BY : PTI

A 200-member Indian Air Force (IAF) team and six Sukhoi-30 combat jets are set to travel to the UK this month to participate in the first joint air exercise in British airspace aimed at enhancing bilateral defence cooperation.

The IAF contingent, which will set off for the Royal Air Force (RAF) airbase at Waddington on June 24, will take part in the Indradhanush-07 exercise slated to be held from July 2 to July 12.

Y : IANS

Indonesia is actively considering setting up joint ventures with India to produce military equipment after defence officials of the two countries met here last week.

Indonesia is also seeking ways to procure tanks, ships and heavy ammunition from India and studying the possibility of using India's maintenance services for fighter jets it bought from Russia, reported English daily The Jakarta Post.

BY : Arvind Nair



QATAR and India are to sign a defence agreement “soon”, visiting defence secretary has said.
Shekhar Dutt, defence secretary with the government of India, told Gulf Times in an exclusive interview that both India and Qatar, which had long and friendly relations, would formalise their relations in the defence field with the agreement.
Already the two countries co-operated and collaborated in many ways, including training of personnel, joint exercises and service-to-service information sharing. With the signing of the agreement, “hopefully this year”, these relations will be institutionalised with annual programmes, said the official, who was appointed the defence secretary in July 2005.

BY : STAFF REPORTER VINAY FOR IDRW.ORG



Indian army today inducted its first cruise missile in its inventory, the Indian-Russian jointly developed BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, induction ceremony was witnessed by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, The army chief, Gen. J.J. Singh and Defence Minister A.K. Antony was among a large number of dignitaries who attended the function. Kalam in his speech termed Brahmos as the world class missile and

BY : STEPHANIE HEINATZ

A new Indian Navy ship -- the INS Jalashwa -- will be commissioned Friday at Naval Station Norfolk.

The Jalashwa was formerly the USS Trenton, an amphibious transport dock ship.

BY : PTI



The Indian Army will today induct the land version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia.

The missile will be handed over to the Army Chief, General J. J. Singh in New Delhi. The President, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Defence Minister, A. K. Antony, and Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, will be present on the occasion.

BY : STAFF REPORTER AJAY FOR IDRW.ORG

As per report by TOI, Surendra Ahuja an Indian naval pilot under going training in
United States for aircraft carrier based operational has been qualified operate fighter

BY : Leslie Andres




The Royal Malaysian Air Force’s latest squadron got its first aircraft on Tuesday when two Sukhoi Su-30MKM Flanker fighter jets were delivered.
The Russian-made aircraft were onboard an Antonov An-124-100 cargo aircraft, which landed at the Gong Kedak air base in Kelantan at 6.30pm.

BY : PTI



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

BY : IANS

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.