India is installing 10 radars across islands in the Maldives to help it monitor the surrounding seas.
The radars, besides assisting the Maldives in building a maritime surveillance system, will also help India keep track of its strategic interests in the region.
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The IAF is changing over to a new computerised system of selecting pilots that now does away with the earlier manual and subjective procedures for judging a candidates aptitude and reflexes. As a pilot project, the DRDO has installed three such systems at the IAFs service selection boards...
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Pakistan has acquired its first Airborne Warning and Control System (AEW&C) from Sweden today . The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has ordered Saab 2000 aircraft which will be fitted with the Erieye radar and associated systems, including 5 onboard operator...
Sukhoi fighter jet planes resumed flying on Monday after being grounded for a week following a crash involving one of the aircraft in the fleet in Jaisalmer on November 30. "The Sukhoi aircraft has started flying again and the first flight of the fighter jet, after being grounded for a week...
Over a decade after an IAF chopper was shot down in combat over Kargil, Army Aviation and IAF helicopters will be equipped with indigenous missile approach warning systems (MAWS) and laser-warning receivers for self-defence.
Bharat Electronics (BEL) will initially produce about 70 such...
DRDO to develop UCAV
The Defence Research and Development Organisation will be embarking on developing an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), a top official said. The UCAV will be produced as part of a plan to develop defence weapon systems.
"We will be embarking on UCAV, which...
Bangalore: The geopolitical factor that determined state-owned Air India's choice of commercial aircraft in the mid-2000 may come into play again in the Indian government's selection of engines for its indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas.
In 2005, when the national carrier's...
INDIA gives go-ahead to MRTA
NEW DELHI - India's highest decision-making body on security matters gave its approval Dec. 3 to the joint development with Russia of a multirole transport aircraft (MTA).The clearance by the Cabinet Committee on Security here will pave the way for a formal...
can someone enlighten me as to what happened to the deals of smerch MBRL, Amur-submarine & Kornet-E ATGM ??? also what happened to the brahmos-II hypersonic version ??????? any word on PAK-FA FGFA during this visit ????? what happened to MRTA ??????? please somebody shed some light...
Chinese aircraft-carrier by 2015
Even as the delivery schedule of the Gorshkov aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy remains uncertain, China is likely to have its first operational aircraft carrier by 2015, a top US Admiral in charge of the US Pacific Command (PACOM) has said.
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In what is a serious blow to the image of the Indian Army, administrative and disciplinary action has been initiated against 41 officers, one JCO and four retired officers for allegedly selling their personal weapons in the grey market.
Minister of Defence AK Antony, in a written reply...
The Defence Minister of Indonesia, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, today confirmed that the Ministry is following the plan to increase the Navys (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, TNIAL) inventory of patrol vessels by the purchase of 96 additionally boats. The Navy needs these vessels...
As is well known, after 26/11 the Indian Navy (IN) was given the additional responsibility of coastal security. It is a common military principle that the security of own base is paramount. It is foolhardy to conduct distant blue water operations only to find that your unguarded base (eg...
Israeli military delegation to visit India to strengthen ties
New Delhi : An Israeli military delegation will visit India next week to boost defence ties and strengthen the joint counter-terrorism network, officials said.The two-day visit starts Dec 8. The delegation will be led by Israel's...
Malaysia's air force has invited companies to discuss a long-standing airborne early warning requirement, although industry sources say budget constraints mean any decision is not likely until 2012 at the earliest.
"We know the Malaysians are keen on the airborne early warning capability...
MRCA field trials to end by july 2010
Field trials by six aircraft makers -- including Boeing Co. and Dassault Aviation SA -- for an estimated $10 billion Indian Air Force contract will likely be completed by July, an Indian minister said Wednesday.
"They (the trials) are expected...
Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative joint training of troops during the vist of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
India and Iran are also negotiating a joint patrol exercise in the Arabian Gulf. India and Iran have a defense cooperation framework in the Joint...
The global arms bazaar is no place for angels. If one is to judge by the plethora of well-documented cases of defence pay-offs around the world, corruption is an endemic part of the business. To some extent, this is understandable -- the orders for defence equipment tend to involve large sums of...