Archive For May, 2019
Eyeing India’s multi-billion dollar fighter jet market, Boeing has offered to build a 21st-century aerospace ecosystem in India for co-developing F/A-18 Super Hornet upgrades as part of the country’s advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) programme. Two major American fighter jets manufacturers – Boeing and Lockheed Martin – are in the race for the Indian fighter […]
Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade, state media reported, citing a top space official. China aims to achieve space superpower status and took a major step towards that goal when it became the first nation to land a rover on […]
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said it has resumed test-flying its intermediate jet trainer (IJT) in a modified version after a gap of almost three years.The first renewed test from its Bengaluru facilities was “flawless”, a statement said: “Its success is an important step [in] the IJT programme.”HAL had halted flight tests of the IJT in […]
L&T MBDA Missile Systems Ltd, a joint venture between engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro and France’s MBDA, has urged the government to grant a provisional Letter of Approval (LoA) for the company’s proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) unit in Coimbatore to start construction of facilities. L&T MBDA is awaiting an industrial licence, and export orders […]
The Israeli Spike anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is a weapon system the Indian army has been looking for, particularly to protect its infantrymen and then, its tanks against enemy armour. Now, after months of waiting, the Army will get its first consignment– a small one, though– of the Spike. The Rs 280 crore deal gets […]
Asserting that several foreign countries want to get Indian missiles in their inventory, Defence Minister Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman said there was an export potential of sale of homegrown defence products. The statement assumes significance as traditionally India has been a major arms importer and still depends on foreign vendors for around 50 per cent of […]
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited recorded a turnover of over Rs. 19,400 crores (provisional and unaudited) for the financial year ended on March 31, 2019 (corresponding figure for the previous year was Rs. 18,284 crores). The Company has posted a revenue growth in excess of 6% during 2018-19 as compared to 3.8% during 2017-18. The performance of […]
Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC), Delhi, brought out a monograph titled “The Incredible Journey of Indian AWACS” authored by Mr K Ramchand, Mr S Krishnasamy and Mr BR Srikant. The monograph chronicles the enthusiasm and excitement of the relentless pursuit of development of an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System and is […]