On April 13 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of seven CHINOOK Helicopters and other related equipment..Read More
Recently, the Australian Department of Defense and Thales Nederland signed a contract for a user licence of Thales's Mid-Course Guidance and Sampled Data Homing function. This function will be ut..Read More
The Australian Minesweeping System (AMAS), developed by Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), has secured a major export order with the Indian Navy now becoming the late..Read More
In what could signal a paradigm shift in its philosophy, the Indian Navy adopted NATO procedures during the five-nation war games also involving the US that concluded in the Bay of Bengal Sunday.These..Read More
A multilateral naval drill involving India, the US and three other nations begins in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday, an event that India says is a pointer to the country's growing importance on the wo..Read More
A decision to offer uranium to India to fuel its nuclear reactors is perhaps Australia's best gift to the country on the 60th anniversary of its independence.With the US signing a civilian nuclea..Read More
Australia, an influential member of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group which was earlier skeptical of the India-US civil nuclear deal, Tuesday 'congratulated' India on the 123 bilateral a..Read More
FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer will ask cabinet to approve the export of Australian uranium to India in a submission to be considered by the Government within weeks.The Australian reports that cabi..Read More
Twenty warships from five countries, including three aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and fighters, will assemble in the Bay of Bengal in September for a major naval exercise to be hosted by Indi..Read More
Casting away the mistrust triggered by the Indian Navy's build-up in the 1980s and the Pokharan nuclear tests, India and Australia inked an accord on Wednesday to scale up maritime cooperation an..Read More
After years of being suspicious of India's growing military prowess, especially the expanding role of its Navy in the Indian Ocean region, Australia now wants to upgrade strategic and defence tie..Read More
China has asked India, the United States, Japan and Australia, who are trying to forge a quadripartite format not to go against the global trend and be "open and inclusive" while a Chinese expert bel..Read More
Recognizing India's emergence as a strategic and economic power broker in the North East Indian Ocean region, Australia is planning to build closer defence ties with it, country's defence de..Read More
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has expressed his willingness to sell uranium to India provided New Delhi adhered to strict safeguards, and said he would also back the India-U.S. nuclear deal.Au..Read More
Australia could sell uranium to India without increasing the risks of weapons proliferation, a nuclear industry report tabled in the federal parliament has said.The report, from a bipartisan committee..Read More
Canberra: U.S. President George W. Bush has briefed Australian Prime Minister John Howard on a U.S. nuclear deal with India in a move seen as groundwork by Canberra for a possible policy change..Read More
New Delhi: Signalling a full-fledged break from a bilateral past beset with military suspicion and criticism particularly in the maritime sphere, Australia concluded its first ever defence agre..Read More
New Delhi: India and Australia will sign a defense pact during Prime Minister John Howard's four-day visit. The Hindu newspaper said Monday that in addition to defense, there would be agre..Read More
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Saturday said he will be on a four-day visit to India from Sunday to strengthen bilateral trade and "strategic" relations.Howard, who last visit..Read More
Sydney Australia is poised to upgrade defence links with the emerging regional superpower India by conducting joint naval exercises and also by increasing cooperation to formulate counter-terro..Read More
New Delhi: Australia's traditional and longstanding suspicion of IndiaFor the first time, it is sending a team to the ..Read More
Australian prime minister John Howard will propose to India during his state visit in January that both countries should work out a strategic cooperation framework to accommodate emerging security sit..Read More
Expressing strong support for Japan getting a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, Australian Prime Minister John Howard today said there is also "merit" in India, South Africa and Indonesia joi..Read More
Sydney, Aug 9 (DPA) Australia has offered to sell uranium to China in the light of Beijing's plans to quadruple nuclear-energy production by 2020. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer announced Tues..Read More
Washington, July 28 (PTI) The Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate between six nations, including India and the US, will work toward pollution reduction and addressing concerns o..Read More
