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India Gets Its First AEW&C Plane
August 17, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIn an official handover ceremony in Brazil, the Government of India took delivery of its first 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) class of aircraft from Embraer Defense and Security. Embraer completed delivery of the first aircraft following completion of ground and flight tests of the aircraft which met operational targets established by both Embraer and Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)
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China, Pakistan Threat Perception Forces India To Accelerate AWACS Program
August 17, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAfter many delays and disruptions, India’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWAC) dreams have finally taken off with the latest delivery of an AWACS platform from Brazilian aircraft-maker Embraer. India, on Thursday, took delivery of the Embraer 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft following the completion of a host of tests conducted by both Embraer and the Indian Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) which designed the phased array radar which sits atop the aircraft
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New Offset Rules Allows Technology Transfer, Cuts License Fee
August 3, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian ministry of defense has announced that Transfer of Technology (ToT) has been made eligible for offsets, removing a major hurdle in defense equipment sales to India. In a new Defence Procurement Policy which took effect on August 1, the Indian MoD has also specified what constitutes offset multipliers and allowed sub-vendors to discharge offsets
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India Test-Fires BrahMos With New Systems
July 30, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia on Sunday test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. "The cruise missile was test fired from a ground mobile launcher from the launch complex-3 at about 1030 hours and all data is being retrieved for analysis," defence official was quoted as saying
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U.S To Improve Foreign Military Sales System To Benefit India
July 24, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIn an effort to address India’s concerns over U.S
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India Begins Testing DRDO-Built Main Battle Tank
June 25, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia has begun developmental trials of the main battle tank (MBT) known as Arjun Mark II. The testing will continue until next month at the Pokhran field firing range
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DRDO To Continue Using Kaveri Engines
June 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia’s Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has decided to power the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mark-2 with GE-414 engines built by General Electric. It was previously decided that the Kaveri engines would be used to develop the aircraft
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India Successfully Test Fires Akash SAM Missile
May 24, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia has test fired its indigenously-developed surface-to- air ‘Akash’ missile today from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha with success. The Akash missile, which has a strike range of 25 km with a warhead of 60 kgs, was inducted into the armed forces in 2008
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India Launches 5000KM Super Agni V
April 20, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Government announced today that it has successfully launch tested the Agni-V in the early hours on April 19 off Wheeler’s Island in the state of Odisha. According to the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), the Missile’s take off trajectory was ‘flawless’ with the three stages of propulsion dropping and falling at appropriate times into Bay of Bengal
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India Gets First Foreign Ballistic Testing Facility
April 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMU.S based engineering conglomerate DuPont unveiled its first-ever Asia pacific integrated ballistic centre in Hyderabad on 12, April that will solely focus on developing solutions using local ammunition specific to Indian security requirements
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
