source: Business Standard. Congress Leader Veerappa Moily on Thursday accused the Indian Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa of “lying and suppressing the truth” over Rafale matter. Addressing the media, Moily said, “In government records, Defence Ministry and IAF Chief wanted HAL to be involved. IAF Chief at that time visited HAL with Dassault and found
Source: Hindustan Times. Early last Friday when C-17 Globemasters — the strategic heavy-lift transport aircraft — of the Indian Air Force dipped down mountain peaks and came into land in Leh Airport as a part of Exercise Bahubali, they had a secret load inside their belly – tanks and armoured personnel carriers for rapid troop
source:oneindia From the purchase of S-400 air defence systems to INS Arihant completing its first deterrence patrol, 2018 was an important year for India. There are several defence related developments which are worth recalling now that the year is coming to an end. Here are some of the important defence related developments of 2018: S-400
In the first week of November, an apprehensive Indian Air Force (IAF) wrote to defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman to underline that the political controversy around the Rafale deal should not endanger the purchase of the fighters from France, a senior defence ministry official aware of the development said requesting anonymity. A spokesperson for IAF declined
With the advancement of technology and the need for more fuel to power everything around us, manufacturers are turning to greener alternatives to do the same. Over the past few years, we have seen huge growth in the sector of eco-friendly automobiles. The same drive has spread to a larger industry, that of aviation. Earlier
With the recent Public Accounts Committee criticising the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) over failure in timely delivery of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and with the deadline for the Final Operational Clearance (FOC) fast approaching, the agencies involved in the fighter jet’s development are working against time to
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the GSAT-7A military communication satellite on the GSLV-F11 rocket today at 4.10 pm IST. In a 20-minute launch sequence, the GSLV-F11 lifted off from its Sriharikota launchpad, and released the GSAT-7A into a geosynchronous transfer at an altitude of 270 kilometres. The satellite is expected to
On November 14, scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) waited impatiently as anxious minutes ticked away on the clock. The launch of the 3,423-kg satellite GSAT-29 from its launch pad at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, had been delayed due to the incoming Cyclone Gaja. When the ‘Bahubali’ rocket finally took flight at 5:08 pm
source:sputnik The Indian Army has commenced a defence procurement process for purchasing air defence guns that can fire smart ammunition to replace the aging Swedish L-70 and Soviet-era ZU-23MM-2B guns currently in use by the Indian Army. The air defence guns will be deployed for providing terminal air defence to critical and vulnerable points in
India and Maldives seem to be finally getting back on track and completing sidelining China. Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force started a 14-day join military training programme in the Maldives on Saturday. This development is amid the backdrop of India granting $1.4 Billion in aid to thwart Chinese attempts to debt-trap the
