Saab has secured a deal to support operations of the Swedish air force's Saab 105 (Sk 60) jet trainers until mid-2017.
Signed with Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration on 19 December, the public-private partnership deal will see the company deliver operational support and maintenance services for the air force's active inventory of around 106 Saab 105s, operations of which started in 1967.Saab says the contract is expected to be worth around SKr900 million ($115 million), but that options exist to extend the service or deliver additional flight hours.
India is sending a maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Djibouti, to join the anti-pirate air patrol being conducted from there (Djibouti shares a border with northern Somalia). It's not been decided which type of maritime reconnaissance aircraft to send. Currently, India uses two manned aircraft types (Russian Il-38s and Tu-142s) and Israeli UAVs (Herons and Searcher IIs). It would be cheaper to send a UAV, but these do not carry weapons, which the two manned recon aircraft do, along with more powerful sensors.
India recently six upgraded Il-38 Russian maritime reconnaissance aircraft. India first received their IL-38s in the late 1970s, and they were overdue for an upgrade two decades later. The refurbished Il-38s have sensors that enable them to detect surface vessels, aircraft and submarines up to 150 kilometers away. Mines can be
Indian government sources claim Pakistan is carrying out 'heightened activity' with its fighter aircraft on its side of the border with India, prompting New Delhi to review its air defence preparedness.
The pretext appears to be the recent Pakistani contention that Indian Air Force aircraft had violated its airspace.
"Heightened activity by Pakistan Air Force aircraft has been detected on their side of the border. All measures are being taken to ensure defence preparedness," well-placed sources in India's Defence Ministry confirmed.
Indian defence scientists have successfully tested the Russian-manufactured Smerch (Tornado) Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS).
At least five tests, which gauged flight stability, accuracy and consistency, were held at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur.
"The Smerch can launch 12 rockets at a time," a defence scientist told Express Buzz. "It is able to fire single rockets or salvo from two to all 12 rockets. A full salvo lasts 38 seconds."
Twenty years after Bofors scandal, the Indian Army is looking to buy a new artillery gun. This was amongst the decisions taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council attended by Defence Minister AK Antony and the three service chiefs on Friday (December 19).
To fill the gaps in India’s defences, the government has decided to develop a short range surface to air missile and this will give protection to airfields and warships. This is being developed with French collaboration.
The Army will also get a light howitzer, one that can be transported by helicopter to mountainous terrain like in Kashmir, and this will be bought from the United States of
The Israel Air Force will receive its first non-Jewish pilot next week, when Andrei (whose last name is classified) receives his wings at the end of a long flight course.
The blue-eyed, 24-year-old immigrant from Ukraine arrived in Israel nine years ago, in the framework of the Jewish Agency's Na'aleh study program for youngsters with Jewish backgrounds from the former Soviet Union, arriving ahead of their parents.
His Jewish father and non-Jewish mother had planned to immigrate to Israel after him, but the plan did not work out. His mother and father will, however, come to the ceremony to see him receive his wings and become an F-16 fighter pilot. His entry into flight school was different from that of most cadets. When Andrei enlisted, he was sent to the Armored Corps as a combatant in a tank crew. He then became a
The Alenia Aermacchi M-346 advanced trainer made its first supersonic flight, reaching yesterday Mach 1.15 in the “supersonic corridor” off the Italian Riviera coast. The first prototype M-346 reached this important milestone during a 75 minute flight which began and ended on the company airfield at Venegono Superiore.
«Breaking the sound barrier shows the great growth potential of our M-346 – commented after the flight Quirino Bucci, Alenia Aermacchi Chief Test Pilot. – The
With the threat of aerial strikes receding in and around New Delhi, the IAF is now moving back MiG-29 air defence fighters positioned in the Hindon airbase since the Mumbai terror massacre to their home bases. The surface-to-air missile batteries and enhanced radar coverage, however, remain in position to thwart any attempt by a terrorist outfit to copycat the 9/11 al-Qaida's strikes in the US in 2001.
Defence sources said the twin-engine MiG-29s, deployed at Hindon to provide air cover to Delhi after 26/11, were being moved to their original airbases since the "threat perception had reduced''.
The Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry disagree over whether to sell advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Russia, The Jerusalem Post has learned. On Wednesday, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry's Diplomatic-Security Bureau, traveled to Moscow on the invitation of the Russian Defense Ministry to discuss its request to buy UAVs. The Russians decided to establish a UAV capability following this past summer's war with Georgia, which operated Israeli-made drones.
In what is being interpreted in Israel as an attempt to pressure Jerusalem into approving the deal, while Gilad was in Moscow, a report appeared on a Russian news agency claiming that Russia was planning to go ahead with the sale of its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Iran.
In an effort to help the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) boost its air defence capability, Islamabad has struck a $278 million deal with Beijing to purchase a modern Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), legislators were informed here on Wednesday.
Pakistan is said to be the first country in the region to buy the Chinese AWACS system, which Beijing started developing in 2004 after the Americans stopped the Israeli government from selling the system worth $1billion to Beijing.
Under mounting pressure from Washington, Tel Aviv scrapped the contract to the disappointment of the Chinese, who badly needed the system for possible use
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