The Indian Air Force (IAF) have raised six new squadrons of the Akash Air Defence System which is developed by the DRDO, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and private firms. The top IAF officials were quoted as saying by TOI that IAF already has two operational squadrons of the all-weather, point/area missile system
RUAG Aerostructures and TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd has entered into partnership for manufacturing and supply of aero structural components and sub-assemblies. Under the $150 million contract, TAL will manufacture and supply over 550 sheet metal components, machined parts and sub-assemblies to RUAG, for Airbus A320 programme
France has closed a €5.2 billion ($5
Iran is constructing a highly-equipped warship to be used for training naval cadets. "Thanks to the measures adopted by the Navy commander, efforts of industry experts and assistance of academic centers, an equipped warship is being built in Iran for training purposes, whose launch will no doubt make trainings for the cadets more applied," Commander of the cadets Seyed Javad Hosseini was quoted as saying by FNA on Monday
IRKUT Corporation today announced its plans to produce MC-21-300 airliner by the end of 2015. A maiden flight of this new plane is scheduled for 2016, while deliveries of first batch to customers are being planned for 2018
Argentina has reached a deal for 20 Chinese FC-1/JF-17 Thunder fighter jets produced by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, according to Breitbart News. The move follows a three-day visit by Argentina's President Kristina de Kirchner to Beijing last week, in which the country secured 15 economic agreements and significant financial investment to bolster its failing economy
Airbus announced today that it has signed an agreement with Dynamatic Technologies Ltd for procuring flap-track beams for A330 aircraft. The agreement is the largest manufacturing contract between Airbus and a private sector company in India and elevates Dynamatic to a global tier-1 supplier
Taiwan plans to commission its indigenously designed stealth missile corvette and supply vessel to naval service late next month, Taipei Times reported Feb 14, 2014. “A ceremony to formally put the corvette Tuo Jiang and supply vessel Panshih into service is scheduled to take place in late March at the navys Zuoying base in Kaohsiung,” the largest naval base in Taiwan, an unnamed naval source was quoted as saying by the daily
Russia is likely to finalize the construction of a flagship air carrier by 2025, the Russian Navy's chief of naval aviation Major General Igor Kozhin said. The Russian Navy's chief of naval aviation Major General Igor Kozhin was quoted as saying by Russian media outlets, "It will take up to ten years to wrap up the construction of the flagship carrier, which will include a whole system of state tests
Parrot, a developer of advanced technology wireless products, has used Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design application to successfully design complex 3D shapes for a future line of drones. This application delivered significant social collaboration benefits to Parrots engineering and design teams through its use of Dassault Systèmes industry-leading cloud-based capabilities