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French Dassault Wins Bid for IAF’s 126 Fighter Jets
French firm Dassault Rafale has bagged India’s biggest-ever military contract for supplying 126 combat aircraft for the Air Force, edging out European rival EADS in the deal that may be worth about ten billion dollars. The French firm was declared as the lowest bidder, according to which it will get the contract under India’s defence [...]
India: Deals for Acquisition of C-130 J Super Hercules
Government has not inked any follow-on deal for acquiring nine additional C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft with the US. However, a Letter of Request (LoR) has been issued to the U.S. Government for the procurement of the additional aircraft. Besides, proposal for the procurement of 75 Basic Trainer Aircrafts (BTA) is being progressed. No [...]
India Addresses Shortage of Radars in Air Force
The capability build-up of Indian Air Force (IAF) envisages procurement of radars of various classes. The induction of these systems along with network centricity is aimed at a gap-free Air Defence cover along the Eastern and Western borders. The Court of Inquiry instituted after the damage to the Aerostat radar, purchased from Israel, revealed that [...]
India Launches New Generation Strategic Missile AGNI 4
India today successfully test-fired the most advanced long-range missile system Agni-4 today. The missile was launched from a Road Mobile System at 9.00 AM from Wheelers’ Island off the coast of Odisha. The missile followed its trajectory, in a text book fashion, attained a height of about 900 kms and reached the pre-designated target in [...]
DRDO Conducts 5th Successful Flight of UAV Rustom-1
Indigenously designed and developed RUSTOM-1 made 5th successful Flight this morning while flying at an altitude of 2300 ft AGL (above ground level) & at a speed 100 Knots during 25 minute of cruise near Hosur. It may be noted that this Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE – UAV) is developed by [...]
India and Russia to Step Up Defense Ties
In a spirit of a cooperation and understanding, India and Russia held their annual meeting to review the defence ties in Moscow on Tuesday (04 Oct 2011) and expressed “readiness to take all necessary measures to further expand the cooperation on a mutually beneficial basis.” In a Protocol signed after the Eleventh meeting of the [...]
Prithvi-II Ballistic Missile Successfully Test-Fired
India on Monday successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Prithvi-II’ ballistic missile, with a range of 350 kms, as part of user trial by the armed forces from Chandipur off Orissa coast, about 15 km from Balasore. “The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was flight tested at around 8.50 AM from a mobile launcher from the Integrated [...]
India to Eliminate Bottleneck in Defence Procurement
Modernization of the Armed Forces is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational challenges, technological changes and available resources. Highest priority is being accorded to modernization of the Armed Forces which is proceeding at a fast pace. The modernization is undertaken through procurement of defence equipment/platforms in accordance with the provisions of Defence Procurement [...]
India Considers Hypersonic Version of BrahMos Missile
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has asked the BrahMos aerospace company to develop an advanced version of the cruise missile to maintain India’s leadership in this field. “You should develop a hypersonic version of BrahMos which can be reused…meaning that the missile should be able to deliver its payload and return to base. [...]
