The Lancashire-built Eurofighter Typhoon could be converted to operate off a pair of 65,000-ton aircraft carriers. Defence giant BAE Systems has not ruled out the possibility of created a "navalised" version amid fears the F-35 Lightning II jets, proposed to fly off the £3.8 billion carriers, will not be ready in time for 2012, when they are proposed to be ready to set sail.
The Indian Air Force frontline fighter aircraft would be taking part in a joint air display with the aircraft from the Air India’s fleet at Mumbai on 09 Sep 07. The fly past is taking place as both Indian Air Force and Air India are celebrating their Platinum Jubilee this year.
The frontline fighters of IAF such as SU-30s, MiG-29s, Jaguars and MiG-21 Bisons would be flying in close formation with representative aircraft from Air India’s entire fleet. The fly past would be followed by an aerobatic display by IAF’s Surya Kiran
Army Chief General J J Singh on Tuesday said Army is examining proposal to grant permanent commission to women in the Army and clarified that it treats its personnels with equality.
We are examining the proposal to grant permanent commission to the women in Army, Singh told reporters in a press conference responding to a question on the issue of a woman becoming the supreme commander of the armed forces.
In a telling sign of the troubles within the country’s defence research establishment, the Centre had to intervene late last week to ensure that one of India's leading missile scientists remain in service after the DRDO said it wanted him out on July 31.
Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, CEO and MD of Brahmos Corporation and chief controller of defence research at the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), is scheduled to retire on July 31, but according to norms should have been recommended for an extension. However, DRDO chief M Natarajan did not move the
The Indian Navy will be taking part in a series of bilateral and multilateral exercises, beginning this August, with a host of countries including the United States, France and the United Kingdom at different places ranging from Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden and the Bay of Bengal.The Western Fleet and the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy will be taking part in succession in the month-long 'constructive engagements' which will see the return of the US aircraft carrier Nimitiz to the Bay of Bengal to participate in the 'Malabar' multilateral exercise.
Leading US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Tuesday made a strong pitch for its F/A-18 Super Hornet tactical aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF), which has plans to purchase 126 combat aircraft.
However, the company has reservations about an offset-clause of 50 percent laid down by the government in June while clearing the IAF plans.
India's Defence Procurement Policy (DPP), announced last year, lays down that 30 percent of all defence deals valued at over Rs.3 billion has to be reinvested in the
U.S. refusal to supply Lockheed Martin F-22s for Japan’s current fighter requirement has prompted Tokyo’s defense ministry to propose a stealth technology demonstrator, ensuring it will be more independent of Washington in future programs.
Pushing back the decision date on a replacement for its F-4 Phantoms to 2009 at the earliest, the Japanese defense ministry says it is looking at flying the old McDonnell Douglas fighters longer. It is also seeking information on potential replacements from non-U.S. suppliers—presumably the Eurofighter consortium and Dassault Aviation.
The Air Forces of Russia will get first Su-34 fighter-bomber on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, aide to the Air Forces commander-in-chief. The solemn ceremony for accepting the first Su-34 will be held in the Lipetsk Center of Combat Use and Flight Crew Transition on July 31, Drobyshevsky specified.
China's air force has more than 2,000 operational aircraft mainly indigenous copies of Soviet-era designs, like the A-5 (based on the MiG-19), the F-7 (MiG-21) and Y-8 (An-12). Their derivatives continue to be developed.
Long after the An-12 went out of service, China not only continues to operate the Shanxi Y8F-400 derivative, but is now working on a further development — the Y-9.
That keeps China mired in obsolete technology. Similarly, while the A-5III is very different from the original MiG-19, it has little value in today’s warfare.
There were those who applauded the Indian restraint in Kargil War, and pressured Pakistan to blink and pull back after three months of combat. And there were those who actually jumped into the war zone to help India hunt down the aggressors.
Israel sprung to India's aid for providing the desperately-needed imagery about Pakistani positions on the Kargil heights.
"The terrains where they came from was all stones. The intruders merged in the
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