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Sunday, February 21, 2010 NorthropGrumman Labours On With Hawkeye Pitch To Indian Navy The folks at Northrop Grumman have been talking to the Indian Navy since 2004 about the Hawkeye as a viable sea-going airborne early warning and control asset. And after an abortive (and rather...

Difference between IAF Mig 29B and IN Mig 29K IAF Mig 29B is almost manufactured in between in 1975 - 1990. IN Mig 29K is 2010.

Current induced by submarine cables may provide tsunami warning Y. Mallikarjun Scientists have found ways to monitor tsunamis through underwater network of communication cables, says a new study. The study was conducted by Manoj Nair of the University of Colorado, T. Harinarayana of...

‘India is my relation, the others are friends' Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa on key issues and his priorities. — PHOTO: N. RAM PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA: “Without peace, there is no development; without development, there is no peace.” Mahinda Rajapaksa, a powerful and popular...

Indians, Pakistanis biggest fans of online dating New York, February 17: India and Pakistan have some of the largest numbers of enthusiasts for online dating, a new poll has revealed. The BBC World Service global poll surveyed close to 11,000 Internet users in 19 countries, reports the New...

India offers to protect China oil shipments By James Lamont in New Delhi and Geoff Dyer in Beijing Published: February 17 2010 22:43 | Last updated: February 17 2010 22:43 New Delhi on Wednesday offered Beijing the protection of the Indian navy to help it to secure shipping lanes in the...

Putin shows interest in commercialisation of GLONASS with India MOSCOW (PTI): Prime Minister Vladimir Putin evinced interest in speeding up cooperation with India in the commercialisation of orbital navigation system GLONASS and said he intends to discuss it during his visit to New Delhi next...

Winter trials of Howitzers' postponed after accident NEW DELHI (PTI): The Indian Army has postponed the winter trials for procuring 155 mm towed howitzers after St Kinetics expressed inability to bring its gun for field- testing due to an accident in Singapore. "The winter trials will now...

Naval Migs goes supersonic while locals panic in South Goa BY : IDRW.ORG NEW NETWORK Barely five days ago three loud explosion in three different areas in south Goa heard a loud bang few even spotted a Naval jets flying over the areas, Navy earlier denied that the jets might have dropped...

Israeli company Rafael plans JV for missile systems BY : LIVE MINT Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd plans to start a joint venture in India with state-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) to develop advanced missile systems. Since the Kargil conflict in 1999, Israel has...

EXCLUSIVE: IAF An-32 Upgrade Begins This Month, First Batch To Ukraine Soon Thursday, February 18, 2010 Following the inter-governmental contral that was signed on June 15 last year, the first batch of Indian An-32 tactical airlifters will leave leave for Kiev, Ukraine this month, while...

MBDA's Mistral Succeeds In ALH Dhruv's Weaponisation Tests MBDA's Mistral twin-tube has reportedly been successful in the recent weapons tests of the ALH Dhruv, conducted in Leh. Four such packs would be mounted on the chopper. MBDA is in talks with the Indian Navy for the...

Omar Abdullah plans metro in Jammu, Srinagar Ishfaq-ul-Hassan / DNA Srinagar: If things go as planned by Omar Abdullah, you will soon be able to take a speed tour of the Paradise on Earth. The lurking terror threat notwithstanding, the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister is considering...

Let there be no asha for the Pak demon R Vaidyanathan It is important to recognise the fact that Pakistan is one of the few places where the army runs the country. The army also owns its economy. This is important since studies have found that a large number of corporates in Pakistan...

Box Office: Kurban 2. MNIK embarks on a Monday crash pattern, set to flop As expected, boosted by the Pakistani/mideast populations, My Name is Khan got the initial response overseas but not Hollywood-challenging to the tune of $1.8 mil in USA in gross where they are incidentally celebrating...

Aerospace major EADS establishes R&D facility at Bangalore February 17th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Aiming to ramp up the capacities of India’s defence manufacturing industry, European aerospace major EADS has established a military R&D...

India ready to export cruise missiles: official (AFP) – 14 hours ago NEW DELHI — India, which has built a supersonic cruise missile jointly with Russia, is holding talks with at least four countries to sell the weapons system, a senior Indian official said on Tuesday. BrahMos Aerospace...

Tatas, AgustaWestland form JV to make choppers for the Indian and global market BY : Tribune News Service Top Indian company Tata Sons and leading Italian helicopter company AgustaWestland on Tuesday signed an agreement for formation of a joint venture company which will establish a final...

Boeing: May Respond To India's Request For Refueling Planes In 2 Weeks NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- Boeing Co. (BA) may respond within two weeks to initial requests for information from India for six refueling tankers, a company executive said Monday. "Our teams are studying the proposal for...

LCA Navy first flight in the second half of this year The first prototype of the LCA Navy (NP-1) will be a two-seat trainer variant of the naval fighter, and will be followed by the single-seat NP-2 (of the kind shown in the photos above). I met LCA Navy programme director Cmde CD...