The Indian Navy decommissioned its last Foxtrot-class submarine, the INS Vagli, last Thursday after 36 years in service. See videos of the boat’s last dive and the decommissioning ceremony.
Video: Indian Foxtrot’s last dive
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Boeing begins work on Indian P-8I
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According to a statement issued by Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems’ workers ‘ cut the P-8I’s first part, a bonded aluminum panel that later will be installed on the fuselage’s upper lobe to support an antenna’.
Naval OPV launched
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The Indian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV), Sumitra, the fourth in its class, was launched at Goa Shipyard on Monday.
Cobham to supply weapons carriage/release to IAF Hawks
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The company will deliver Light Duty Ejector Release Units and Carrier Bomb Light Stores (CBLS) training aids for IAF Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft.
India tests Agni 1
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A statement issued by the Ministry of Defense said the launch took place at 1020 hours local time and that ‘the missile followed the trajectory in a copybook style and reached the designated target in the Bay of Bengal’.
Six more Gripens for Thailand
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A statement from Saab on Wednesday said the order was worth 2.2 billion Swedish Kronor, around USD 310 million. The Royal Thai Air Force already operates four single-seat ‘C’ variants and two ‘D’ versions of the aircraft, which were acquired in 2008.
Security forces brace for J&K infiltration before winter
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Indian security forces are bracing themselves for a possible hike in terrorist infiltration into the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir before winter sets in, rendering the traditional ingress routes unnavigable.
Yudha Abhyas 2010 kicks off
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The Indo-US joint army exercise, Yudha Abhyas (War Exercise) 2010 kicked off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska in the US on Sunday.
Indian Army celebrates Infantry Day
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The Indian Army observed its 63rd Infantry Day in New Delhi on Wednesday, commemorating the landing of the first infantry in Srinagar in 1947, after Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir signed the Instrument of Accession, acceding the kingdom to independent India, after Pakistani irregular forces invaded the kingdom.
Images: IAF Commander’s Conference
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Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik presiding over the IAF Commanders’ Conference.
Images: Indian Naval Commanders’ Conference
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Indian navy chief, Admiral Nirmal Verma introduces Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony to senior naval commanders in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Images: IAF-RAF drill
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An IAF Sukhoi-30 MKI takes off during Indradhanush.
US diplomats in India prepping for Obama
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US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert O. Blake are leading a delegation to India in advance of President Barack Obama’s expected visit to India.
IAF-RAF drill begins
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Warbirds of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the British Royal Air Force (RAF) took off on Wednesday to match skills against each other in the joint exercise Indradhanush (Rainbow) at IAF Kalaikunda, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
New runway at IAF Gwalior
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The Gwalior Air Base of the India Air Force (IAF) became the first IAF base to get a second operational runway, parallel to the first, on Wednesday. Air Marshal GS Kochar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command inaugurated the second runway at Gwalior which also inducted the Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft on Wednesday.
