Archive For June, 2013

IAF issues tender for purchase of 56 transport planes

The Indian Air Force issued a global tender to purchase 56 tactical transport aircraft and one of the companies that have received the request for proposal (RFP) is a subsidiary of scam‐tainted Italian arms major Finmeccanica. Among others, the tender has gone to Alenia Aermacchi that represents the aeronautics division of Finmeccanica and is Italy’s […]

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IAF flight training to suffer with Kiran’s retirement

Notwithstanding the recent inclusion of the Pilatus basic trainer, flight training of Indian Air Force will continue to suffer as it is set to lose its Kiran intermediate jet trainer with no replacement in sight. Rookie pilots in the Air Force have been trained on Kiran Mk 1/1A aircraft since 2009 after the grounding of […]

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HAL to host Rs 139-cr ISRO engine plant

Indian Space Research and Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, Dr K.Radhakrishnan, said that the manufacturing facilities for integrated cryogenic engines will be set up at HAL’s Aerospace Division and that HAL will continue to play an important role in ISRO’s future programmes. ISRO will soon invest Rs 139 crore for the unit in HAL, Dr  Radhakrishnan said, […]

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Rising Ambition

India is spending billions on defense procurements, bringing with them massive packages of offset work for its industry, but the country’s ambitions to become a major player in commercial aerospace manufacturing are still in their early stages. Already significant providers of engineering services, including complete aero structures design packages for Western airframers, several of India’s […]

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