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IAF's Ilyushin Il-76 Transporter & Il-78 Aerial Refuelling Aircrafts In Waddington, UK Indian Air force [IAF], with its contingent of Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters, Ilyushin Il-76 Transporter & Il-78 Tanker aircraft, took part in this Indo-British Air Exercise, some time back. This Thread contains a...

Why US-made howitzers will cost India 90% more In August, the Pentagon re-notified the United States Congress of sale of howitzers to India for up to $885 million. A 2010 notification had stated a maximum cost of $647 million A delay of over three years by the Ministry of Defence in...

ISRO to assemble another engine for aborted GSLV The Indian space agency will assemble another engine to fly its heavy rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV), while packing off the leaking one to its Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) for detailed study, an official...

IAF impressed with Airbus A400M In February this year, Airbus Military began a quiet campaign to showcase the A400M airlifter to the Indian Air Force (IAF). The company knew this was a difficult proposition, given that the IAF already has its resources committed to several existing...

India, Iraq to discuss rupee payments for trade: minister The government will discuss with Iraq the possibility of settling trade payments in the rupee currency, the trade minister said, in a move that will also help stabilise the troubled currency. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is...

Rs 2,000 cr insurance to refiners for using Iranian oil soon After Petroleum Ministry agreed to provide funds, the Finance Ministry has initiated the process of setting up of a Rs 2,000-crore fund to provide insurance cover to domestic refineries that process crude oil imported from Iran...

Green panel halts DRDO, BARC, IISc projects at Chitradurga The projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and the IISc at Chitradurga have been halted by the National Green Tribunal as they did not have the necessary clearances...

Kolkata college boy builds a drone, wants army to take a look KOLKATA: Most boys his age would be happy with a bike. A car would be a dream. But Subhanjan Saha owns a drone. Better still, the 21-year-old 'technopreneur' has built it himself and claims to have outdone similar campus...

Iraq seeks Indian help to rebuild country NEW DELHI: Iraq on Friday invited Indian business to participate in the rebuilding of the war-weary country which is moving toward normalcy. "India's experience will help, we are depending much on India's experience," visiting Iraqi Prime Minister...

US Soldier Tops Indian Army Course Conducted In Jammu And Kashmir JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Eleven weeks of rigorous high-elevation training in India culminated with the “Best Student” trophy awarded to U.S. Army artillery officer Capt. Matthew Hickey with the 2nd...

Leading Pakistani Scientist Effusively Praising Great Indian Nuclear Physicist Dr. Homi Bhabha

HAL Proposing Upgradation Of IAF's Avro HS-748 Transport Aircrafts? The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [HAL] recently issued a 'Request For Information' [RFI] for a proposal to replace the Gas Turbine-powered turbo-prop engines of the Indian Air Force's [IAF] Hawker Siddeley's Avro HS 748...

HAL pushes HTT-40 as light attack platform While the Defence Ministry ponders over the IAF’s recommendation that the HTT-40 basic trainer project be foreclosed, HAL is fighting back. At a recent annual general meeting of the Aeronautical Society of India, which includes influential voices...

Raytheon continues Patriot push in India A decade after Raytheon first began its big push of the Patriot PAC-3 integrated air and missile defence system to India, the company remains committed to India as a potential customer. Raytheon CEO William Swanson recently described the PAC-3 as a...

Isro moves on, prepares for next launch Though the scheduled launch of Geo Synchronised Launch Vehicle (GSLV) D5 earlier this week failed, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has already announced the launch of its next satellite. The GSAT-7 will be launched during the early...

Sukhoi T-50 Shows Flight-Control Innovations A highlight of the MAKS air show, which opens at Zhukovsky Airport near Moscow next week, is likely to be the demonstration of the Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA (Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii—Future Tactical Air System) fighter...

More captive flight tests of ASTRA BVRAAM on Su-30MKI The indigenous Astra beyond visual-range air-to-air missile has been captive flight tested again on the Su-30MKI, following successful tests in April this year as earlier reported bySP’s. The IAF is watching keenly as the ambitious...

ISRO may use standby engine to launch GSLV Indian space agency ISRO will look at options of using a standby engine for the early launch of its heavy geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) after examining what forced the postponement of the launch Monday, an official said. “We...

BDL gets Rs 3,000 cr contract for anti-tank Invar missiles In a major boost to Army’s firepower, defence PSU Bharat Dynamics Limited has been given a Rs 3,000 crore contract by the defence ministry to produce Russian-origin Invar anti-tank guided missiles for the T-90 tanks of the force...

Tanzanian military receives Indian military vehicles The Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) has received 591 military vehicles from India, including trucks and buses, that are expected to greatly improve transportation within the military. The vehicles were handed over at the...