BY : Business-standard

To ink contracts with Indian companies for the $10 billion IAF jet deal.

Saab Gripen, one of the six contenders in the $10-billion medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal, is looking to sign up Indian companies for components.

On the back of a flurry of deals signed by Boeing IDS and Lockheed Martin during the DefExpo 2008, Saab Gripen now wants to grab a slice of the pie. It plans to sign up Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and the Tata Group for offsets for its Gripen fighter aircraft.

BY : Flightglobal.com

A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon has been damaged during a wheels-up landing incident at the US Navy’s China Lake weapons test range in California, the UK service has confirmed.

Assigned to the RAF’s Coningsby-based 17 Sqn Operational Evaluation Unit, the aircraft sustained the damage when it landed at the end of what an RAF source describes as "routine trials work dropping laser-guided bombs." The pilot did not eject from the aircraft, which came to rest on the runway, and was not injured in the mishap, which took place on or around 25 April.

BY : APP

The ten-day multi-dimensional exercise “Indus Viper” between Pakistan Air Force and Turkish Air Force concluded today at the PAF Base, Mushaf, Sargodha, with Air Marshal Shahid Lateef, Acting Chief of the Air Staff, PAF chief Guest on the occasion.

According to a media release received here Tuesday, Air Marshal Shahid Lateef in his address said that both the Air Forces have a long relationship with exchange postings, conducting courses and training visits.

“It is indeed a great honor for the PAF to have Turkish Air Force F-16s participate in our 50th anniversary celebrations in the year 1997. The exercise Indus Viper, which has just culminated successfully, is indeed an extension of the same cooperation”, he said.

BY : Gripen PR




Gripen International is proud to offer the Indian Air Force Gripen IN, tailor-made to meet all current and future requirements of the Indian Air Force and employing only the very best and latest technologies from Sweden, Europe and the US.

Gripen IN is based on the newly launched Gripen NG, the next generation of Gripen, an enhanced version of the well proven Net Centric Warfare Gripen multi-role fighter, which has unbeatable low acquisition, operation and support costs. Gripen IN provides freedom of choice in weapons and sensors and an unrivalled sustained sortie generation rate through high availability.

Saab President and CEO Åke Svensson stated “The compliant proposal submitted by the Saab/Gripen team today, demonstrates our commitment to winning the Indian government’s MMRCA tender” he said. “I am confident that Saab has submitted the complete solution to India’s requirements. We are offering cutting

BY : Vinay For IDRW.ORG

After reports of “internal sabotage” could have been the possible cause of engine failures in recently carried out winter trials of Arjun Tanks made headlines, Indian Army has made a U-Turn on the indigenous Arjun main battle tank and has claimed that few minor snags were found with the gear box of the Arjuns and they were no Engine failures as reported earlier and even the main gun of Arjun MBT performed exceptionally well in the trials ,Senior Army official said that Army will go on and carry out the fourth round of AUCRT (accelerated usage-cum-reliability trials) of the Arjuns which will be held in the first week of May ,this sudden U-Turn

BY : IANS



The Indian Army Monday refuted allegations of “sabotage” in the trials of the indigenously developed main battle tank (MBT) Arjun, saying that any speculation regarding this was “misconceived.”

“During the winter trials of the Arjun tank, the DRDO's (Defence Research and Development Organisation) involvement was complete and of the same extent as the user's (Indian Army).

BY : Economic Times

US civil and defence aerospace major Boeing has decided to outsource two critical components of the F-18 Super Hornet combat aircraft to India and the order for one of them could go to the Tatas.

Lt Gen Jeffrey B. Kohler, Boeing vice president for international strategy, told the India Strategic defence magazine that as a “responsible world player in aerospace, Boeing wanted a long-term, trusted partnership with India and that the orders for these two components are being placed now irrespective of whether or not the company wins the tender for 126 Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA).”

BY : Thomson Financial News


Saab AB said it has submitted its tender to the Indian Ministry of Defence to supply its Gripen fighter aircraft to the Indian Air Force.

India has asked for proposals to supply its air force with 126 Medium Multi-Role Comba

BY : ISRO PR




In its thirteenth flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, today (April 28, 2008), ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C9, successfully launched the 690 kg Indian remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2A, the 83 kg Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight nanosatellites for international customers into a 637 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). PSLV-C9 in its ‘core alone’ configuration launched ten satellites with a total weight of about 820 kg.After the final

BY : PTI


As part of steps to keep the country's air power capability at optimal level, India has signed a billion-Euro deal to upgrade its 51 Mirage Multi-Role Fighters.

Dassault, the French original equipment manufacturer, has agreed to upgrade the Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 fleet, Defence Minister A K Antony told Lok Sabha today.

Antony said the Request For Proposal (RFP) had been issued to Dassault on April 9 after clearance of the Cabinet Committee on Security.