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ACM Arup Raha Reviews HAL’s Su-30MKI, LCA, Hawk, LCH and Jaguar Production Facilities

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff, has said that Indian Air Force (IAF), Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are working together as one entity towards meeting the defence preparedness of the country. He visited HAL’s Nasik facility along with G.C. Pati, secretary, defence production; R.K. Tyagi, chairman, HAL, ... read more
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Rheinmetall Wins Swedish Contract for Military Trucks

Rheinmetall has booked another big order for its state-of-the-art, high-mobility truck families. In the medium term, Norway and Sweden intend to buy as many as two thousand military logistics vehicles with a total value of over 1 billion euros. Following the Norwegian procurement authorities, Sweden, too, signed the framework agreement for joint procurement of military logistics vehicles from Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). ... read more
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L-3 WESCAM Launches New Performance Features for its Surveillance and Targeting Systems

L-3 WESCAM announced significant feature enhancements to the electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) surveillance and targeting products within its MX™-Series portfolio. . ... read more
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Airbus Defence and Space and NCS Jointly Establish a Centre of Excellence in Singapore

Airbus Defence and Space together with NCS has planned to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore for research, development and commercialisation of safe city solutions in Asia. Technologies and solutions like data fusion and predictive analytics, video content analytics and crowd simulation will better support emergency services and operations in an urban environment, ... read more
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Ecuador Orders Airbus C295

Ecuador has ordered three Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space for immediate delivery. The contract also includes a full in-service support (FISS) package for the operation and maintenance of the fleet. ... read more
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Airbus Helicopters Delivers Three Workhorse EC225s to Milestone Aviation Group

The worldwide fleet of EC225s that perform heli-lift duties for oil and gas operators increased by three with Airbus Helicopters’ triple delivery of workhorse rotorcraft acquired by Milestone Aviation Group and leased to SonAir - an African operator – which will utilise them in Angola. ... read more
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Prime Minister spends a day onboard INS Vikramaditya

In his first visit to an operational military formation after assuming office, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the country’s new aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya to the nation. The Prime Minister embarked the aircraft carrier at sea off Goa, which was operating in the company of 10 other frontline warships of the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet. On June 14, the Prime Minister was accompanied by the Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar, the minister of state for defence, Rao Inderjit Singh, national security advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R.K. Dhowan and defence secretary R.K. Mathur. He was received onboard INS Vikramaditya by the Commander-in-Chief, Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, and Fleet Commander, Western Fleet Rear Admiral A.K. Chawla. ... read more

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Prime Minister spends a day onboard INS Vikramaditya

Sunil Lanba

Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba assumes charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS)
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba took over as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) on June 2. An alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA), he has done his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer. The Admiral was commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy in January 1978.
A navigation and direction specialist, he has served as Navigating Officer on board INS Sindhudurg (Corvette) and INS Dunagiri (Frigate). The Admiral has commanded minesweeper INS Kakinada, frigate INS Himgiri and guided missile destroyers INS Ranvijay and INS Mumbai. He has been the Fleet Operations officer of the Western Fleet. more...

Amit Sharma

Lt Gen. Amit Sharma appointed commander-in-chief
Lt Gen. Amit Sharma, VSM, has been promoted as Army Commander and appointed Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command (SFC). Born on 4 July 1956 in Mumbai, Lt Gen. Sharma was commissioned in 45 Cavalry in December 1976. Over the years he has held numerous command, staff and instructional appointments in all operational sectors including counter insurgency areas. During early years of service he has been the ADC to Governor, Bihar, General Staff Officer (Grade-1) of an armoured division and directing staff at the prestigious Army War College, Mhow. Later, he had the unique distinction of having served as Colonel, Administration of an Infantry Division in Jammu and Kashmir, Colonel General Staff of a Mountain Division in the Eastern Sector and Brigadier General Staff of a Strike Corps. more...

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For the Record

At TMB 2014, Airbus Defence and Space had an enhanced portfolio
Seville/ Madrid (Spain): Unlike the four earlier editions of international Trade Media Briefings (TMB), this time around the head of Airbus Defence and Space (Military Aircraft), Domingo Urena-Raso appeared a bit subdued initially. But it was just the play of light, in the fading hours of the day at La Hacienda, a 17th century Andulasian fort on the outskirts of Seville. .... Read more...

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Tit for Tat
Giving Pakistan a taste of its own medicine

While confirming that the recent mutilation of two Indian soldiers on the Line of Control was the handiwork of Pakistani regulars, defence minister A.K. Antony said that India was watching the situation, a euphemism for military inaction. Taking cue, the army, has confirmed its resolve to continue with counter-terrorism operations adding that 2,500 infiltrators are waiting to cross the LC. Pakistan, on the other hand, slipped into denial mode, with its foreign minister, Hina Rabbani offering cooperation for a UN probe into the matter, which India rejected. This was clear evidence, if one was needed, that the raid had sanction from the highest level at General Headquarters, and the latter controls India policy. Meanwhile, having got a good sensational story, the Indian media went into an overdrive speculating motives behind the dastardly act and what India should do to teach the Pakistan Army a lesson. .. Read More

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Defence Procurement Procedure

Technology Against Offsets
The new guidelines on ToT demonstrate muddled thinking of the policy makers Read more...

Reign of Confusion
For efficient acquisitions, services should put their own house in order first Read more...

Win-Win Alliance
India needs to tap the technological prowess of SMEs and enter into a partnership Read more...

Handbook For JVs
The policy on establishing joint ventures by DPSUs suffers from subjective provisions Read more...