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Indian Air Force Needs MMRCA, Not Rafale: IAF Chief
February 19, 2015 @ 10:16 AMThe Chief of Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today asserted that the IAF needed a medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) to bolster its depleting fighter levels but not necessarily the Rafale aircraft made by Dassault. In a media interaction at Aero India 2015, he said the requirement is for a MMRCA type fighter
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BrahMos Integrated Su-30MKI Handed Over To IAF For Trials
February 19, 2015 @ 09:41 AMThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has received the first Sukhoi-30MKI fitted with indigenous BrahMos thermonuclear cruise missile ready for trials from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) today during Aero India Airshow. HAL CEO Suvarna Raju and BrahMos CEO and MD Sudhir Kumar Mishra were present during the handing over of the documents to IAF
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Lockheed Martin Appoints New Senior Vice Presidents
February 19, 2015 @ 07:24 AMLockheed Martin has appointed Rodney A. Makoske as senior vice president, Corporate Engineering, Technology, and Operations and corporate officer and Dana Jackson as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO)
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India Increases Serviceability Of Su-30MKI, Other Fighter Aircraft
February 18, 2015 @ 02:22 PMIndia has increased serviceability of the existing Fighter aircraft to deal with a shortfall in aircraft availability, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said during Aero India 2015. The minister was responding to questions as to whether India would purchase additional Su-30MKI fighter aircraft due to a delay in acquisition of the Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA)
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BEL Wins COMPASS Order From Elbit Systems At Aero India
February 18, 2015 @ 02:00 PMBharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has won a contract at Aero India 2015 from Elbit Systems for the production of Elops Compact Multi-Purpose Advanced Stabilized Systems (CoMPASSTM). This is in addition to an earlier order for the supply of CoMPASS, received by BEL from Elop in 2014
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General Dynamics To Upgrade M1A1 Abrams Tanks
February 18, 2015 @ 01:58 PMGeneral Dynamics Land Systems will upgrade the US Armys M1A1 Abrams tanks to the M1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) V2 configuration, the company yesterday. The $49
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Dassault Rafale MMRCA Deal Possible After March; Indian Minister
February 18, 2015 @ 01:40 PMIndian defense minister, Manohar Parrikar made it abundantly clear today that Dassault Rafale is very much in the reckoning in the Indian MMRCA contract during a press briefing at Aero India 2015 Airshow. Decision on the French fighter plane Rafale acquisition will have to wait till March for the Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC) final report, Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said
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Dynamatic Manufactures First Chinook Aerostructures For Boeing
February 18, 2015 @ 01:11 PMIndias Dynamatic Technologies Limited has manufactured the first set of aft pylon and cargo ramp assemblies for Boeings CH-47F Chinook helicopter. “The production of major aerostructures for Boeings CH-47F helicopter is a major accomplishment, and is a significant milestone for the Indian aerospace industry,” said Udayant Malhoutra, CEO and managing director, Dynamatic Technologies Limited
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KRET To Introduce Modern Radio-Electronic Solutions At Aero India 2015
February 18, 2015 @ 01:10 PMConcern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), a part of the Rostec, will introduce modern radio-electronic solutions for the Indian Air Force at Aero India 2015 The foreign partners are to become familiar with the latest achievements in a field of the identification friend or foe, special electronics, electronic systems for aviation and radio-electronic solutions within the Russian stand,. The Concern is ready to export both the latest complexes for EW solutions and the latest avionics
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Bharat Forge Wins Titanium Forging Contract From Boeing
February 18, 2015 @ 01:09 PMBoeing has signed a multi-year contract with Bharat Forge of India to supply titanium forgings for wing components for the Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX. Bharat Forge will begin supplying pre-machined forgings from its facilities in Pune and Baramati to Boeing in the first quarter of 2016
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles