A multi-million dollar Indo-Russian deal for the modernisation of MiG-29 fighters of the Indian Air Force is expected to be inked next month.
"The contract stipulates the modernisation of 64 MiG-29 fighters, including eight fighter-trainers," Interfax Military News Agency reported quoting defence industry sources.
The Indian Navy’s first ever order for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), robotic machines that help in surveying the seabed, is under a cloud with two potential vendors alleging that the contract, worth Rs 260 crore, was awarded to a Norwegian company by the defence ministry without calling for tenders.
The contract was awarded to Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime in February. Hydroid
It may be grappling with a fast depletion in the number of its fighter squadrons but the IAF remains fully confident of its ability to thwart any challenge and dominate any air operation. The IAF plans to retain its combat edge by arresting the "draw-down" of fighter strength with new acquisitions and upgrades of existing fleets to enhance their "combat potential".
S-400 missile defense systems (NATO codename SA-21 Growler) will be deployed later that previously expected, the commander of Russia's Air Force said Tuesday.
"The deployment of the new S-400 missile defense system is postponed due to
On Monday, President APJ Abdul Kalam went where none of his predecessors had ever been 40 metres below the sea in one of the most advanced Indian Navy submarines equipped with ballistic missiles that can be launched from under water.
Sindhu Rakshak, a Russian-built submarine commissioned at St Petersburg in 1997,
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) designed and manufactured, Advanced Light Helicopter, 'Dhruv', has been shortlisted by Chile for likely purchase, though a firm decision in this regard is yet to be taken, the Chilean Army commander-in-chief, Gen Oscar Izurieta has said.
Chile has a requirement of 8 to 10 helicopters of the Dhruv type, he said, adding that trials were still on.
Commander Coast Guard Region (West) and Inspector- General A. Rajasekhar who was on a visit to the Coast Guard's Beypore station here said that the plan to obtain the indigenous UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Nishant, developed by DRDO
India is planning to commission 39 combat ships and six submarines in the near future to boost its naval power, the Indian Navy chief said Saturday.
With about 55,000 men and women, including 5,000 naval aviation personnel and 2,000 Marine Commandos, the Indian Navy is considered the fifth-largest navy in the world.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is recruiting youth for 'Group-X' technical trades through recruitment rally at Air Force Station, Sulur, Coimbatore on 14 July.
Ten years after the U.S. Air Force retired the SR-71 spy plane, Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works appears back at work developing a new Mach-6 reconnaissance plane, sources said. The Air Force has awarded Lockheed’s Advanced Development Projects arm a top-secret contract to develop a stealthy 4,000-mph plane capable of flying to altitudes of about 100,000 feet, with transcontinental range. The plan is to debut the craft around 2020.
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