Archive For November, 2018
A highlight on the sidelines of the upcoming India-Russia bilateral summit is likely to be the gifting of three MiG-21 fighter jets to Russia. Russian President Mr Vladimir Putin will be in New Delhi on October 4 and 5 for the annual summit with Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi.“Three MiG-21s are scheduled to be handed over […]
India has several systems in place to defend against incoming aerial attacks. Stopping an incoming missile or an aircraft flying at high speeds is tricky so a country cannot just rely on one particular system for it. One of the notable systems that India has to thwart incoming aerial targets like fighter jets, cruise missiles […]
Su 30 MKI is a multi role air superiority fighter. The ‘MKI’ version is specially ‘tailored’ version made for the Indian Air Force. The ‘I’ stands for India in MKI. Su 30 MKI is the most potent fighter aircraft in the inventory of IAF. This aircraft is a world class platform. This aircraft is the […]
All my growing years, I have lived amongst men in Uniform and their families – my family being one of them. Moving from one remote base to another – a nomadic life where no home was home for more than a few months and friends and neighbours changed oh so frequently. But in all that […]
With Japan’s export policy being liberalised in recent years, allowing the country to export defence equipment, India is planning to import amphibious aircraft from Japan, said Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Fleet. An amphibious aircraft can take off from both land and water and contenders like ShinMaywa US-2 of the Japanese navy can be used for […]
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired short range Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test facility off Odisha coast. Sources said the sleek and highly mobile air defence system was fired from a canister mounted on a rotatable truck-based launch unit from Integrated Test Range (ITR). “The test was aimed […]
Defence Minister Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman visited a production facility of French aerospace major Dassault Aviation near Paris where the Rafale jets to be supplied to India are being manufactured, official sources said. They said during her visit to the plant in Argenteuil, Mrs Sitharaman spoke to officials of the Dassault Aviation, the makers of Rafale, […]
Recently, the Airports Authority of India, on behalf of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Centre and the Assam government invited proposals from bidders for selection under a new International Air Connectivity Scheme. The last date for submission of bids is November 22. This international air connectivity scheme is being referred to as International UDAN […]
Ten days after a newly designed Aero India 2019 website was launched for registration of exhibitors and visitors, about 66 exhibitors have registered to participate in the show which will be held at Yelahanka Air Force Station from February 20 to 24. Of the 66 exhibitors who have registered, 49 are Indian companies and 18 […]
Astronomers have spotted what could be the first known moon to orbit an exoplanet. Earlier observations last year with NASA’s Kepler telescope had hinted at its existence, but with new and better data from the powerful Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are now more confident that the exomoon, a moon orbiting a planet outside the solar system, […]