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ILA
2010: The Berlin Air Show marks 100th anniversary |
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June
2010
Berlin. The USD 10 billion competition for
126 Medium Multi role Combat Aircraft (M-MRCA)
was electrifying the Berlin Air Show, which
otherwise marked its 100th anniversary with
much fanfare and enthusiasm. |
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A400M:
On the road to united defence of European
skies |
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June
2010
Seville. Common, rather than isolated, European
defence of its skies and humanitarian missions
will be a reality, with the development of
the 21st Century tactical and logistical Airlifter,
the A400M by Airbus Military. |
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UAE to get its first C 17 in 2011 |
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June 2010
Los Angeles. The United Arab Emirates
(UAE) will get the first of its six C 17
Globemaster-III aircraft in 2011.
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Indian armed forces set for paradigm shift
with Super Hercules airlifter |
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April 2010
Marietta (Georgia). In just about a year
the Indian Air Force (IAF) will begin receiving
the first of six C-130J Super Hercules airlifters
it has purchased for $1 billion, the aircraft
signaling a paradigm shift in the manner
in which the armed forces train for specialised
operations.
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US offers ASTOR airborne radar to India |
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March 2010
New Delhi. After F 35 JSF, F 16 Super Viper,
F 18 Super Hornet and P8I aircraft and other
weapon systems, the US has now offered another
sophisticated system to India, the Airborne
Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR).
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Force Multipliers And The Future of Aerospace
Operations |
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March 2010
Bangalore. Force Multipliers and Aerospace
Power have an intrinsic inter-relationship
– primarily because of the images of a hi-tech
world that both terms conjure up!
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India's HAL supplies parts for US fighter
jet |
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February 2010
New Delhi: In a first of sorts, an Indian
company has started supplying fuselage parts
for the formidable Boeing F/A 18 E/F Super
Hornet fighter jet.
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HAL to Invest $ 6 billion to boost capability
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December 2009
Bangalore. India’s state-owned aeronautical
and defence major Hindustan Aeronautics
Ltd (HAL) is planning an investment of Rs.25,000
crores ($ 6 billion approx) over the next
decade to enhance its design and production
capability for different types of aircraft,
including rotary wing machines.
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Russia to have 70 per cent new aircraft by
2020 |
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August 2009
Moscow. New and modernized aircraft will
comprise 70 per cent of the Russian Air
Force by 2020.
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AWACS:
Watchdogs of the Skies |
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July
2009
In today’s air warfare, the Airborne
Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft
will detect, identify and classify hostile
intruders and then, acting as a Command &
Control Centre, will employ its air defence
forces to neutralize the threats to Nation’s
assets. |
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Italian
Eurofighters first to accomplish |
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July
2009
New Delhi, May 22. India dispatched
a team of 27 doctors and paramedics to the
war ravaged northern Sri R ome. The Italian
Eurofighters Rare the first to successfully
pass NATO’s operational assessment and they
are now ready to be deployed abroad for peace-keeping
and peace-making operations. |
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SAMTEL:
shows its Full Color |
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July
2009
Paris. India’s New Delhi-based SAMTEL
exhibited its new Full Color Display (FCD)
for the Airbus aircraft at the Paris Air Show.
Shown for the first time at Le Bourget, the
FCD is integrated in a 6 x 6 Thales display
unit for the Airbus family of aircraft in
their modern advanced cockpits. According
to Executive Director Puneet Kaura, SAMTEL
is the only Indian company to have co-developed
an FCD for the Airbus. |
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Electronic
warfare, a crucial factor in future conflicts
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June
2009
Moscow. In Soviet times, electronic
warfare systems were used to jam foreign shortwave
radio broadcasts. Nowadays, electronic warfare
has become a serious military activity with
numerous applications. |
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Military
bases abroad: Ambitions and Opportunities
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March
2009
Moscow. The Russian Navy is going to
return to its bases abroad. |
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Indigenous
Tejas combat jet successfully tested at high
altitude air base |
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December
2008
New Delhi. India's indigenously developed
Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has achieved
another milestone by successfully landing
at the Leh airbase in Jammu and Kashmir, one
of the highest airfields in the world at 10,600
ft. |
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Future
War needs Human Interface |
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November
2008
New Delhi. India needs a new civilian-military
joint duty programme to ensure that the government
has a clear, long-term policy on the country’s
defence and strategic interests, and the armed
forces work in that perspective smoothly and
effectively. |
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Eurofighter
Capable of Electronic Warfare |
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September
2008
Munich. The Eurofighter Typhoon is
capable of electronic warfare, and this capability
can be very effective in air to air and air
to ground missions. |
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F
18 Super Hornet Staying Out in Front |
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September
2008
St Louis. In the movie industry, it’s
called a sleeper – a film that doesn’t seem
to grab much publicity initially but turns
out to be great film. |
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IAF
inducts indigenously built Hawk AJT |
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August
2008
Bangalore. In a step with major implications
for pilot training, the Indian Air Force IAF)recently
got its first indigenously built Hawk Mk-132
Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT), manufactured at
the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
(HAL). |
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China
ranks third in world military expenses |
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July
2008
Moscow. Last year, the three nations
with the world’s biggest military expenses
were the United States ($547 billion), the
United Kingdom ($59.7 billion) and China ($58.3
billion). |
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F-16IN
and C-130J Super Hercules: Two Best Choices
for India |
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June
2008
Lockheed Martin’s advanced technology
F-16IN and the C-130J Super Hercules are the
right choices to meet or exceed India’s defense
requirements. |
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Laser
Plane Closer to Missile Kill |
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January
2008
Washington. Boeing and its associates
are getting closer to killing missiles with
lasers while in flight. |
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Boeing
Flies Blended Wing Body Aircraft |
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September
2007
CHICAGO. The innovative Boeing Blended
Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft -- designated
the X-48B - flew for the first time in July
at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center
at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Lockheed
Martin To Produce 20 New F 16s For Turkey |
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September
2007
Bethesda. The US government
has awarded an initial $187 million for
long-lead tasks as part of a $1.1 billion
contract to Lockheed Martin for the production
of 30 new Advanced Block 50 F-16 aircraft
for Turkey.
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The
Paris Air Show |
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July 2007
Paris. I have always been
dazzled by Paris, a city close to my heart
ever since my days in the Middle East when
I had to travel frequently from Dubai to
Algiers, Tunis, Casablanca or other North
African cities; Air France provided the
best connections and Paris, the best possible
layover.
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V22
Tiltrotor aircraft ready for action in Iraq |
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July 2007
US Marines practice Touchand-Go landings
on board USS Wasp, an amphibious assault
ship operated by the Marines. The vessel
has a complement of 1100 of. cers and men,
and can carry 2200 troops. It has 600 beds
for war casualties. USS Wasp can accommodate
amphibious assault vessels, helicopters
and Harrier AV 8B V/STOL aircraft.
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Six
C130J Aircraft @ $1 billion |
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June 2007
Washington. The United
States has offered India a $1,059 million
deal to sell six C-130J Hercules aircraft
with associated equipment and services to
provide it special operations airlift capability
and ensure interoperability with American
forces in coalition operations.
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