India seems to be going all out to woo the Burmese military junta. It has decided to train officers of the Burmese Army on Indian soil. This comes in the wake of India's training Burmese air farce pilots in handling sophisticated aircraft in Kerala.
And then there is the larger objective of boosting border trade. These moves also come in the backdrop of the proposed Trans-Asian Highways and Trans-Asian Railways as part of India's much hyped 'Look East Policy"
Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos announced June 25 he would be cutting the number of Eurofighter jets that the country was ordering from European aerospace giant EADS. The order as it stands is for 18 of the fighters, under a contract signed in 2003 by the then conservative OVP government. But the deal has since come under scrutiny amid allegations of bribery.
India has started training Burmese air force officers at a naval air base in Kochi, according to a recent report in the Calcutta-based newspaper The Telegraph, in a move that further strengthens its growing ties to Burma’s ruling junta.
The Burmese air crews are said to be learning to operate sophisticated air defense equipment and aircraft, the report noted.
The Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, has once again chosen Arianespace, this time to launch its Insat 4G communications satellite. Three months after Ariane 5 successfully orbited the Insat 4B satellite, Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, today announced that ISRO has selected Arianespace launch Service & Solutions for the Insat 4G satellite.
The CPI-M today took exception to clearance for nuclear-powered American warship ‘USS Nimitz’ to dock at the Chennai port and asked the UPA government to explain why it was allowed.
Criticising the decision, senior party leader Mr Sitaram Yechury said New Delhi’s principled position had been that no facilities in the country should be extended to nuclear warships.
Russia's Irkut aircraft maker said Tuesday it will export 242 multi-role Su-30 Flanker fighters, worth around $7 billion, by 2014.
The Irkut Corporation [RTS:IRKT], which is part of Russia's United Aircraft Building Corporation created in 2006, manufactures variants of the famed Su-30MK for India, Algeria, and Malaysia.
Among the most eagerly awaited show participants listed in pre-Paris releases was the HAL Tejas–India’s Light Combat Aircraft. Two were originally on the list, of which one was due to fly in the air display. However, a new urgency has descended on the program, and the aircraft could not be spared from test flights.
A senior official of India's Department of Space Friday said here that the cost of launching satellites from India would 'come down'.
Additional Secretary, Department of Space, S. Renganath told the visiting parliamentary consultative committee of the department that once the Indian Space Research Organisation has set up a number of launch pads for the GSLV rocket, the cost of launches from India will plummet.
A French fighter jet intercepted a small German tourist plane that failed to respond to air traffic controllers Thursday, prompting the temporary closure of Paris' Orly airport, the Defense Ministry said.
The single-engine plane, with two people aboard, was forced to land at a military air
A 200-member Indian Air Force (IAF) team and six Sukhoi-30 combat jets are set to travel to the UK this month to participate in the first joint air exercise in British airspace aimed at enhancing bilateral defence cooperation.
The IAF contingent, which will set off for the Royal Air Force (RAF) airbase at Waddington on June 24, will take part in the Indradhanush-07 exercise slated to be held from July 2 to July 12.
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