At company facilities in Seattle, Boeing has made an on-site delivery of the first P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to the Indian navy. “India will receive this aircraft and two more of its eight contracted P-8Is in 2013. The program is progressing on schedule as Boeing assembles the fourth and fifth P-8Is,” the company said in a statement Dec. 20.

NEW DELHI — India is likely to buy two additional Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to strengthen its air defense, according to Defense Minister A.K. Antony.

Vijay Mallya, chairman and founder of grounded Kingfisher Airlines, is ready to inject about 4.25 billion rupees ($775,000 million) into the carrier to restart operations if and when India's aviation regulator gives the go-ahead, one of the members of the airline’s lenders committee says.