The radar blip that led to a mid-air scare as the special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepared to land at Delhi airport last night, was caused by an IAF Dornier aircraft, which was flying "behind and above" the VIP flight path, official sources said on Wednesday.
The Dornier plane was in "no way on the flight path of the PM's aircraft," sources in the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said quoting preliminitary investigations into the incident.
“India’s Air Force Looks to Enhance Its Reach With Upgrades & Force Multipliers” discussed India’s growing shift toward aircraft that would give it the ability to patrol and act at extended ranges. In January 2004, India and Israel signed a $1.1 billion contract for 3 Phalcon airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, as part of a $1.5 billion tripartite agreement with Russia. The Prem PS-90 engines in the upgraded IL-76TD aircraft will make operation in India’s hot climates easier, and the system will also reportedly make heavy use of Russian electronics, including a partial glass cockpit.
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Phalcon system is built around an ELTA EL/M-2075 AESA L-band radar, then adds electronic and communications intelligence gathering (ELINT and COMINT) capabilities. The system can also receive transmissions from other air and ground stations, and uses sensor fusion to provide a complete picture of the
Sukhoi director general Mikhail Pogosyan and the leadership of India's Air Force discussed the joint project to develop and produce fifth generation fighter, Russian news agency, Itar-Tass, said Tuesday.
The Russian delegation includes representatives of Rosoboronexport state-run weapons trading company, ARMS-TASS reported quoting the Sukhoi press service.
Specialists of the Sukhoi design bureau and the Komsomolsk-on-Amur production association named after Yu.A.Gagarin -- which have been assembling pilot models
Engineering and construction company Punj Lloyd Ltd is eyeing a big push in picking up defence contracts, including two orders from the Indian Army having a total value of around $1 billion (Rs4,000 crore), as the company pursues the so-called offset contracts arising from sale of armaments by foreign vendors. In addition, the company is planning to leverage its stake in Pipavav Shipyard Ltd
The Indian Navy has procured an indigenously developed state-of-art ship handling simulator to train the crew to be deployed on different types of ships, an official statement said Wednesday. Vice Admiral Raman Prem Suthan, who is also the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command, inaugurated the simulator at the Maritime Warfare Centre here.
“Major harbours and different types of ships, currently deployed with the Indian Navy, have been replicated in the simulator. The crew can also be trained to
India is set to sign a $2.2 billion deal, its biggest with the US, for eight long-range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft, even as the Indian Navy chief opposed ''intrusiveness'' in the use of military hardware the country purchases.
Negotiations for the purchase of the Boeing-P8I LRMR aircraft are in the final stages and are likely to be wrapped up during Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta's visit to the US that began Sunday.
The agreement for the purchase under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route will
India’s extended deadline for opening bids for the country’s biggest defence deal for 126 combat jets valued at $10 billion expires 28 April and no further extension will be granted, an official said today. “The matter has been discussed at the highest level. The deadline expires 28 April. No request has been received for extending this and it will not be granted even if it is received at this stage,” the official told IANS, speaking on condition of anonymity. Asked whether some of the foreign manufacturers in contention might seek another extension on the ground that the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) enunciated in 2006 was being fine-tuned, the official said this would have little bearing on the
Pakistan may be getting more spanking new F-16 fighters from US and JF-17 'Thunder' jets from China but IAF is not scrambling for cover. It remains quite confident of its war-waging capability.
"Every country has its own perception of its defence requirements. Pakistan’s acquisitions do not disturb us too much or give us sleepless nights," said Western Air Command (WAC) chief Air Marshal P K Barbora, talking exclusively to TOI.
But what about the fact that IAF is haemorrhaging with a free-fall in the number of
With the question whether the Air Force is still serious about the Rs 1,800-crore indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS) programme settled, India is to sign a deal with the Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer for three EMB 145 intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft.
The three aircraft together are expected to cost around $300 million.
Based on Embraer’s regional ERJ 145, the jets, which are one of the world’s most advanced and powerful remote sensing aircraft, will be used by the Defence
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