After prolonged and untiring efforts, the indigenously developed Pinaka multiple barrel rocket launcher developed by the DRDO, was formally handed over to the Indian Army today.
The Vice-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Milan Lalitkumar Naidu, accepted the first consignment on behalf of the Army.
Sudipta Ghosh, Chairman and DG Ordnance Factories presided over the function held at the Ordnance Factory Chanda (OFCH), Bhadravati, in Maharashtras Chandrapur district.
The country’s defence spending for the first time will cross the Rs. 1 lakh crore mark but the old failing of being unable to spend the allocated money to purchase large equipment remained belying Defence Minister A. K. Antony’s confidence in this regard.
The budget for 2008-09 has allocated Rs. 1,05,600 crore for the defence sector, against the current fiscal outlay of Rs. 96,000 crore. But the increase would be well above the Rs. 10,000 crore because the Defence Ministry was unable to spend Rs.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to pursue closer strategic ties with India after a breakthrough aircraft deal the Pentagon thinks could usher in a new era of defence cooperation.
Gates' visit to India, the world's second fastest growing major economy, also reflects the interest of both the United States and India to counterbalance the rise of China, defence officials said.
In meetings with Indian officials over two days, Gates will make a sales pitch for US defence manufacturers competing against international rivals for a fighter jet contract potentially worth $10.2 billion.
Indian undersea missile is developed indigenously by DRDO of India. It is nerve wrecking happening for Pakistan. It cannot be matched so easily as only four other countries have the capabilities. India is the fifth country after the US, Russia, France and China to possess such a capability.
According to Pakistan, India's test launch of a nuclear-capable undersea ballistic missile could trigger a fresh arms race in the region.
India has offered to send an army of workers from its shipyards to Russia to help salvage the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier it contracted for its navy four years ago for $1.5 billion.
The unprecedented offer to send the workers was made because the Indian Navy is all at sea with worries that the absence of the carrier will impact on its force levels.
India’s only carrier, the INS Viraat, is due to be decommissioned by the time the
India Wednesday extended by two months the date for opening bids for the country’s biggest defence deal for 126 combat jets - six days before the March 3 deadline was to expire. “The deadline has been extended on the request of some contenders, including (European aerospace and defence major) EADS,” a defence ministry official said.
The move comes even as the Boeing Company, one of the bidders for the $10 billion contract, said it would submit its proposal by Friday, three days ahead of the original deadline.
the Indian Air Force (IAF) formally inducted into service its new Hawk 132 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) at Bidar, near Hyderabad. And Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will soon follow up with another Hawk landmark.
In early March, it will deliver to the IAF the first Hawk trainer built in India. Two more will follow at one-month intervals.
The Hawk production line in HAL, Bangalore, is a hive of activity with engineers from BaE Systems, the maker of the Hawk, overseeing construction of the first three
India’s defence technology expertise is finally making a mark in the global platform. Israeli Military Industries (IMI), a Tel Aviv-based manufacturer of weapon systems, is planning to use India’s rocket launcher technology to upgrade and replace its existing American systems.
The Tatas, who had teamed up with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), to make Pinaka rocket launchers could also become part of the joint production team for the Israeli weapons contract. Pinaka is mainly used to destroy enemy troop concentration areas and communication centres in air terminal
By the 6th of March, six global aircraft majors Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Dassault, Eurofighter GmbH, Gripen International and RAC-MiG must submit offers for selling India 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). Worth an estimated $11 billion, this could be one of the biggest arms sales ever. For Indian defence planning, it would be the most expensive folly ever.
In acquiring yet another type of fighter aircraft, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will compound an existing problem of interoperability. There are major differences between Russian block equipment (the MiG series, and the Sukhoi-30MKI) and
India and Russia have finalised a new deal for the aircraft carrier, the Gorshkov.
According to the sources, under the new deal that was hammered out over the weekend, India will pay more for the aircraft carrier.
But in return, the Russians will put in several new parts instead of repairing them as agreed upon in the original contract.
The aircraft carrier was to be delivered by August this year according to a contract signed in 2004 but Russia stunned India in November by demanding more money.
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