The Sokol aircraft plant, based in Nizhny Novgorod, central Russia, is to launch production of the MiG-29M/M2 Fulcrum fighter plane, the company's general director said on Friday.
Mikhail Shibayev said the first aircraft to be produced is planned to be completed in the second quarter of 2010.
MiG's general director, Anatoly Belov, said the new aircraft will use the most advanced technology, specifically the Zhuk-M onboard radar and cutting-edge
One of the most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army, the Grenadiers, got affiliated to the Navy’s multi-role guided missile frigate, INS Beas, in a glittering ceremony on Friday onboard the warship docked here.
Lt. Gen. S.S. Dhillon, the Colonel Commandant of the Grenadiers and Rear Admiral Anil Chopra, Flag Officer Commanding, Western Fleet, signed the Charter o
Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft being developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), is in the final stages of testing and expected to be launched by 2010, the organisation's Chief Controller W Selvaraj said today.
"It is in the final stages of testing and by 2010 it is expected to be launched," he said here while speaking at a review meeting of the DRDO Anna University and Sri Ramachandra University which jointly collaborated to set up an R&D Centre in Medical Technology.
The so-called "war on terror" since 2001 has debunked much of the conventional wisdom about what military equipment a country needs to protect its citizens.
But one piece of kit that has repeatedly proved its relevance is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), a remotely piloted aircraft that circles several thousand feet over a target area, continuously relaying high-definition pictures to a monitor, far away.
The UAV has shown, in counter-insurgency and in anti-terrorist operations as much as in war, the critical importance of an "eye in the sky".
India’s plan to buy 126 fighter jets is one of the biggest competitions on the plate of Boeing Co.’s St. Louis-based defense unit. But it’ll be on the plate for quite a while yet, Integrated Defense Systems chief Jim Albaugh predicted today.
Albaugh told reporters in Singapore Friday that he thinks India will select a winner for the $10 to $11 billion job ”no sooner than” 2010, according to this Bloomberg report.
The much-awaited hot weather trial phase of prestigious Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme went off successful between Bangalore and Nagpur, defence sources said on Friday.
The progarmme got underway on Thursday with a flawless ferry flight of prototype vehicle-3(PV-3) and this was the first operation ferry flight of Tejas with external drop tanks which are intended to enhance the range/radius of action of aircraft, a defence release said.
Russia will start training Indian pilots on MiG-29 carrier fighters to be deployed on the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier sold to India for $1.5 billion in 2004, the head of the MiG corporation said Wednesday.
Under a contract, signed in January 2004, Russia is to deliver 12 single-seater MiG-29Ks and four two-seater MiG-29KUBs by 2009, to be later deployed on board the Vikramaditya, formerly named the Admiral Gorshkov, currently undergoing a major refit in Russia for the Indian Navy.
The invitation to India to participate in the upgradation of the Eurofighter Typhoon is a matter of satisfaction: It’s a signal of the country’s aeronautical expertise. If India goes ahead, it will be the fifth country and the first outside Europe to join the project. The invitation was extended by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), part-owner of the manufacturer of the Typhoon, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH. The Eurofighter is one of the latest generation of aircraft that incorporates some elements of stealth technology and advanced radar. As with other defence projects, careful evaluation is necessary. If India selects the
Panic gripped a village in this district on Thursday as two Indian Air Force MI-17 helicopters made emergency landing in an agricultural field following some technical snag.
The two helicopters took off from Pathankot Air Force station on its routine flying and one of them developed technical snag and pilot opted for emergency landing on the fields of the Gumtala village at about 1 p.m., Defence Public Relations Office Naresh Vig told PTI.
Aero Vodochody is to co-operate with Saab and Gripen International in the marketing and possible sale of the Czech manufacturer's L-159 advanced light combat aircraft, with their 20 May agreement also to cover the continued development and upgrade of the subsonic trainer for the Czech air force.
Company sources have declined to name potential target countries for the possible sale of L-159A/Bs, around 50 of which are in storage after having been deemed
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