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with this achievement, another hurdle towards FOC (which now seems to be nearby) has been crossed by tejas... Here are some FOC Updates... 1. Although Astra is for LCA and Derby for NLCA, with this successful firing of Derby BVRAAM, tejas is now BVR-capable... (Status: Done)... However, some...

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN) LCA -Tejas seen above test firing Russian R-73 WVR Missile Reports are just coming in that India’s LCA Tejas which is racing against time to clear its final operating clearance (FOC) by mid-2016 has successfully passed its first hurdle and test fired Derby...

ublished January 31, 2016 SOURCE: SP Guide Publications With DRDO’s Rustom-II MALE UAV still to take to the air, work is currently gathering pace to provide the platform with greater low-observability features. “The main function of the landing gear is safe take-off and landing of UAV under...

Published January 31, 2016 SOURCE: SP Guide Publications While there was plenty on the table when PM Modi visited Russia recently, a prestigious but little spoken of programme is back on the table in earnest. After BAE Systems, EADS, Saab and Dassault, the latest contractor now apparently...

with such a nice short take off & landing it can easily use highway network and forward bases (especially in the Himalayas)

And what did Pakistan produce for JF-17 , Radar, Engine, Mission Computer, weapon, avionics any thing ? even airplane grade aluminum ? tyre ? missiles ? LCA is more indigenous than JF -17, licence production of plane like MKI, Jags, Migs is done in India from decades

Published January 12, 2016 SOURCE: HINDUSTAN TIMES The Union government approved on Monday new rules for procuring defence equipment that pave the way for higher spending, in a stark departure from present protocol which dictates that the lower bidder be selected for weapons and systems...

SOURCE: SUDESH CHARI / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG Quds Force, an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, spearheads Iran’s global terrorist campaign. When Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’ made a remark that “Why Army Should be used to neutralise a terrorist why not a terrorist can do...

PTI | Jan 8, 2016, 05.06 PM IST HIGHLIGHTS • Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered a probe into the leads provided by India about the Pathankot airbase attack • Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday and discussed the attack on the Indian airbase, The Nation reported...

yeah true

Published January 8, 2016 SOURCE: THE HINDU Adopting cutting-edge technology to conceive futuristic support systems, the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory based in Bengaluru, has produced mobile robots to...

Published January 8, 2016 SOURCE: GLOBES IAI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the company, which manufactures solid propellants for Indian missiles.Indian defense manufacturer Premier Explosives has reported to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai that it has signed, a...

SOURCE: ECONOMIC TIMES Consolidating its position as the leading Indian defence player in the complex field of underwater warfare, engineering giant Larsen and Toubro is set to get a major share in a Rs 5,000-crore deal to upgrade and refit Russian-origin Kilo class submarines. The company...

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE A science complex under construction over 8,000 acres of land in the Challakere region of Karnataka’s Chitradurga district will contain a nuclear facility for enrichment of uranium, senior scientists involved with the atomic energy sector said Tuesday on the...

SOURCE: THE HINDU Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Lahorein December, intelligence agencies had told him that the Pakistan Army had conveyed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that they would not take action against “Kashmir-focussed groups.” The Research and...

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Wednesday conducted two rounds of successful ‘mote firing’ of its newly developed ammunition from a tank targeting another tank at a defence test facility off the Odisha coast in a war like scenario...

I think it may be used as C-130 Hercules for sp. forces for Naval Mission

1st it will never fly and IAF will not induct..... Now when it's ready to kick @$$ in the sky, then it's not Indian

Tatas, M&M may participate in Rs 12,700-crore Army fleet upgrade project The Army is all set to reverse its decision to hand over a mega Rs 12,700-crore upgrade of its fleet of infantry combat vehicles to the public sector. The deal will now be opened up for the private sector as well, allowing...

SOURCE: THE HINDU The year 2016 is set to see the national space programme slowly shift gears towards large satellites, a heavy-lift launcher and improved Earth observation capabilities.The ten-odd planned missions will be mostly bread-and-butter types with no major explorations before...