Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist, who is currently visiting India, has held detailed discussions with his Indian counterpart, Manohar Parrikar, and is understood to have made a proposal to sell Saab’s Gripen NG single-engine light combat aircraft to the Indian air force.

A Dornier surveillance aircraft of the Indian coast guard with three crew members on board has been missing off the southern coast since June 8.

India’s experimental space plane aims to reduce the cost of access to space.