The Indian Air Force has reported the crash of a Sukhoi 30 MKI aircraft south-west of Pokhran on Monday evening.
Tag: Indian Air Force
US OK with systems for Gripen?
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The US has agreed to the fitting of Royal Thai Air Force Gripen aircraft with its weapons systems.
Boeing bids for Indian chopper deals
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Boeing has bid to supply 22 attack and 15 heavy-lift helicopter to the IAF, offering the Apache and the Chinook.
IAF looks at enlisted ground staff to pilot UAVs
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The Indian Air Force is looking at ground personnel to pilot its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) because of the existing shortage of pilots and is likely to allow qualifying PBORS (Personnel Below Officer Ranks) to become UAV pilots as well.
Blog: China on my mind
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StratPost’s Saurabh Joshi tries to analyze the fortnight-long controversy over intrusions by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army across the Line of Actual Control into India and the larger environment between the two countries from which this flare-up has arisen.
IAF airlift reach gets closer to LAC
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The IAF’s airlift capability has been extended, with an AN-32 landing at Nyoma airfield in Eastern Ladakh, close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The AN-32 can carry up to 50 passengers.
MMRCA trials: Chance to match highest take-off record
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The flight trials currently underway are not only a test for the selection of aircraft for the IAF, but also an opportunity for the six contenders to set records for a take-off from the highest altitude in the world, from the runway at Leh.
Brazilian U-Turn: Relief and Confusion for Rivals
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The news of the reprieve is greeted with honest bewilderment. “We don’t know what’s happening,” said one official from the Swedish vendor, a rival to Dassault’s Rafale of France for the Brazilian order. Indications are also being drawn from the absence of the Brazilian Air Force chief at the announcement of the deal.
Gripen hardsells new AESA radar, low cost for MMRCA
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Saab claims this radar to be unique for its ‘Swashplate’, which allows the face of the radar to be swiveled around allowing for radar coverage up to an angle of a hundred degrees, sideways, also tagging the Gripen with a price that is half of the F-16 and a quarter of the twin-engine contenders in the race.
Rafale wins Brazilian order
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This may be significant for the Indian MMRCA contest as five of the original six contenders for the Brazilian order are also vying for Indian Air Force order. “We came up on top in the technical evaluation,” said a source from Dassault, who also indicated the parameters of the two contests to be similar.
US End Use Monitoring, tech transfer laws to affect third country sales to India
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The End Use Monitoring pact between the US and India agreed during the visit of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US laws governing transfer of technology will apply to any military purchase containing US components by India from a third country.
MMRCA bids liable to change before selection
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The bids are subject to be changed or revised because the terms of the bids are valid only for two years and could lead to cost escalations, even before the winner is selected.
Lockheed Martin cool about defense budget cuts
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Calling the MMRCA important for the company, Orville Prins of Lockheed Martin indicated some of the other contenders in the race to be fighting to survive.
F-16 innovates for MMRCA contest
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Lockheed Martin has engineered its F-16 fighter to enable it to meet the air-to-air refueling requirements with the ‘Probe and Drogue’ system, a demonstrator of which was displayed at the Paris Air Show recently.
Lockheed Martin appoints India CEO
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Roger Rose, a former submariner in the US Navy, has succeeded Douglas Hartwick taking over the responsibility for coordinating the company’s relationship and ongoing program execution in India.
