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PSU/OFB: If they’re so good, why are they so scared?
On May 17, the Trade Union Forum for Self-Reliance in Defence (a formal group comprising trade union officials, DPSU and OFB employees) presented Defence Minister AK Antony with a memorandum asking the government to desist from implementing the Kelkar Committee…
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 sortie in the front cockpit of the new-generation MiG-35 fighter as crew with RAC-MiG test pilot…
Su-30MKMs Fly, India’s Little Victory
This may be a touch parochial, but the delivery of the first two Su-30MKM fighters to the Royal Malaysian Air Force on May 24 at Irkutsk, Russia, is an important milestone for DRDO, and particularly the Defence Avionics Research Establishment…
Army Asks For Man-Portable UAVs
Last week, the Army presented a fresh reworked QR to the Ministry of Defence for upto 32 man-portable UAVs for “tactical, point-of-interest imaging and rapid action surveillance for ground forces” in Kashmir and the North East. The plan is for…