The aircraft took off from the company’s manufacturing plant at Long Beach, California on June 11 and made several stops, including one at Barcelona, before it arrived in India.
1st IAF C-17 lands in India
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Tag: Indian Navy
Navy to get 1st Hawk AJTs in July
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These aircraft are part of a batch of 57 Hawks ordered jointly by the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force (IAF) for around 700 million pounds, the first 17 of which will go to the navy.
Video: Walkaround the Navy’s IL-38 Sea Dragon
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Check out the Indian Navy’s maritime reconnaissance IL-38 Sea Dragon, as Commander Amit Bansal and Commander Moksh of the Winged Stallions INAS 315 Squadron show you the ins and outs of the aircraft.
Video: Indian Navy’s brand new MiG-29 Simulator Facility
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Check out the navy’s spanking new MiG-29 Simulator Facility as Commander MP Felix takes you around on a guided tour of the complex.
Video: Check out the Navy workhorse Sea King helo
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Lt Commander Akash of INAS 336 shows off the Indian Navy’s Sea King helicopter.
Video: Walkaround the Indian Navy’s MiG-29K
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Commander KHV Singh of the Indian Navy MiG-29K/KUB squadron, INAS 303 (Black Panthers) takes us around the aircraft.
Images: Indian Navy Dhruv ALH flies for #IndNavAir60
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Check out these images of the Indian Navy’s Dhruv Advanced Light helicopters (ALH) preparing for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fleet Air Arm at INS Hansa in Goa this week.
Graphic: Defense Budget 2013
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Here’s a look at the pattern of the defense budget in the past two years and the changes in priorities for expenditure in the year 2013-14.
Video: Eurocopter AS565 Panther MBe explained
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Hervé Brunet walks us around the Eurocopter AS565 Panther MBe on display at Aero India 2013, an aircraft also being offered to the Indian Navy.
Hawk AJT user meet in Bangalore next month
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While this is the first time the conference is being held in India, the venue is quite appropriate, considering the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy will, together, constitute the largest operator of the aircraft once all deliveries are complete.
Airbus A-330 MRTT for the IAF
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StratPost was invited to visited Airbus Military facilities at Getafe in Spain last week to get a sense of the aircraft acquisition under consideration by the IAF, after the A-330 MRTT was announced as the preferred bid in the refueler competition. Here’s a look at what goes into the aircraft.
Upside of the Gorshkov boiler trouble
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In hindsight, some officials are relieved that the boiler problems with the Gorshkov came up at this time, and not at a stage after the Indian Navy took charge of it.
Uncertainty over AIP for Indian Scorpene submarines
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Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) is developing an AIP Plug for the fifth and sixth Scorpene submarines, which would be installed on them only if the development is completed within the schedule of the construction of the two submarines.
Navy ready to protect Indian oilfields in South China Sea
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“ONGC Videsh is engaged in three blocks in the maritime zone of a country (Vietnam) in that area. The Indian Navy has a mandate to secure our country’s interests in the maritime domain wherever there is a requirement, which we will execute,” said Admiral D.K. Joshi.
INS Vikramaditya delivery delayed
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While privately, Indian Navy officials admit that the December-handover now seems unlikely, they also clarify that the required repairs should not ordinarily take more than a month or so.
