This is the first time that a US firm like Raytheon has offered to provide technology for the licensed production of a precision guided weapon system though firms from other countries have offered expertise to build similar systems.
US defence major Raytheon has initiated discussions with Ordnance Factory Board on
India's state-owned aviation major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has started work on building with composite materials an advanced attack helicopter that can operate in the Himalayan heights of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to HAL chairman and managing director Ashok Baweja, there were some good American, Russian and European helicopters available in the market but they were made of sheet metal and not designed to operate at heights over 8,000 metres.
The delegation of the Indian Air Force, led by Air Chief Marshal Fali Major, at the Paris Air Show is on the priority list of all international manufacturers of fighter aircraft since India is in the market for 126 fighter aircraft.
The order for the 126 fighter aircraft is among the largest Indian orders floated in recent times and has been delayed for several years. Defence minister A. K. Antony has said the tender document is on the final stages of preparation and the request for proposals (RFP) will be finalised early July.
The first batch of Indian Air Force (IAF) technicians who will be trained by BAE Systems on how to maintain the IAF's Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) aircraft have arrived at the company's Warton site in the United Kingdom.
Over the next few months, the IAF technicians will visit the UK to get an understanding of how to maintain the aircraft. The tuition will continue when they return to India with a further three month on-the-job programme at the Indian Hawk's main base at Air Force Station Bidar.
Everything seems to be working well for the indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which has been delayed by several years.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) team headed by an officer of Air Vice Marshal rank is helping the city-based Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) to put the project on
With the reliability of India's Soviet-era military hardware becoming a key issue for the armed forces top brass, western armaments firms are eyeing the possibility of gaining a foothold in the market for refurbishing such equipment to extend their service life.
HCL Technologies has inked a USD 15 million contract with Italy's Alenia Aeronautica to provide engineering services for improving the C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft.
Under the deal announced at the Paris Air Show, HCL will convert most of the existing structural design material of the C-27J aircraft into an electronic format and carry out most of the engineering activities that have been planned to support the industrial improvement of the aircraft production line.
The government on Monday made it clear that there was no move to cap the range and reach of the country's surface-to-surface missiles.
"There are no instructions from the government to defence scientists on missile development programme," Defence Ministry spokesman said, reacting to reports that India had decided to cap the range of long-range missiles to only 5,000 km distance.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will, for the first time, field its frontline Sukhoi SU-30 combat jets in a western country when it conducts a joint drill with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Britain later this month.
This is also the first time the IAF will conduct a joint drill in Britain and only the second time with the RAF in an exercise code-named Indradhanush-2007. The previous such
The Indian Army on Sunday said any agreement with Pakistan on demarcation of Siachen glacier should be on the present control.
"Pakistan does not have any edge in Siachen. We are capable of guarding it. The army took control of the glacier on the sacrifices of hundreds of soldiers from 1984 and from then till now, we have consolidated and bettered our security set-up”, Northern command Lt Gen H S Panag said at a press conference at command headquarters in Udhampur.
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