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FGFA's R & D Phase Yet To Be Concluded

May 9, 2015 @ 11:41 AM

The Research & Development (R&D) phase of Indian Air Forces Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project is yet to be concluded, Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar said in a Parliament today. As per the draft R&D Contract, the delivery of FGFA can commence after 94 months from the start of the contract
Indian Sukhoi-30MKI Fighters Have No Protective Shelters; Parliamentary Report

May 8, 2015 @ 11:48 AM

The Parliamentary Committee on Defense in a recent report has asked the ministry of defense to speed up the process of setting up hardened aircraft shelters for the Indian Air Force frontline combat aircraft, Sukhoi-30MKI, Indian Express reported Tuesday. “The committee is concerned to find that our Air Force, which is already short of planes and worse than that hardened shelters for the existing limited number of aircrafts are not available,” the report submitted in the parliament recently said
India To Start Manufacturing Its Own ‘Bofors’ Artillery Gun

April 28, 2015 @ 11:23 AM

Using drawings supplied as part of technology transfer of the original Bofors gun, the Indian Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) plans it manufacture some 114 pieces of its homemade artillery called ‘Dhanush. The plan is to equip six army batteries with the homemade gun
BEL Exports Hull Mounted SONARs To Myanmar

April 28, 2015 @ 11:06 AM

Indias Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has exported three hull-mounted SONARs to Myanmar based on the technology developed by DRDO, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said in a written reply at the parliament today. Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed SONARs for Indian Navy and has transferred technology to Indian Industries for manufacture and supply to Indian Navy
India’s Indigenous Artillery Gun ‘Dhanush’ Meets Tech Parameters

April 27, 2015 @ 01:43 PM

Indias indigenously designed and manufactured 155mm x 45mm caliber artillery gun, Dhanush has successfully met all technical parameters during the winter and summer trials, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar told at the Parliament today. Informing the Members of Parliament of the Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry, the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said
Rafale Acquisition ‘On Better Terms’ Than Under RFP

April 25, 2015 @ 11:59 AM

Indias proposed acquisition of 36 Rafale aircraft from France would be “on terms better than that conveyed by Dassault Aviation as part of a separate process”, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said. The procurement of the Rafale Jets in a fly-away condition would be made “as quickly as possible” to meet the critical operational necessity for Multirole Combat Aircraft for Indian Air Force (IAF), the minister said in the Indian Parliament yesterday
India Delivers Three Multi-Role Cheetal Helicopters To Afghanistan

April 24, 2015 @ 01:24 PM

India has delivered three multi-role Cheetal helicopters along with allied equipment and spares to Afghanistan, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply, told the Parliament today. "The helicopters were dispatched to Afghanistan on April 9
C-17 Globemaster Likely To Replace New Zealand's Aging C-130s

April 17, 2015 @ 11:01 AM

The New Zealand Defense Force might purchase NZ$600 million worth two Boeing C-17 Globemaster aircraft to replace its aging five Hercules C-130 fleet. Some of the Hercules fleet is already 50-years-old, various media reported Wednesday
Germany Approves Naval And Military Equipment To Israel, India And Algeria

April 10, 2015 @ 03:31 PM

The German Federal Security Council has approved the delivery of the fifth of six promised submarines to Israel, tools and service parts for small-caliber ammunition, sonar systems to India and 336 trucks to Algeria, Süddeutsche Zeitung Daily wrote on Friday, citing the Council's report to the parliamentary Economics Committee. ThyssenKrupp had handed over the fourth submarine last September
Eurofighter Typhoon Still An Option For Indian MMRCA: German Ambassador

April 9, 2015 @ 11:27 AM

European military consortium EADS is still ready to provide Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to India as an alternative to Dassault Rafale as the MMRCA deal is stuck for the past three years due to cost and guarantee clause. Ahead of Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Germany German Ambassador, Michael Steiner on Wednesday told reporters in New Delhi that the European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) was ready with its proposal to offer Eurofighter to India asserting that the jets are “good” both in terms of quality and price

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