Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Friday said it has flown the first Final Operational Configuration upgraded Mirage 2000 aircraft, adhering to the scheduled date.
New Delhi: For private-sector executives in India who normally get only snippets of information to design components of complex military hardware, climbing into tanks and talking to combat soldiers is an eye-opener.
Barak 8 missile system will provide air defence capability to armed forces: Manohar Parrikar7/28/2016 India and Israel are jointly developing and producing the Barak 8 missile system for the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force (IAF). While the long range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) variant is meant for the Indian Navy, the medium range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM) version has been developed for the IAF.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has the capacity to produce eight Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas per annum, said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
NEW DELHI: India's mainstream naval fighter jet plane MiG-29K faces operational deficiencies due to defects in engines, airframe and fly-by-wire system leading to very low availability, top government auditor has said even as it slammed the delay in construction of the indigenous aircraft carrier.
Boeing is set to meet the Indian defense ministry to offer details on its offer to set up an assembly line for the F/A-18 Super Hornet in India.
Shelly Lavender, President and CEO of Boeing Military Aircraft, told Indian journalists at the Farnborough Air Show 2016 held earlier this month, that Boeing and the U.S. Government would be meeting the defense ministry again to expand their proposal. The government is also concerned that despite allowing 49 per cent FDI through automatic route, only a paltry sum of Rs 1.12 crore has come as FDI in defence sector in the last two years. (Representational photo/ Express)
Notwithstanding the emphasis on ‘Make in India’, defence ministry has not signed any major deal (of more than Rs 2,500 crore) with any private Indian defence company since the BJP government came to power two years ago. This is despite the government’s stated aim to promote defence manufacturing in India in the private sector. NEW DELHI: In the first restructuring of top defence management by the Modi government, the Navy is believed to have got back permanent charge of the strategic Andaman Nicobar Command, a post that it earlier shared in rotation with the Air Force and Army.
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