A line of MV-22 Osprey aircraft from Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 266 arrives at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Sept. 10, 2010. The squadron is deployed aboard USS Kearsarge, which is en route to provide relief to flood-stricken regions of Pakistan. US Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Dean Sears
IAF network goes live
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The gigabyte digital information grid of the Indian Air Force (IAF), AFNET (Air Force Network) went live after Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony inaugurated it in New Delhi on Tuesday.
MBDA offers India ordnance mgmt services
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The European arms firm MBDA has offered its services for stockpile management to the Indian armed forces, saying it can help achieve cost savings of up to 30 per cent, besides configuring life extensions of existing stock and improving safety.
Army checks out CDMA mobiles for border areas
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The Indian Army has issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking details of available Mobile Cellular Communication Systems (MCCS) based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular communication systems technology for deployment in the ‘northern and northeastern regions of India’.
Lockheed Martin hands fly to work
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Defense and Aerospace major Lockheed Martin called a ‘Bring Your Wings to Work Day’ last week for its, reportedly, 14,600 employees at Forth Worth, Texas. Enjoy the pictures.
$600m Indo-Russian JV for transport plane
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India and Russia signed an agreement on Thursday night to set up a joint venture to design and develop a Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA)
Segway in India
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The Segway has arrived in India and is looking to provide a niche transportation solution for the security sector, not to mention the obvious recreational buyers.
Singapore Technologies denies CAG report
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The arms company has contradicted the basis of the CAG audit, saying it signed a Memorandum of Understanding on offsets and collaborated production with the Ordnance Factory Board.
Anatomy of a blacklist: Singapore Technologies
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The CAG submitted a report to Parliament last week, that testifies to the acts of omission and commission, based on incompetence, lack of foresight or mala fide intent, that led to the recommendation for the blacklisting of Singapore Technologies, arising from the issue of the supply of carbines to paramilitary forces.
Norks and social media, again and more
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The Underwear Bomber indirectly improves Nigerian flight safety standards, LSD poisoning of a French town in 1951 and more, in News Wrap.
Pakistani floods exaggerated? and more
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Has Islamabad exaggerated flood damage for aid? The real reasons for the arrest of a peacemaking Taliban leader, Wikileaks funding and more, in News Wrap.
Indian warships sail for Africa
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Four Indian warships INS Mysore, Tabar, Ganga and Aditya have set sail on a goodwill visit to several maritime nations of Africa and South Indian Ocean.
Navy’s submarine rescue plan leaks: CAG
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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has criticized the implementation of the Indian Navy’s plan for enabling its submarines with facilities to couple with Deep Submergence Rescue Vessels and Submarine Rescue Chambers of the United States Navy , which has resulted in an expenditure of USD 744,343.
CAG pokes finger at inferior steel in navy tankers
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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has criticized the acceptance of inferior-grade steel used in the manufacture of fleet tankers of the Indian Navy by Italian firm, Fincantieri, saying it amounted to ‘undue favor to a foreign vendor in (the) procurement of fleet tankers’.
Navy looks for rotary UAVs
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The Indian Navy has issued a Request For Information for the procurement of a Vertical Take Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle .
