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India grounds MiG-27 strike fighters after crash

February 23, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

Indian Air Force(IAF) has grounded its MiG-27 fleet for checks after one of the swing-wing strike fighters crashed in West Bengal on February 16, according to news published in a leading Indian news paper. Preliminary reports indicate the failure of low-pressure turbine blades, which is not in the realm of day-to-day servicing and maintenance, led to the mishap
$10 billion offset deals under consideration in India

February 13, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

Even as Indian industry argues for dedicated ‘Offsets Authority’ and an institutional mechanism to ensure a transparent and appropriate valuation for technology transfer to raise the capability of the domestic defence manufacturing industry, the Ministry of Defence has decided to strengthen the monitoring mechanism for the implementation of offsets. Inaugurating the FICCI Defence Seminar on ‘Defence Offsets: Policy to Implementation- How Offsets can enable Indian Industry’ at Defexpo India 2010, Mr
DRDO to transfer technology to six Indian companies

January 27, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

The DRDO-FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment and Commercialization (ATAC) Programme reached a new landmark on Monday with the signing of six Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DRDO and leading industry players. The MoUs will enable transfer of DRDO developed technologies to the partner industries and, in turn, make them globally competitive
Dassault wins multi-billion euro contract from France for 60 Rafales

January 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

The French Ministry of Defence on Dec. 31, 2009 awarded Dassault Aviation a multi-billion euro, multi-year production contract to deliver 60 Rafale F3 combat aircraft
EADS to deliver two MSSR 2000 I IFF systems to BAE Systems

December 4, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

EADS Defence & Security (DS) provides the new "Canberra" class amphibious ships of the Royal Australian Navy with the latest technology identification systems in order to enhance flight safety and situation awareness. Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems to deliver two MSSR 2000 I IFF (= Identification Friend or Foe) systems for the installation onboard LHD1 and LHD2 (LHD = Landing Helicopter Dock) by 2015
Defexpo 2010 on course, stall bookings open

November 9, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Defexpo 2010, one of the premier land and naval systems show in Asia will be held as per its original schedule from February 15-18, 2010,New Delhi,India. Sources in India’s Defence Exhibition Organization (DEO) told defenseworld
EADS to equip Slovenian Police helicopters with obstacle warning system

November 9, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

EADS Defence and Security (DS) will equip the Slovenian police force’s helicopter squadron with the globally unique HELLAS (Helicopter Laser Radar) obstacle warning system, which enables helicopter missions to be carried out even when visibility is extremely poor. As the company announced on Monday, Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded a contract for a HELLAS system to be delivered before the end of this year, for integration into a Bell 412 helicopter
Uncertainty looms over DEFEXPO 2010 defense exhibition

October 11, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

The fate of the 2010 edition of DEFEXPO, one of Asia’s premier land and naval defence systems shows looks uncertain as the halls marked for the event in the exhibition ground at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi may not be available during the show days of February 15-18, 2010 as the same were said be earmarked for renovation for the Commonwealth games later in the year. Informed sources told Defenseworld
Bell Helicopter to assist Indian Government in remake of helicopter operations

August 31, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Texas – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, today announced that it has received a technical assistance grant designed to help update India’s standards and regulations governing helicopter operations and facilitate the expansion of safe and reliable helicopter services throughout India
DISA selects Raytheon's Insider Threat Management Solution

August 27, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Raytheon's insider threat management solution has been selected by The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for the Insider Threat Focused Observation Tool (InTFOT) for the Department of Defense. Under the contract, Raytheon will provide the DoD an enterprise license for its solution

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