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Tata-Lockheed Martin Joint Venture Delivers 50th C-130J Super Hercules Empennage

September 20, 2016 @ 10:53 AM

A Tata-Lockheed Martin Joint Venture has delivered 50th C-130J Super Hercules Empennage. TLMAL, a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Lockheed Martin Aeroframe Corporation, was established in 2010 and it began production of C-130J Super Hercules airframe components beginning in late 2011
Indian Air Force To Get New Fighter Jets After 20 Years

September 16, 2016 @ 02:01 PM

Nearly 20 years after the Indian Air Force (IAF) procured Sukhoi-30 fighters, the Indian MoD is poised to conclude a deal to buy 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft to supplement the IAFs fleet. The last time India ordered a new fighter aircraft was in 1997 for the purchase of Su-30MK aircraft with Russia
Indian Navy To Get Second Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyer This Week

September 15, 2016 @ 11:05 AM

The Indian Navys second guided missile destroyer will be launched in Mumbai this Saturday. The Project 15B ship christened 'Mormugao' being built by the Mazgoan Shipyard will also outsource work for 10 blocks to involve private ship building yard in the program
Russia May Take Back Tanks, AFVs Sold To S Korea Against State...

September 12, 2016 @ 03:24 PM

The Russian Federation may regain T-80U main battle tanks (MBT) and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) supplied to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the 1990s and in the 2000s towards state debt payments. "Moscow is planning to regain the T-80U MBTs and BMP-3 IFVs delivered to Seoul in the 1990s towards state debt payments
Embraer To Face CBI Probe In Bribery Case If Criminality Indicted

September 12, 2016 @ 10:18 AM

The Indian defense ministry might recommend a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the Embraer aircraft deal if there is criminality involved. Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) wrote to the Brazillian company seeking details of the deal involving three EMB 145 aircraft following media reports of an international investigation into the alleged payment of bribes to secure an aircraft deal in 2008
India-Embraer Jet Deal Signed in 2008 Under Scrutiny For Corruption

September 10, 2016 @ 01:18 PM

The US Justice and Brazilian prosecutors are investigating the bribery charges against Brazilian aircraft Manufacturer Embraer, including the sales made to India. As the Brazilian defense company has also sold VVIP executive jets to the Indian Air Force, the deal is likely to come under probe is a $210-million contract signed in 2008 with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for a project to develop a new range of early warning and control aircraft
General Dynamics To Provide Next-Gen Crytographic Module to US Air Force

September 7, 2016 @ 09:31 AM

General Dynamics will supply an updated Air Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Mode 4/5 KIV-78 Combined Interrogator or Transponder Applique to the US Air Force. The deliveries will start from February 2017, the company announced Tuesday
North Korea Executes Vice Premier For Dozing During Kim's Speech

August 31, 2016 @ 06:50 PM

North Korea has executed a vice premier Kim Yong-Jin for dozing off during a meeting presided over by the countrys Supreme leader Kim Jong-Un. The governement has also banished two other officials for re-education, various local media in South Korea reported Wednesday
Iran Unveils First Indigenous Long-Range Missile Defense System

August 22, 2016 @ 10:09 AM

Iran has released images of its first indigenous long-range missile defense system. The images on local news agencies showed President Hassan Rouhani and Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan standing in front of the new Bavar 373 missile defense system
India To Buy C-130J Super Hercules For $134 Million

August 19, 2016 @ 08:10 AM

The Indian Ministry of Defense has approved buying one C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft for INR 900 crore (US $134 million). The Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by defense minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday made a decision to buy the aircraft which, will replace another C-130J aircraft that crashed while practising a tactical operation after taking off from Agra on March 28, 2014

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