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MMRCA Part 3 - The Future Fulcrum The way the Russians have been behaving over a multiplicity of ongoing defence contracts, it would seem as though they had no real interest in the MMRCA deal. The complexion in ties has changed so deeply since the 1980s, that there is a very palpable degree...

IAF to take part in international air mobility competition Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Washington (PTI): The Indian Air Force will take part in the international air mobility competition to be held in the US this month, organisers of the event announced on Wednesday. To be staged from July...

Did you guys know that Dr. Tessy Thomas is called the 'Agni Putri' of India since the time she was made the project director of the AGNI-II program? Dr. Tessy Thomas

Hi, Here is the 2009 Student UAS Competition website. 2009 Student UAS Competition Mission objectives- The mission objectives are for an unmanned, radio controllable aircraft to be launched and transition or continue to autonomous flight, navigate a specified course, use onboard...

India plans to develop reusable spacecraft with Russia: Nair Tuesday 30 June, 2009. India is keen to expand its ongoing space cooperation with Russia to joint development of a "cheaper" reusable spacecraft, ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair has said. "India would like to continue strengthening...

UAV developed by DCE wins prize in US Tuesday 30 June, 2009. A high-tech Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by a team of ten undergraduates from Delhi College of Engineering in New Delhi has won the prestigious Unmanned Aircraft System International Competition held recently in the US...

100 MBTs!!!!:woot: I hope they don't screw up. This is a big order and an opportunity to gain a foothold in the untapped South American defence market. The competition is tough! But still think the Arjun offers the best bang for the buck amongst its competitors.

A first: Foreign interest in Arjun tank New Delhi, June 29, 2009 Seeking to build up its armoured warfare capabilities to crush a potential threat from Venezuela, its Latin American neighbour Colombia has shown interest in buying India’s indigenous Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun. The...

This is for all you smart young college techies out there, looking for challenging careers- Get nuclear powered The potato in your parantha at breakfast today probably had been made germ-free by what’s called irradiation. The smoke detector above your office workstation might be an...

MMRCA Part 2 - The Swedish Underdog Saab's tagline for the Gripen India campaign ("The Independent Choice") tells you a great deal about the depth of recognition by the company that the competition will most definitely be decided on political lines. Politically, the Gripen is squarely the...

Hi, Looks like Shiv Aroor has started a 6 part series on the MMRCA contenders in his blog, where he compares the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the 6 aircrafts in contention from the IAF and MoD pov. Seems interesting. Today he has started with F-16IN. So, here we go! MMRCA Part 1 -...

Hi, This trend has started to reverse already. This year in IISc, Bangalore, we saw unprecedented demand for research degrees from qualified undergrads and masters degree holders. Thousands of applicants applied for just a few tens of seats. For e.g., thousands applied for the...

^^ Hmm interesting!!! I have been proved wrong. It s not Ecuador after all. For Columbia, the order could be for about 40-50 MBTs. Let s see how it goes!

EXCLUSIVE: Colombia interested in MBT Arjun! LiveFist has confirmed that the Latin American country Colombia has expressed interest in purchasing India's indigenous Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun. The National Army of Colombia (Ejército Nacional de Colombia) operates armoured personnel carriers...

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"Hitler's Stealth Fighter" Re-created June 25, 2009 Top stealth-plane experts have re-created a radical, nearly forgotten Nazi aircraft: the Horten 2-29, a retro-futuristic fighter that arrived too late in World War II to make it into mass production. The engineers'...

India doesn't have any nuke subs as of now. We had a nuke sub called INS Chakra which was leased from Russia, but it was returned to them after the expiry of the lease. We will be getting an Akula-II class nuke sub from Russia before this year end and the indigenous ATV will start water trials...

Good luck with that:tup: But, generally in our part of the world it takes less than 15-20 mins to finish reading all that I have posted!

Sorry buddy, my knowledge on that is only as good as yours. No confirmed news yet! But yes you are right, initially we did seek two subs. domain-b.com : Russian nuclear subs for India - one or two?

IAF taking steps to prevent another SU-30MKI crash Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 Crash in April resulted in the entire fleet being grounded Aircraft needs to be better covered to prevent heat soak due to exposure to sun There are calls for design change including wire-locking the switches...