MBT Arjun’s death knell
The Army’s Directorate General of Mechanized Forces (DGMF) has pretty much institutionalized the death of Main Battle Tank Arjun. In a widely publicised two-day “international […]
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EQUIPMENT TRIALS
Exclusive: Faced with stubborn Army, DRDO hunts for third party quality inspector for Arjun MBT
It’s been a sombre week for the Arjun main battle tank. Last week, the Army’s DG Mechanised Forces Lt Gen Dalip Bharadwaj said that the
Photos: Nishant UAV flight tested today
Just got this press release from DRDO: Nishant, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by DRDO for Indian Army was successfully flight tested near Kolar
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Photo: LCA Tejas LSP-2!
DRDO has only released this one picture of the LSP-2 on pre-flight checks yesterday in Bangalore. Hopefully they’ll release some mid-air photos soon. Meanwhile, here’s
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Photos: Tejas hot weather trials + LCA Tejas LSP-2 maiden flight!!!
Had completely forgotten to post these photographs last month. Anyway, for what they’re worth! Here’s the bunch of photos that the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)
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Updated: New photos of India’s first Phalcon + Air chief on the Phalcon
In an interview to FORCE magazine, here’s what Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Fali Major has said: “The first AWACS is expected in
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Limited Combat Aircraft
I didn’t make up that name. It’s a name a whole bunch of folks at Vayu Bhawan are calling the LCA Tejas now. As the
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The Tejas Engine Quagmire + Tejas hot weather trials results
There was a briefing at South Block today at which it was finally official (posted on this before, and there have been at least three
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First journalists to fly the P-8A Poseidon!
That’s me (right) and Ajit Dubey (FORCE magazine) — the first journalists ever to fly the P-8A Poseidon full-ops simulator. This is the trailer simulator
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Prithvi-II achieves “near perfect” accuracy
Here’s the press release that the Defence Ministry issued this afternoon: The surface-to-surface ballistic missile Prithvi-II was successfully launched from ITR, Chandipur, Balasore off Orissa
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