to strike a deal that ensures British firms aren’t left watching from the sidelines. A deal allowing UK contractors to join SAFE could be struck within weeks, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said optimistically in May. By the end of July, however, it was clear that the UK would not receive a formal proposal for at least another month – narrowing the window for London to negotiate favourable terms for its companies. The clock is ticking. EU member states must submit their procurement wish lists by 30 November. If London wants British firms to be considered, it must align with that timeline. But that's without accounting for haggling among EU capitals over what kind of deal to offer London. The stumbling block: the agreement must strike a "fair balance", according to the legal text of SAFE, between the UK's contribution – both financial and industrial – to SAFE and what it stands to gain from the programme. What that balance means in practice has been left open to interpretation by both the European Commission and member states, three EU diplomats told Euractiv.
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