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BY  : IANS

The public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has begun supplying fuselage parts for the formidable Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jet in what is seen as global recognition for the Indian aeronautical industry.

HAL has already sent five sets of the Super Hornet’s gun bay doors (GBDs) to Boeing and 13 more are under manufacture as part of an initial contract, according to a report in the coming issue of India Strategic defence magazine.

The report quotes HAL chairman and managing director Ashok Nayak as saying that the company, which had plans to Read the rest of this entry »

BY : DNA

India’s first indigenous light combat helicopter (LCH) may embark on its first flight this month.
Being built at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bangalore, the LCH completed its first ground run on February 4.

Based on the LCH’s performance that day, its developers believe that the attack helicopter will be ready to fly soon.

“There are some minor issues to be taken care of. Its performance [during the first ground run] was more than Read the rest of this entry »

BY : Hindustan Times

China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean region appears to have injected new momentum in India’s efforts to fortify its farthest military outpost, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Plans are afoot to upgrade airstrips to support fighter operations, induct 5,000 more troops and deploy additional warships, senior officials said.

Myanmar’s Coco Islands, where the Chinese navy has reportedly set up a surveillance post, are barely 40 km from the Read the rest of this entry »

BY : TOI

At first glance, Lieutenant Farah al Habshi presents a demure picture, with a hijab around her head, even though she dons the white

and blue Royal Malaysian Navy uniform. But appearances, as one learns, can be extremely deceptive.

An engineer by training, a naval officer by profession, young Farah is the deputy weapons and electrical officer on the spanking new Malaysian warship KD Perak. And she is quite articulate to boot, not at all deterred by journalistic questions, some quite personal. “I have no problems serving on a warship with men,” says Farah, in her early-20s. Read the rest of this entry »

BY : ANI

The Indian Army, it seems, is ready to induct the long-range Agni-3 missile into its defence apparatus, after it was successfully test-fired on Sunday morning from the Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Orissa.

The missile has a range capability of 3500 kilometers. It was test-fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Bharat Dynamic Limited.

The launch is part of the pre-induction trial for the Indian Army, which has carried out the total launch operations guided by the DRDO scientists. Read the rest of this entry »

BY : THE HINDU

In a show of strength and reach of the country’s only joint services command, two Indian Air Force frontline Sukhoi MKI fighters roared across the skies at an impressive City Parade here on Sunday. Picturesque display

Witnessed by hundreds of people against the picturesque backdrop of the sea, the two air dominance fighters scorched the skies, flying some 1,400 km from the Kalaikunda airbase in the East. Read the rest of this entry »

BY : THE HINDU

With three consecutively successful flights of Agni-III, the missile technologists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have raised the bar: they will now busy themselves with realising Agni-V which will have a range of 5,000 km.

The success of the Agni-III flight on Sunday, according to them, sent out several signals: it has become a proven missile; the decks have been cleared for its induction with nuclear warheads, into the Army; it established the maturity of India’s nuclear deterrence programme and its second-strike capability. Read the rest of this entry »

BY : ANI

Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Feb 7 (ANI): Despite tensions rising in India over the racist attacks against Indian students Down Under, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has said that it is not against its Indian counterpart assuming a policing role in the Indian Ocean region.

The RAN wants to have joint operations to counter threats from terrorists, pirates and other criminals in the sea lanes.

The RAN is participating in Exercise Milan hosted by India to bring together navies of the Asia-Pacific region to Read the rest of this entry »

BY :   PTI

) The indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant will take another two years to be inducted in operational roles, a top military official said.

“Arihant, of course, will take about two years of trials before she is inducted in the Navy,” Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said in an interview for the forthcoming issue of defence journal Indian Defence Review.

Verma said the Navy and the DRDO were looking into the challenges such as “proving of the new technology, getting Read the rest of this entry »