Nc Bipindra Bloomberg

Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality.

India and Russia have agreed on a new payment method through their national currencies for multi-billion-dollar defense deals, in a bid to avoid risks created by the U.S. threat of sanctions and banking restrictions.

India moved a step closer to inviting bids for the purchase of 114 fighter jets, currently the world's largest deal in play, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to boost the capability of the country's armed forces and replace an aging combat aircraft fleet.

India is set to place an order for Israeli 'Spike' missiles in a bid to boost its anti-tank capability against Pakistan, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. is boosting production capacity to manufacture locally-developed light combat aircraft, even as it strikes a strategic tie-up with American major Boeing Co. to bid to make F/A-18 fighter jets in India.

For a country that's known as the world's biggest arms importer, India's defense market is a notoriously difficult nut to crack.

The company, known for its helicopters, has offered to build the passenger planes in India if it gets enough scale, Sikorsky's Regional Executive for India and South Asia A.J.S. Walia said in an interview.

A handful of companies are seeking to become the Boeings and Lockheed Martins of India, collaborating with global defense manufacturers to locally build advanced military hardware.

Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. promised to build plants in India if the world's biggest arms importer chose their fighter jets and weapons. That was before President Donald Trump's America First call.

India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.

India is seeking to boost arms exports 20- fold in a decade to $3 billion, a push that if successful would transform one of the world's biggest importers into a major seller of defense equipment.

Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality.

India and Russia have agreed on a new payment method through their national currencies for multi-billion-dollar defense deals, in a bid to avoid risks created by the U.S. threat of sanctions and banking restrictions.

India moved a step closer to inviting bids for the purchase of 114 fighter jets, currently the world's largest deal in play, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to boost the capability of the country's armed forces and replace an aging combat aircraft fleet.

India is set to place an order for Israeli 'Spike' missiles in a bid to boost its anti-tank capability against Pakistan, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. is boosting production capacity to manufacture locally-developed light combat aircraft, even as it strikes a strategic tie-up with American major Boeing Co. to bid to make F/A-18 fighter jets in India.

For a country that's known as the world's biggest arms importer, India's defense market is a notoriously difficult nut to crack.

The company, known for its helicopters, has offered to build the passenger planes in India if it gets enough scale, Sikorsky's Regional Executive for India and South Asia A.J.S. Walia said in an interview.

A handful of companies are seeking to become the Boeings and Lockheed Martins of India, collaborating with global defense manufacturers to locally build advanced military hardware.

Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. promised to build plants in India if the world's biggest arms importer chose their fighter jets and weapons. That was before President Donald Trump's America First call.

India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.

India is seeking to boost arms exports 20- fold in a decade to $3 billion, a push that if successful would transform one of the world's biggest importers into a major seller of defense equipment.