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India is installing 10 radars across islands in the Maldives to help it monitor the surrounding seas. The radars, besides assisting the Maldives in building a maritime surveillance system, will also help India keep track of its strategic interests in the region. “Some (of the radars)...

The IAF is changing over to a new computerised system of selecting pilots that now does away with the earlier manual and subjective procedures for judging a candidate’s aptitude and reflexes. As a pilot project, the DRDO has installed three such systems at the IAF’s service selection boards...

Sukhoi fighter jet planes resumed flying on Monday after being grounded for a week following a crash involving one of the aircraft in the fleet in Jaisalmer on November 30. "The Sukhoi aircraft has started flying again and the first flight of the fighter jet, after being grounded for a week...

Over a decade after an IAF chopper was shot down in combat over Kargil, Army Aviation and IAF helicopters will be equipped with indigenous missile approach warning systems (MAWS) and laser-warning receivers for self-defence. Bharat Electronics (BEL) will initially produce about 70 such...

DRDO to develop UCAV The Defence Research and Development Organisation will be embarking on developing an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), a top official said. The UCAV will be produced as part of a plan to develop defence weapon systems. "We will be embarking on UCAV, which...

In what is a serious blow to the image of the Indian Army, administrative and disciplinary action has been initiated against 41 officers, one JCO and four retired officers for allegedly selling their personal weapons in the grey market. Minister of Defence AK Antony, in a written reply...

The Defence Minister of Indonesia, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, today confirmed that the Ministry is following the plan to increase the Navy’s (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, TNI–AL) inventory of patrol vessels by the purchase of 96 additionally boats. The Navy needs these vessels...

As is well known, after 26/11 the Indian Navy (IN) was given the additional responsibility of coastal security. It is a common military principle that the “security of own base” is paramount. It is foolhardy to conduct distant blue water operations only to find that your unguarded base (eg...

A brilliant video which shows how easily syrian fighters intrude into israeli air-space with impunity watch the full video :cheers: :thinktank:

Malaysia's air force has invited companies to discuss a long-standing airborne early warning requirement, although industry sources say budget constraints mean any decision is not likely until 2012 at the earliest. "We know the Malaysians are keen on the airborne early warning capability...

Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative joint training of troops during the vist of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki India and Iran are also negotiating a joint patrol exercise in the Arabian Gulf. India and Iran have a defense cooperation framework in the Joint...

The global arms bazaar is no place for angels. If one is to judge by the plethora of well-documented cases of defence pay-offs around the world, corruption is an endemic part of the business. To some extent, this is understandable -- the orders for defence equipment tend to involve large sums of...

Saab’s unit Barracuda Camouflage has pitched its products to the Indian Army, for both vehicles as well as individual troops. The firm’s Mobile Camouflage System or MCS was tested at Suratgarh last summer, by the CVRDE (Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment), Chennai and the...

The Indian Air Force said on Tuesday that it was planning to have women fighter pilots in future, but they will be inducted with a pre-condition of not bearing children till a certain age. "In a few years time, we might see this change (women getting inducted as fighter pilots) coming in...

Accusing the Pakistani Army and the Rangers of facilitating infiltration, BSF chief Raman Srivastava said on Tuesday that the Indian Army and BSF have been alerted along the border to foil attempts by a large number of militants waiting at different launching pads to cross over. "We have...

The first RAF Merlin helicopter has arrived in Afghanistan as part of a move to boost air support on the front line.The full Merlin deployment to Afghanistan will be completed by the end of this year, providing a significant increase in UK military helicopters and flying hours available to...

A senior Northrop Grumman (stand E200) executive has expressed frustration over delays by the US government to clear a new radar for export to the international fighter and trainer market. Northrop is flight testing the Scaleable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) aboard a US Lockheed Martin F-16 at...

American terror suspect David Headley visited the 'Osho Ashram' in Pune twice during 2008-2009, a top police official said on Tuesday. "Headley stayed in the city for a day in June 2008 and March 2009 and visited the Ashram, frequented by foreigners," Ravindra Sengaonkar, DCP, Crime...

Thailand's lone Saab 340-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft has performed its debut flight, with the event seeing it flown alongside the nation's first Saab Gripen fighter. :thinktank: Conducted from Linköping, Sweden on 13 November, the first flight of the Royal...

Saudi air force Tornado bomber crashed on a training mission but both the pilot and co-pilot ejected ahead of the crash and are safe, Saudi media reported Monday. The aircraft crashed at midday on Sunday in the desert next to a busy expressway in the Eastern Province, due to mechanical problems...