It does seem that India will have to downsize its big-power dreams in Central Asia. Its plan to deploy aircraft at the base at Ayni in Tajikistan is facing opposition from an unexpected quarter - Russia.
Ayni, located 10 kilometers from the Tajik capital Dushanbe, was used by the Soviets during the 1980s to support their military operations in Afghanistan. Following their withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Soviets left Ayni and the base fell into a dilapidated condition.
In 2002, India undertook renovation of the base under a bilateral defense agreement with the Tajiks. It spent over US$1.1 millionrenovating the base: extending and
The first-ever launch of an air to ground missile from a full scale aerial target drone was completed Jan. 9 by Detachment 1, 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron located at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
The FSAT is an unmanned QF-4 Phantom Drone that was operated by remote control from a ground station, said Maj. John Markle, Det. 1, 82 ATRS operations officer.
"This is the first air to ground missile fired off an unmanned full scale aerial target,"
BY : David A. Fulghum/Aerospace Daily & Defense Report
Boeing is touting an even newer version of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet that, paired with an advanced sixth-generation fighter in the works at the company, would give customers what Boeing deems a better package of capabilities than Lockheed Martin's combination of the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The idea is that customers could buy 4.5 generation Super Hornets (perhaps 4.75 generation with the planned extra forward stealth and extra range of Block 3 aircraft) and then switch to a new, sixth generation faster than if they bought the fifth
Air Chief Marshal Tanveer Mehmood Ahmed has said the Pakistan Air Force will attain the capabilities of early airborne early warning radars and air refueling by next year. Speaking at a ceremony held to mark the 50 years of PAF two combat groups the Air
In the first mishap of an IAF aircraft this year, a MIG-27 ground attack fighter crashed near Hashimara air base in North Bengal on Thursday but the pilot managed to eject out safely.
The aircraft got air borne at 12:30 PM for a routine training mission and crashed 10.2 kms east of the base at 12:40, an IAF spokesman said.
He said the pilot managed to eject safely seconds before the plane crashed into the ground.
Even as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) celebrates its Golden Jubilee Year, the Rama Rao Committee that has been tasked by the Government to audit and recommend changes for the improvement of the organisation has begun its final deliberations. The independent and external eight-man Committee headed by P. Rama Rao, a former Secretary at the Science and Technology Department was reconvened in New Delhi for its final confabulations.
The committee will submit its findings and recommendations in February.
Indian indigenous dreams are revving up once again. After the success of the advanced light helicopter (ALH), the country has decided to design and produce its own light observation helicopter.
The decision to manufacture an indigenous light helicopter was taken after the Ministry of Defence shelved the deal with the Eurocopter, citing squiggles in formalities.
Though efforts are on to revive the deal, the triservices are in urgent need of a light
The army's third generation anti -tank guided missile project 'Nag' is nearing completion and it will undergo one more "user trial" before it is cleared for induction, a top defence scientist said on Tuesday.
"The army is happy with the Nag missile. The first phase of user trials were completed in November and December 2007 and the final trial of this project will take place this summer," DRDO Chief Controller Research and Development (Missile and Strategic systems) Dr V K Saraswat told reporters here.
'Nag' (cobra) is an all weather, top-attack, fire-and- forget anti-tank guided missile
After Russia back-pedalled on transferring technology for the production here of the T-90 main battle tank (MBT), a hiatus seems to have emerged over transferring "total" technology for the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile that Russia is jointly developing with India.
"We have not got full technology for the transfer of the (missile's) engines," C.G. Krishnadas Nair, a former chairman of state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
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