Bangalore: India on Friday joined an elite club of countries by test flying the naval variant of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in this tech hub under a partially cloudy sky. "With the successful maiden flight of the LCA's naval variant, India joins an elite club of countries capable of designing, developing, manufacturing and testing the fourth generation carrier borne fly-by-wire ski take off but arrested recovery (Stobar) aircraft," said...
01:56 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: The first squadron of Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) consisting of 18 aircraft is expected to be inducted into the IAF within three to four years of signing of the contract with its supplier. In reply to a question on delivery of MMRCA, Defence Minister AK Antony told Lok Sabha on Monday, "First squadron of MMRCA consisting of 18 aircraft is expected to be inducted within three to...
03:29 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Bangalore: IAF will make public in four weeks the winner of India's biggest-ever Rs 42,000 crore military contract to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said in Bangalore. "We are calculating very hard. There is a lot of work going on. I expect (in) another four weeks, we should be able to wrap it up", Browne told reporters here amid intense flurry among the...
10:53 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) entered its last phase on Friday with Defence Ministry opening commercial bids of the two European contenders to determine the lowest bidder, a process that is expected to take six to eight weeks. "The Contract Negotiations Committee (CNC) of the Defence Ministry opened the commercial bids and read out the offers made by...
07:32 PM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi: Defence Ministry on Friday cleared the way for opening the commercial bids of two shortlisted vendors in the multi-billion dollar combat aircraft deal by approving their offset proposals here. After the bids are opened, the Defence Ministry will be able to determine the lowest bidder in the deal for 126 Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (M-MRCA) and decide who will ultimately get the contract described as the 'mother of...
06:56 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council will decide on Friday which company will be given India's over $10 billion Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal. The race to supply for 126 fighter jets is between two European offerings - the French Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon, manufactured by a European consortium. The EuroFighter and the Rafale are relatively new aircraft and according to the IAF state of art. The EuroFighter...
01:02 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: India's ambitious project to develop indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has suffered a setback as the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) for the aircraft was delayed by another year. "As far as LCA is concerned, there was an initial IOC in January this year. We were supposed to get the IOC (final) by the end of this year. As we see it, there is a delay of almost an...
09:48 AM, Oct 04, 2011
This is a three year old book - but I got my hands on it quite recently. So please pardon the delay, if you're already familiar with the title. Personally, I was fascinated simply because it's about India's very own Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project. Today, it goes by the name Tejas. It's not an easy read. It's a very slim volume but took me a week to complete. Mainly...
06:56 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Bangalore: On Friday, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was all geared up for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of one of their greatest contributions to Indian Aviation, HF-24 (Marut), but the organisation has fallen short of acknowledging their own work, as the fighter aircraft has not been featured on their own website. Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Shashi Kumar Samuel Ramdas said that one of India's first indigenously developed aircraft, HF-24, was not...
04:28 PM, Jun 18, 2011
New Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday asked the DRDO to prioritise the development of 5,000 km range ballistic missile while building a credible missile defence system for the country. He also congratulated the Defence Research Development Organisation for developing the interceptor missile allowing India to join an elite club of nations possessing such advance technology. "DRDO must demonstrate the capability to develop missiles of the range of...
05:24 PM, Jun 03, 2011
The first flight is scheduled by year-end and the plane will be inducted in 2015. ...
01:00 PM, Jul 06, 2010
France held up its 1.6 billion dollars sale of arms to Pakistan, reportedly under pressure from India. ...
10:17 AM, Apr 04, 2010
A Russian think tank says India will buy 90 Su-30 MKI fighters and 30 extra. ...
12:37 PM, Apr 21, 2009
Announcement ends 8-yr suspense over acquisition of new aircraft. ...
10:12 PM, Aug 28, 2007
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