Final section of HMS Queen Elizabeth for Royal Navy leaves BAE shipyard

Final section of HMS Queen Elizabeth for Royal Navy leaves BAE shipyard

The final section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new aircraft carriers being built for the UK Royal Navy, has left BAE Systems’ shipyard at Scotstoun today to embark on a 600 mile journey to Rosyth. TheAftIsland, also known as Upper ... More >>
AgustaWestland Training Academy Malaysia introduces an AW139 full flight simulator

AgustaWestland Training Academy Malaysia introduces an AW139 full flight simulator

AgustaWestland announced that itsTrainingAcademybased inMalaysia(AWTA Malaysia) has introduced an AW139 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) Level D into its training courses. TheTrainingAcademyis located atKuala Lumpur’s Subang -Sultan Abdul Aziz ... More >>
Mauritanian Air Force orders AW109 Power helicopters

Mauritanian Air Force orders AW109 Power helicopters

AgustaWestland, announced an order by the Mauritanian Air Force for an undisclosed number of AW109 Power twin-engine helicopters that will be used for reconnaissance and border patrol missions. The contract signing ceremony was held at the Paris ... More >>
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK complete factory test of Cerberus for the German Navy F125 Frigate

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK complete factory test of Cerberus for the German Navy F125 Frigate

AEUK are pleased to confirm that their Cerberus Mod2 Diver Detection Sonar has now successfully completed its Factory Acceptance Testing at their premises in the UK against a particularly comprehensive and demanding set of requirements set by ... More >>
Boeing congratulates Indian Air Force on arrival of 1st C-17

Boeing congratulates Indian Air Force on arrival of 1st C-17

Boeing  congratulated  the Indian Air Force following the arrival in India of the IAF’s first C-17 Globemaster III airlifter. That plane is the first of 10 that India will receive, with a total of five delivered this year and five in 2014. With ... More >>
Paris Airshow 2013: HAL and Dassault Aviation confident in partnership

Paris Airshow 2013: HAL and Dassault Aviation confident in partnership

On the occasion of the ongoing Paris Air Show, HAL  top brass  met with  top executives of  Dassault Aviation  to review the progress in ongoing projects.   Both  the teams expressed satisfaction on the work already achieved by the ... More >>
Paris Airshow 2013: Eurofighter signs contract for Meteor Integration

Paris Airshow 2013: Eurofighter signs contract for Meteor Integration

Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH has today signed a weapon system integration contract with NETMA, the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, to facilitate and secure integration of MBDA’s Meteor Beyond Visual Range Missile system.   ... More >>
Paris Airshow 2013: Boeing launches 787-10 Dreamliner

Paris Airshow 2013: Boeing launches 787-10 Dreamliner

Boeing  announced today at the 2013 Paris Air Show that it has launched the 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of the super-efficient 787 family. Commitments for 102 airplanes from five customers across Europe, Asia and North America provide a ... More >>
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COMMAND AND CONTROL: C4I2SR2 – Virtual Battlefield Commander
The C4I2SR architecture of any nation has become essential to the art of war-fighting. The ability to see and locate threats, in turn, target them from beyond visual range is key.   Army Commanders (like Air Force and Navy Commanders) have to prepare themselves and their army for defending ... more

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UAV OPS IN INDIA: Newer Capacities and New Roles
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are the latest military innovations that have been added to the arsenal of major armies of the world. It is deployed mostly for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) functions   From its humble origin as an eye in the sky that watches the adversary ... more

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NAVAL SYSTEMS: Naval Radars and Multi Mission Combat Systems
The key to a blue water navy is its ability to see beyond its horizon; and acquire and destroy targets before they are able to pose a threat   The discovery of reflection of radio waves from solid objects was studied by Heinrich Hertz in 1886; subsequently Huelsmeyer in 1904 was the first ... more

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FGFA – Salience for Indian Air Force
India’s partnership with the Russian’s for developing a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) is certainly ‘ambitious.’ But in strategic and operational terms it makes immense sense   Backdrop The Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) pioneered by USA, Russia and, of late, China, ... more

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INDIA and CHINA – Peer Competitors
In an environment of decline of the lone Superpower. China’s rise is being watched with an unmatched intensity.   The liberal democracies that c onsider the rest of the world  almost uncivilised, want India to be the foil of the Chinese. Both are developing countries with thousands of year of ... more

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INDIAN NAVAL SUBS – Past, Present and Future
The 1980s were the halcyon days of the submarine arm of the Indian Navy. There were 20 of them in service, both old and new. Then followed the controversies about procurement of some of them. The stink reached the top – then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. However, the HDW (named Shishumar class) ... more

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