New Delhi: The Indian Air Force's long pending requirement of basic trainer aircraft can now be met with the acquisition of 75 Pilatus planes starting late in 2012 under a Rs 2,800 crore deal signed on Thursday with the Swiss company. The aircraft will help the IAF to replace its fleet of HPT-32 basic trainer aircraft which have been grounded for over two years now after a fatal air crash...
07:16 PM, May 24, 2012
Balasore (Odisha): Boosting its air defence shield and re-validating operational efficacy, India on Thursday test-fired successfully its indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore. "The user-specific trial, which formed part of the country's routine air defence exercises, was successful," said a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official associated with the Akash missile project. To re-validate the technology and operational efficacy of...
12:32 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Adopting a 'carrot and stick' approach towards the 11-day Air India pilots' stir, government on Friday indicated it could take back all those sacked, barring the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) office-bearers, if they resumed duty, as it alerted the IAF to set up medical boards to check pilots who have reported 'sick'. After sending doctors to the homes of all pilots who have reported sick, the Civil Aviation...
08:16 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: With the defence ministry dragging its feet on crucial purchases, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to lose its conventional edge over Pakistan for the first time since independence. The force's fighter strength is set to hit an all-time low of 31 in the next two years. The largest arms importer in the world with a defence spending of Rs 77,000 crore, India seems to have missed...
09:25 AM, May 13, 2012
Cabinet cleared a Rs 2900-crore deal to give IAF a basic trainer that could save men and machines in the force. ...
10:36 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday cleared the Indian Air Force trainer jets deal, which has been a major IAF requirement. The government cleared the Rs 2900-crore worth deal to procure 75 Pilatus basic aircraft trainer for IAF. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The lack of a basic trainer since 2009 has been a serious setback in pilot training. Although the Swiss Pilatus...
09:20 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Thursday cleared the Women Protection Bill. The new bill is aimed to protect women against sexual harassment at workplace. The new law will cover all women staff including domestic help. According to the Women Protection Bill, workplaces will have a panel for redressal of complaints. In a major decision in the Cabinet Committee meeting, according to sources, the clause that allowed the accused to prove...
07:59 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security is expected to clear a major air force requirement for a basic trainer. The lack of a basic trainer since 2009 has seriously setback pilot training. Although the Swiss Pilatus was selected last year, a competing Korean aircraft maker objected setting off a vicious dogfight. Which Air Force has the dubious distinction of crashing 55 per cent of its frontline MiG fleet -...
06:38 PM, May 10, 2012
Pune: A case was booked at the Vishrantwadi police station on Monday against a person, who posed as chairman and managing director of a fictitious share broking firm and allegedly cheated an Air Force officer of Rs 41 lakh, under the pretext of hefty returns on investments. Ankur alias Ankush Shrivastava was arrested in 2010 by the Kondhawa jurisdictional police for allegedly using the Indian emblem, a beacon and a...
10:39 AM, May 08, 2012
Bangalore: Increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan and shifting of terror focus from Af-Pak region would pose a serious security threat to India in the next two years, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said in Bangalore on Saturday. "If the American troops and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) withdraw from Afghanistan as planned, 2013-14 are going to be crucial watershed years for India as far as the...
07:59 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Indian Air Force chief NAK Browne said the terror outfit is getting closer to Wagah border in Amritsar. ...
11:40 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Bangalore: Effects of instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan will be felt in India and the next two years are crucial watershed years for the country's security, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said on Saturday. "2013 and 2014 are crucial watershed years as far as India's security is concerned in the backdrop of instability writ large in Afghanisthan and Pakistan," he said delivering Air Chief Marshal LM Khatre Memorial lecture here....
09:09 PM, Apr 28, 2012
The test of Agni-V not only demonstrates India's technological capability, but also the intent to deter real and potential adversaries. ...
01:19 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Agni-V, the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, has catapulted India into an extremely select club of countries possessing such a deadly weapons platform. Agni-V gives India the much-needed muscle and a strong deterrence against its nuclear-armed adversaries as the missile can not only target every city of China, but is also capable of reaching Australia, Eastern Europe, North Eastern and...
05:04 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is facing "critical deficiency" of trainer aircraft and simulators, fighter squadrons are depleting and some airfields do not have certain landing facilities, a Parliamentary panel has been informed. The IAF has 34 fighter squadrons against the sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons and the number is likely to reduce further to 31 during the 12th plan period, the parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence was told...
01:40 AM, Apr 16, 2012
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