DRDO’s VK Aatre: Then and Now
Frontier India has done an interview with Dr VK Aatre, former DRDO chief, on the current state of affairs in the organization and its relationship […]
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AIR FORCE
Su-30s Land At Waddington!
Another press release from an IAF officer accompanying the contingent in Waddington: The touchdown by the first Indian Air Force (IAF) Su-30 MKI (Flanker-H) air
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NEWSFLASH! DAC Clears 126 MRCA Procurement
News just in by this MoD press release (!!). Finally!: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has cleared
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Indian Pilots Get Their Hands on Indian Hawks
Just got this BAe release, with this photo:Indian Air Force pilots have, for the first time, got their hands on the Hawk aircraft that will
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IAF Hawk Maintenance Training Begins
Here’s a press release received from BAe on the Hawk maintenance training kicking off. Thanks to Jagan for pointing me to the fabulous picture to
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IAF Throws Mid-Course Spanner At DRDO’s AWACS
The IAF has formalised its earlier view that the Embraer platform was inadequate for the payload requirements it was looking at for the indigenous AWACS
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MRCA RfP This Month…?
Just received word that the RfPs for the MRCA contract will be issued this month. There’s been a great deal of activity between Vayu Bhavan
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The End in Sight for Akash
It is now confirmed that the Akash medium range surface-to-air missile programme will formally enter the user trial phase with the Indian Air Force (IAF)
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*MMRCA Contract Update*
The request for proposal (RFP) document for the IAF’s proposed 126 medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) purchase is complete and ready to be fired. The
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Winner of MiG Competition Takes the 35 Up
Got this e-mail release from RAC-MiG yesterday. Nice little snippet. On 29th May 2007, Wing Commander Sharad ‘Pasha‘ Pasricha, Suryakiran aerobatic team member flew a
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