Nothing new about Pak’s latest missile, scientists tell PM
SOURCE: DNA
Scientists of the Bangalore-based National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), closely monitoring the development of nuclear weapons and missiles in India’s immediate neighbourhood, have concluded that the Hatf IV Shaheen 1A missile recently test-fired by the Pakistan establishment had almost the same capabilities of the earlier Shaheen 1 and was hardly an improvement of the previous weapons system. Continue reading
Kaveri Engine Project needs Proper Vision
SOURCE: VINAYAK SHETTY / IDRW.ORG
After 26 years after it was authorized to launch a programme to develop an indigenous powerplant for the Light Combat Aircraft. Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) a DRDO lab . work on Kaveri engine was handed over to GTRE since it had some experience in developing jet engines, and Work on engine design and development began after three years later .
Since then Project had missed countless numbers of deadline not by few years but by decades , but sense prevailed in 2008 when Kaveri engine project was de-linked from Light Combat Aircraft (LCA- Tejas) under strong recommendation from Indian air force and Various panel members, much to appointment of its developers GTRE and DRDO . Continue reading
It’s time the inefficient HAL was restructured
SOURCE: INDIA TODAY
The unending delays in the supply of the Sukhoi-30 MKI jet fighter and the Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) to the Indian Air Force are symptomatic of the inefficient manner in which the public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) functions.
The indigenisation of the Sukhoi aircraft has more or less remained a pipe dream. It was supposed to reach an indigenisation level of 50-55 per cent in Phase IV of the delivery schedule, which doesn’t seem to have been achieved. Only four out of the 60 aircraft that were supposed to have been delivered to the IAF according to the schedule, have actually been handed over. Continue reading
Naval Tejas : With A Little Help From Your Friends
SOURCE: strategypage.com
Last month, the carrier version of the new Indian LCA (Light Combat Aircraft, or “Tejas”) jet fighter made its first flight. With that out of the way, the Indian Navy is negotiating a deal with their American counterparts to help get the LCA-NP (the naval version of the LCA) ready for regular carrier use. The U.S. Navy has provided this sort of consulting service to India in the past. Although the Indian Navy has been operating jet aircraft from carriers since the 1960s, most of their recent experience is with vertical take-off Harrier aircraft. The new Indian carriers will be more like their American counterparts, and will operate carrier versions of land-based fighters. No navy has as much experience in this kind of carrier operations as the United States, and the Indians want to have their plans and preparations checked over by American carrier officers and technical experts. In this situation, a little good advice can go a long way in avoiding expensive mistakes. Continue reading
India to Help Boost Nigeria’s Air Defences
SOURCE: IANS
India and Nigeria were collaborating to boost the West African country’s air defences, Indian High Commissioner Mahesh Sachdev has said.
Both countries had a long standing defence cooperation, shared values and shared history, Xinhua quoted Sachdev as saying at a forum in Kaduna state. Continue reading
IAF calls for applications for Air Warriors
SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
The Indian Air Force has called for applications from unmarried male candidates born between Oct 1, 1991 and Nov 30, 1995 who wish to become Air Warriors in the technical trades. The minimum eligibility for application is a pass in 10+2 or equivalent level of education with Maths, Physics and Chemistry, and a minimum overall aggregate of 50 per cent. Candidates who have passed a three-year engineering diploma in mechanical, electrical, electronics, computer science, instrumentation technology or information technology from a government recognised polytechnic institute with a minimum 50 per cent over all aggregate are also eligible to apply. Continue reading
Strategic Karwar naval base set for major expansion
SOURCE: TNN
With the mammoth aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya slated to reach Indian shores early next year, the government is scrambling to launch the long-delayed expansion of the strategic Karwar naval base in coastal Karnataka at a cost of around Rs 13,000 crore.
The Phase-IIA expansion of Karwar base, which gives the country both strategic depth and operational flexibility on the western seaboard, is now being sent to the Cabinet Committee on Security for the final nod after defence minister A K Antony approved it last week, top sources said. Continue reading
Four pilots killed as two PAF planes collide
SOURCE : IANS
Four pilots were killed Thursday when two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trainer planes collided in the country’s northwest, police said.
The accident took place at about 10.20 a.m. when two trainer planes slammed into one another while on a routine training flight over the Rashakai area of Nowshera, a district some 100 km northwest of Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad, reported Xinhua. Continue reading
J-20 #2002 makes first flight
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK
The second prototype of the Chengdu J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter, coded 2002, has made its first flight on May 16 , aircraft was airborne for 20 minutes and took off at local time 14:48 local time, landed at 15:08 . Continue reading
Stage set for Akash Test
SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
India is all set to carry out a user specific test of surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile ‘Akash’ from a defence base off the Odisha coast.
The Government had cleared the project for induction in the Armed forces in January 2008. After years of rejection for faults in the missile system the Army greed to induct the modified version of the missile. It was inducted into the Air Force on March 3. Defence Minister AK Antony had handed over the missile to the IAF. Continue reading
