SOURCE: NEW INDIAN EXPRESS

Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Republic Day parade contingent, which was led by a woman officer for the first time in its 63-year-old history, has been adjudged he best marching team this year.

Among the three services, IAF’s marching contingent has been selected as the best. BSF has got the award for best drill among the paramilitary forces, Defence Ministry officials said here today. Continue reading

SOURCE : Thedailystar.net

Last week, the Indian Navy commissioned a nuclear powered submarine called INS Chakra. The 8,000 ton vessel built by Russia has been taken on lease for a 10 year period, at a cost of almost $1 billion. The new submarine will be added to the fleet of 14 aging Indian submarines. It will be armed with 300 km range Klub-S land attack cruise missiles and advanced torpedoes. The submarine will be based at Visakhapatnam along the Bay of Bengal. Continue reading

SOURCE: ITAR-TASS

Indian Navy officers and seamen are familiarising themselves with INS Teg (Sabre), which is being built by the Yantar Baltic shipbuilding plant in Kaliningrad, spokesman for the plant Sergei Mikhailov said.“Some 200 Indian seamen and officers have “settled” on INS Teg, the first of the three ships of the 11356 project, which has been completed at Yantar – they have been introduced to the new frigate and have started familiarising themselves with its equipment under the guidance of their Russian counterparts from the Baltic Fleet,” Mikhailov said. Continue reading

SOURCE: THE HINDU

The 133 ship-strong Indian Navy force of today is expected to induct a further 49 ships and submarines in the coming years, making the Indian Navy of tomorrow a highly potent and balanced service with the right mix of ships, submarines and aircraft and be truly a blue water force, according to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Anil Chopra. Continue reading

SOURCE: PTI

Two days after a successful trial, the advanced version of pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Lakshya-II was again successfully flight- tested at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) near here today.

The 11th flight demonstration was held from a mobile vehicle at launch complex-3 of the ITR, about 15 km from here.  Continue reading

SOURCE: IANS

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India’s aerospace and defence exports are likely to clock $2 billion in fiscal 2011-12 to March 31, industry lobby Assocham says. 

With about 18 percent growth in the first three quarters of 2011-12, aircraft exports, including components, stood at about $1.31 billion against $1.11 billion in the corresponding period of 2010-11, Assocham said.  Continue reading

SOURCE: AIN

Recent statements from the British government and BAE Systems have clarified the status of negotiations to sell Eurofighter Typhoons toOman and Saudi Arabia. Oman has now issued a formal RFP. Having taken delivery of 24 aircraft from BAE’s Warton assembly line, the Saudis are still negotiating the price and configuration of 48 more, as well as assembly and maintenance arrangements. Continue reading

SOURCE: TNN

The defence ministry has sought details of the probe against four naval officers in the dock for allegedly divulging classified information and data on social networking and other websites.

The recently-concluded Board of Inquiry (BoI) at theWestern Naval Command in Mumbai has recommended strong action against the four commander-rank officers (equivalent to Lt-Colonels in Army) from the naval technical branch.  Continue reading

SOURCE: IANS

INS Sudarshini a three-masted barque, the second sail training ship of the Indian Navy, was commissioned by Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, here on Friday. INS Sudarshini is a follow-on class of INS Tarangini which was inducted in the Southern Naval Commandin 1997.  Continue reading

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK

Indian air force is just five years away from Inducting a Fifth generation fighter aircraft in its fleet and again five to six years away from rolling out its own locally developed fifth generation fighter AMCA at the same period. But the question remains does the air force has necessary aircrafts to train those next generation pilots? Continue reading

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