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Defence Minister Hands-over HAL Made Tejas to IAF

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar handed over the first series production Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas made by HAL to the Indian Air Force at a ceremony at HAL Bangalore Complex on January 17. The Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff received the aircraft documents from the minister in presence of HAL Chairman, R.K. Tyagi.
Parrikar and others also viewed the flying display of HAL’s main products: Tejas, Dhruv (Rudra), LCH and Hawk. He also visited design and flight hangars of Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), Dhruv and production facilities of LCA Tejas... read more
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Sikorsky wins Indian Navy’s Multirole Helicopter deal

Indian Navy has announced that it will buy 16 Sikorsky’s S-70B Seahawk for its multirole helicopter requirements. The deal is valued over 1 billion USD, and the contract will have an option for additional eight helicopters.
Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk helicopters are proven aircrafts in service worldwide, including with the US Navy and the fleet has more than 2.5 million flight hours. The S-70B helicopter is designed to operate from frigates, destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers... read more
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BAE Systems names Deepak Parekh as India Chairman

BAE Systems has appointed Deepak Parekh, chairman of HDFC Ltd, as a non-executive director and chairman of its Indian subsidiary, BAE Systems India (services) Private Limited, with effect from 01 January 2015.
Parekh's association with BAE Systems began in 2010 when he was appointed as a member of the company's independent advisory board for India. In his new, part-time role as chairman, Parekh is expected to provide leadership to the BAE Systems India board and help the company realise ... read more
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes Achieves Milestone Year for Deliveries & Orders

In a statement to the media after the fourth quarter delivery reports on January 06, Boeing claimed that it has set a record for the most commercial airplanes delivered in a single year at 723 in 2014, breaking the company’s record for a second consecutive year. The company's sales team also said to have booked 1,432 net orders, carrying a value of 232.7 billion USD at list prices, breaking the previous all-time high set in 2007... read more
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DRDO Successfully Tests Indigenous Glided Guide Bomb

A 1,000 kg glide bomb designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully tested on December 19, in Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha. The bomb was dropped by an Indian Air force (IAF) aircraft... read more
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GSLV MK3 Used DRDO Developed Advanced Parachute System

The successful launch of GSLV MK3 by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Sriharikota on December 19, to validate Moon Mission Crew Capsule Recovery system was equipped with ... read more
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It is once again that time of the year when global OEMs and Indian defence industry will converge on the grounds of Yelahanka to showcase their best

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India test fires Agni 4

Agni 4, the 4,000 km range Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile (NCBM) was successfully launched from the wheeler island off the coast of Odisha, on December 2. This was the fourth successful trial in a series. The long range Radars and Electro-Optical Tracking systems (EOTS) located all along the coast tracked and monitored all the parameters throughout the flight.
Agni 4 is equipped with state-of-the-art Avionics, 5th generation On Board Computer and distributed architecture. It has the latest features to correct and guide itself for inflight disturbances. The most accurate Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS) and supported by redundant, highly reliable Micro Navigation System (MINGS), ensures high accuracy.... read more

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Sukhchain Singh

Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh takes over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance
Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) assumed the responsibilities of Air Officer–in-Charge Maintenance at Air HQ, New Delhi on December 1. The Air Marshal, who belongs to Amritsar, was commissioned in the Electronics stream of Aeronautical Engineering branch in IAF on 2 July 1979. He is a graduate in Electronics and Communication from REC Kurukshetra (now NIT) and a post graduate in Integrated Electronics from IIT Delhi. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in January 1999 for his distinguished service in the IAF. He has rich experience in the field of maintenance management of aircraft, radars and guided weapons. more...

Prakash Mishra

Prakash Mishra takes over as the Director General of CRPF
Prakash Mishra, a 1977 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre, took over as Director General Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on 22 December 2014. He was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour upon his arrival at the CRPF headquarters.
Mishra is a seasoned police officer who is well versed in various facets of police and security functions. He has served as SP in CBI and as DIG (Crime branch) and IG (Admin) of Odisha Police. Mishra also had a stint with RPF as IG (SE Railway, Kolkata). He had the distinction of serving the National Police Academy, Hyderabad as Joint Director from 2003 to 2005. more...

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Swiss Efficiency

Pilatus looks to further strengthen its foothold in India
Swiss based aircraft manufacturer, Pilatus, has a long history and built its reputation as a manufacturer of high quality military turbo-prop trainers and long serving passenger aircraft such as the PC-6 and highly successful PC-12. FORCE was invited by Pilatus for a first-hand look at their facilities in Stans, Switzerland where Indian Air Force (IAF) PC-7 MKII basic trainer aircraft (BTA) are made. Our readers will remember that FORCE had been the first Indian defence magazine to visit the Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dundigal, last year for an in-depth look at IAF’s latest basic trainer. .... Read more...

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Five Steps to Deter Pakistan

The recent daring terrorists attack on the army unit in Uri did more than kill eight soldiers including the commanding officer. It punctured claims by the political leadership and forced the army to further fortify perimeter defences around its camps and installations in Kashmir.

Recall home minister Rajnath Singh saying on October 16: ‘No country can give a warning to India. India has become a powerful nation of the world.’ Then defence minister, Arun Jaitley told a television channel in early November: ‘Our conventional strength is far more than theirs (Pakistan). So if they persist with this, they will feel the pain of this adventurism.’

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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...