NEW DELHI — The Indian air force (IAF) is looking at acquiring about a dozen Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, which could be based on the Boeing 767 or Airbus 330. India already has AWACS aircraft under development based on the Russian IL-76 with the Israeli Phalcon Radar, and three in service.

NEW DELHI — Russia’s Rosoboronexport has proposed starting licensed production of its Ka-226T helicopter in India if it wins the contract to supply 197 reconnaissance and surveillance helicopters to the country’s military. “We are increasing exports both by deepening the relationship with traditional partners and expanding the geography of sales,” says Grigory Kozlov, head of helicopter exports at Rosoboronexport. “In particular, in India, where we are bidding the Ka-226T.

NEW DELHI — The Indian navy received the first of eight Boeing P-8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft on May 15. “The induction of the P-8I aircraft into the navy will greatly enhance India’s maritime surveillance capability in the Indian Ocean region,” an Indian navy spokesman said after the aircraft, a variant of the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon, landed at INS Rajali, a naval base at Arakonam near the southern city of Chennai.