The hypersonic plane, one of the most ambitious project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is expected to be test flown by the end of 2008, a senior official said today.
"The developmental testing and prototype realisation are being pursued now before
Helicopter spare parts worth Rs 10.68 lakh, belonging to the Indian Navy, has been reported stolen. Though the theft was brought to light over a month ago, Naval officials lodged a police complaint with Vasco police only on Thursday.
The submarine launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is under development, a top official of the Indo-Russian joint venture said.
The submarine launched version of the jointly developed cruise missile would arm the Russian-built Kilo class submarines of the Indian Navy for attacking surface targets on
A fleet of aircraft from the Indian Air Force (IAF) has touched down at the Waddington airbase in Lincolnshire to participate in a joint exercise with the Royal Air Force (RAF).
The first of the aircraft, the Su-30 MKI (Flanker-H) air superiority fighter, touched down at Waddington Thursday, marking a historic chapter on the 75th anniversary year of the IAF.
A long-delayed Indian Air Force (IAF) global tender for 126 combat jets is likely to get the defence ministry's nod Friday and could be issued within a week, an official said.
The ministry's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the final word on the subject, is meeting here Friday afternoon and the only item on the agenda is believed to be the IAF's request for proposals to six manufacturers for a medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA).
Russia has begun mass production of Topol-M strategic missiles, the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said June 26. “We are now moving on to a new and very important rearmament stage for both our nuclear strategic forces and our tactical complexes,” he said at the plant at Votkinsk in Udmurtia, some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) east of Moscow, quoted by the Interfax news agency.
India has announced that its first lunar mission and first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1, will launch in July or August 2008 instead of February as originally anticipated.
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair said ISRO will be carrying out a series of tests on the satellite for the next six months. ISRO will
Indian Air Force pilots have begun training on the new British-made Hawk jets that will be inducted into the force later this year.
Till last month, IAF pilots sent to the Valley airbase in Wales were being trained on the Royal Air Force's older generation of Hawk jets. A group of IAF instructors and test pilots from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is now being trained on the Hawks built for India by BAE Systems.
For an air force with an acute lack of aircraft, personal computers may be good enough to hone the skills of its pilots.
Maj. Gen. Michael Mendoza, chief of air staff, told The STAR that with the lack of fighter jets and training equipment such as flight simulators, Philippine Air Force
After an excruciating delay, decks have finally been cleared for the formal launch of the 'mother of all defence deals': IAF's long-pending quest for acquisition of 126 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA).
The RFP (request for proposal), to be issued to the six contenders in the race to bag the deal valued upwards of $6.5 billion, is now ready in all respects, with the contentious and complex 'life-cycle costs' and the 30% 'offset' clause being worked out in great detail.
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