Price war over Akash missile? (Updated)
This is something I’ve heard from three separate senior folks in the Indian Air Force, but haven’t been able to get an official confirmation yet […]
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Indigenous Equipment
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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Kaveri for LCA a dud, Kaveri for warships on track!
Just received this press-release from DRDO: Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore of DRDO had been indigenously developing Kaveri engine for propelling the Indian Light Combat
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FORCE Mag: LCH prototype by October
FORCE Magazine has this interesting piece by Prasun Sengupta about HAL’s Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) in its new issue. Till I gather more inputs on
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Indo-French Maitri Programme: Don’t repeat BrahMos botch-ups
The Indo-French missile programme Maitri, basically a face-saving bailout of the completely botched Trishul (Dr Prahalada was candid about this when he spoke to me
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“Era of procurement, over”, Antony says. Good one!
Here’s a press release from the Ministry of Defence, following the Defence Minister AK Antony’s visit to Berlin: The five-day long International Aerospace Exhibition and
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Tejas LSP-1 photos
Not sure if anyone’s seen these photos before. Just came across them posted on the ADA site — yes the notoriously slow one that takes
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Agni-3 launch photos
Hey people, I’m still in the US, back Saturday. Just stopped for a moment to post these photos of the Agni-3 launch. Post soon.
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MBT Arjun Trouble: Special team to Germany
A special team comprising personnel from the Army EME, Armoured Corps and DRDO has left for Augsburg and Hanover Germany to find just how to
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LCA Tejas going to Berlin? Nope.
Looks like foreign air shows just can’t get enough of the Light Combat Aircraft! After being listed erroneously as part of the flying displays during
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