IAF Phalcon catwalks on Rajpath!
This tacky (and wasteful) mock-up of a Phalcon AWACS rolled past the crowds as part of the Republic Day parade this morning. The IAF usually […]
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DEFENCE PROCUREMENTS
IAF wants American firms back in attack copter competition
The Ministry of Defence may extend conditions that will facilitate American firms Boeing and Bell back into the 22 attack helicopter competition for the Indian
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The MMRCA hustle!
With the kind of stakes involved (upto $16 billion) in India’s medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) competition, it isn’t remotely surprising that there are so
IAF leans towards A330 as its next flight refueller
Spoke to some senior officers in the IAF on January 15 at the Army Chief’s reception at Army House, and it seems fairly clear that
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Has she arrived?!
Mixed signals aplenty. Reports emerging about the Phalcon having landed in India, but everyone in the IAF, from the Chief to the Base Commander at
EXCLUSIVE Photos: Inside the INS Vikramaditya
Here are the first exclusive photos of the inside of the INS Vikramaditya. These were taken during the tail-end of the phase-1 refit just before
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India’s Poseidon adventure begins
A foregone conclusion for months now but nicely scooped by the Times of India, Boeing has finally won the Indian Navy’s prestigious long-range maritime reconnaisance
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Admiral Arun Prakash: Is the future beneath the waves?
On Navy Day, 4th of December 2008, the IN will celebrate the 37th anniversary of its audacious missile attack on Karachi in the 1971 war.
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Photos: Indian Navy prays for INS Vikramaditya (last resort!)
The Sevmash shipyard’s publicist Anastasia Nikitinskaya writes about a function at the shipyard yesterday. Hilarious language: The Indians asked God for happy fortune for the
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Antony: Offsets big for future trade
Defence Minister AK Antony’s speech at a seminar on defence offsets this morning: Offsets are today a common feature of international arms trade. It is
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